howl wrote:Oh yes I was ok , just pulled the clutch in as it started to nip up and it went very quiet and did not turn over again . The bike has only done about 15000 km but the crank looks as it has had water sitting in it at some point ,so rusted the centre bearing .I had only done about 15 miles on it ,I'm not going to work out £/mile .

That was the same problem my crank had. I guess it comes from leaving it parked outside without capping the exhaust. Once it starts to develop any rust then the crank is junk.
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