blackbetty
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Not an XS650.....but still cool if you like big singles....
Bought a pair of 78 SR500s, I'll be making a cafe bike w clip ons etc. Don't worry, it'll be cool....
One of them is bone stock engine but PO did a little frame tab shaving and added a godawful ugly rear section. I'm gonna pull the motor apart and check out the guts later.
In the meantime I tore into the other guy. This bike has 6K miles and at some point there was some moisture in the cylinder. It got a fresh 1st overbore and 88mm wiseco. Never run!
Anyway, regardless of all that, I'm gonna hot rod this motor just short of a stroker crank.
I've got the motor pulled apart and I'm splitting the cases. I'm not sure if I want to do a ground up build with this engine, replacing all the bearings and seals, or simply use the bottom end off my other motor. Here's my planned engine mods:
540 kit w JE piston
162 Megacycle cam
RD springs
Bronze valve guides
Minor head work + new seals
Megacycle hardened rockers
Vernier cam sprocket
VM38
Copper gaskets
Gonna be building along the lines of this that a dude in fort worth is building:
If anyone is interested I can keep up with this, otherwise I just wanted to let you all know what I was up to
Bought a pair of 78 SR500s, I'll be making a cafe bike w clip ons etc. Don't worry, it'll be cool....
One of them is bone stock engine but PO did a little frame tab shaving and added a godawful ugly rear section. I'm gonna pull the motor apart and check out the guts later.
In the meantime I tore into the other guy. This bike has 6K miles and at some point there was some moisture in the cylinder. It got a fresh 1st overbore and 88mm wiseco. Never run!
Anyway, regardless of all that, I'm gonna hot rod this motor just short of a stroker crank.
I've got the motor pulled apart and I'm splitting the cases. I'm not sure if I want to do a ground up build with this engine, replacing all the bearings and seals, or simply use the bottom end off my other motor. Here's my planned engine mods:
540 kit w JE piston
162 Megacycle cam
RD springs
Bronze valve guides
Minor head work + new seals
Megacycle hardened rockers
Vernier cam sprocket
VM38
Copper gaskets
Gonna be building along the lines of this that a dude in fort worth is building:
If anyone is interested I can keep up with this, otherwise I just wanted to let you all know what I was up to
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