Yep, I agree TB, but somewhere in the back on my mind i remember Bill Mann telling me that you could break a skirt f the top of the piston was slapping side to side if the rings weren’t creating a good seal and the bore piston clearance was too great and the piston ends up rocking in the bore and seeing as the skirt doesn’t have a crown area to hold it together and is essentially thin it gives out first. But that is exactly what a cold motor is like anyway, so I’ll go with what you say big fella.
I cracked a skirt in #5 on a chevy small block once and it was definitely warmed up, was lucky and found it before it became an “electrical problem”.
Never done one on a bike though, just melted the crowns instead.
Still lucky break Mick.
