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any idea what will freeze - up one of these 650 twins ? it is a points engine.
i bought it for $ 100.00 ..... the seller said it had very low miles..... it looks good on the outside it is still shiney !
no website as yet....... i just today bought a used 1979 points engine .....cylinder head...... i plan to fill it with machinist wax and get all the measurements of the intake & exhaust ports.
then to the rest of the engine, it is these measurements that one uses to construct & machine a new...
As far as the new engines are concerned they will have a crank case made out of a verity of materials.... all new crank cases will be machined out of a tube, that tubing will be aluminum, magneisum etc.
the crank case will be of 2 halfs ..... the reason for that is because the crank with the...
its like the gold wing.... they completely remove the old stator system & install the small in size geo metro car alternator into the belt drive system..... it works !
actually this alternator is used to keep charge in the battery.... there is no other charging system.....and it can be wired for a regular xs650 wiring system.
the alternator is a big improvement for any cycle engine...... the stator in a regular cycle system tends to over heat and burn up the wiring on the stator.....
to use an alternator is a positive way to go with the application i plan for the engine and the new engines...... a geo metro...
well if i had got the whole bike i would have restored it to new..... i just got the engine....in good shape.
my main idea is to actually re-manufacture new engines atogether.
all new 650 yamahas that have no transmission & run with the snowmobile type belt drive systems.
this is what i have...
hey ! thanks a bunch.....got it .
you see i bought this clean 650 1979 for a measely 100.00 bucks..... i had hoped that i would not need any f...... electronics..... thanks.