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Offline firko

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Engine swap king!
« 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. 


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Re: Engine swap king!
« Reply #1 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...
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Offline HVA61

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Re: Engine swap king!
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2012, 05:08:22 pm »
That is absolutley fabulous
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Re: Engine swap king!
« Reply #3 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".
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