Megablade reliability?

[e46m3c]

Hi chaps

Trying to decide between bec and cec.

Can anyone advise their experience regarding reliability?

Engines clutches gearboxes etc

There is a nice westie megablade online but worried it will be a constant chore

After exciting and involving trackdays

[radical78]

a blade is probably the most reliable bike engine. acceleration is addictive in a bec7

[Furyblade_Lee]

This has been done to death!!! Only real answer is you need to spend at leats 30 minutes in the thing to see if you can live with it. Personally, I love them . But some don't.

[renmure]

Furyblade_Lee said:

This has been done to death!!! Only real answer is you need to spend at leats 30 minutes in the thing to see if you can live with it. Personally, I love them . But some don't.

Agree with that. I had a Megablade for 18 months and quickly grew to hate it but can appreciate why the things I ended up not liking could be awesome for others. No mechanical issues tho.

[Steve_D]

e46m3c said:

....After exciting and involving trackdays

As others have said reliability is perhaps not an issue.
You have also had the opposing views but perhaps not a definition as to why they are opposite.

If, as you say, this is for track use then the BEC will be spot on. If it is to be a road car then you will come to hate it because they are such a pain to use in traffic.

Steve

[renmure]

For me it was the full-on rawness of the car I grew to dislike. Don't get me wrong, I have had most variants of Lotus, I enjoyed my R300 Caterham and my Ultima isn't exactly a sensible car. For the BEC principle to work properly it has to be uncompromising in all the areas where a bit of compromise might be helpful. I went from aeroscreen to windscreen for a month to see if that would make it easier to live with and it did, but it removed a big chunk of the cars character (and speed) so it was hardly a sensible move. I can easily imagine that others would enjoy all the things that hacked me off tho

[mr_fibuli]

I had one for about 6 years, no major problems with the Honda bits, just a lot of minor niggles that could affect any kit car. It was 15 years old with about 13000 miles on it when I sold it.

Stuff that went wrong:

Rectifier (twice) - probably my fault for using a cheap pattern part
Battery, replaced with lightweight bike battery
Westfield Reverse Box - likes fresh seals and bearings every 6000 miles
Rear light wiring - the copper dissolved despite only being caught in a light shower once or twice.
Fuel Pressure sender - £50 senders only last 100 miles due to vibration from engine.
Brake light pressure switch
Fan switch