dont see many off these for sale

[firko]

I picked up my oval 360 motor yesterday and this morning I pulled the top end off it. The internals look to be in good order and only lightly used and even the big end is tight. I won't be using the original crank though, I'm going to fit my spare 350 crank to build a pre 65 350 to match my pre 70 350. The rod on the early motor is a bit on the pissy side so the crank swap will add some rod strength as well. I may even use a Yamaha rod and big end. I'll also use a squarie close ratio gearbox and PVL ignition.

The Metisse frame that it's going into is currently at Flowerpot Bens place in the UK waiting for the new fibreglass kit and Jonesy's prototype Sprite frame to arrive. Once that happens they'll all be crated together and sent off to Oz. This is going to be a cool pre 65 project and it'll be interesting to see how competitive it will be against the big Brit 4 strokes in pre 65.