Thanks Kawboy. That was a pretty accurate assessment of the conversation. Although there was an added complication. I'm in France and my French is not great. so I was relying on my poor long suffering wife to translate, as was the engineer who didn't speak a word of English..(All the technical terms made it even worse/funnier). If I had more time I would 100% go for the re-bore straight away as I don't like riding bikes that aren't performing as they should, or could have an issue at any moment, and even if it is running ok I'll have those hone pictures in the back of my mind.
. Saying that, apart from drinking oil and fouling plugs it actually ran quite well before.I'm kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place as I need to get this bike done asap for several reasons. It's holding up my garage space where I'm finishing restoring a 1969 Chevy Nova. Which I now need to sell asap for the money and the space...(I lost my normal work due to the Covid restrictions.)Waiting for piston rings to arrive for over 2 months threw my schedule out and I guess new pistons and ring could be the same. I was hoping to get it done in 2 or maybe 3 months....ambitious I know.
I tried to source the rings in France but I was quoted over 700 euros for just the rings.
That was if they were available at all. Beautiful country, but insanely expensive.So to make it whole again I'm going to forge ahead and come back to it later for the re-bore, maybe in the winter. It'll be an interesting experiment if nothing else. Just to add insult to injury I'm also going to try another no no...An "after market head gasket". Well if it's going to come apart soon enough anyway.
I said this could be toe curling.
I did buy some Honda bond for the water jackets though.
The one good thing is, having worked on a Z1300 is now less intimidating,. I'd often hear people say "Oooh complicated engines" . It's now demystified it for me .Here's some update pics. with new and old cam chain tensioner wheel. That was a disaster waiting to happen.