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Marque Remarks => Yamaha => Topic started by: firko on April 29, 2012, 03:25:07 pm

Title: Engine swap king!
Post by: firko on April 29, 2012, 03:25:07 pm

I've gotta give this bloke an A+ for achieving the seemingly impossible. He's managed to squeeze an XS650 engine into a little CT1 Yamaha roller. I'm sure there's been a lot of hacksaw and Oxy work but he's not only make it neat and looking sort of factory, he's also managed to get it registered. 
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/xsh1.jpg)
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/xsh2.jpg)
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/xsh3.jpg)

Title: Re: Engine swap king!
Post by: JohnnyO on April 29, 2012, 04:19:34 pm

Fark! That big engine makes that bike look so short! I imagine it would be a scary thing to ride, trying to swap ends and shaking it's head when you screw the throttle on...

Title: Re: Engine swap king!
Post by: HVA61 on April 29, 2012, 05:08:22 pm

That is absolutley fabulous

Title: Re: Engine swap king!
Post by: Nathan S on April 29, 2012, 06:04:32 pm

They handle badly enough as a 175...
Thinking about trying to hold the throttle open on that, over a series of whoops sends shivers up my spine.

And by "throttle open", I mean "fast idle", and by "whoops", I mean "a reflector on the road surface".