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Top cut and throat cut of valve seats (question for the porting and tuning gurus)
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That's exactly what I was planning to do, except not cutting the 45 degree, but a 30 degree where the 45 ends, stem side. To hopefully...
Yesterday at 3:48 PM
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Top cut and throat cut of valve seats (question for the porting and tuning gurus)
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Thanks for a thorough reply 😁
Yesterday at 2:08 PM
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XT250 intake port features, grind out or not?
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Thanks, great input!
Yesterday at 2:07 PM
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Top cut and throat cut of valve seats (question for the porting and tuning gurus)
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I have posted a little bit about my XT250 project, including ports/ valve seats and cam, but this question may relate just as much to...
Yesterday at 3:14 AM
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Ignition
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Best, as in best aftermarket ignition available today, would be neither Boyer nor Newtronics. But Vape (formerly known as Powerdynamo)...
Sunday at 2:08 PM
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Is it my turn? Anything to do with lathes, mills and other shop tools
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Definitely for special purposes. I once visited the Kværner hydropower machine shop while they still were in Oslo. Their vertical turret...
Saturday at 2:55 AM
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cylinder, piston replacement choices, Poll!
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Hmm. So what is the operating temperature for a cylinder? Water often seems to boil off, at least on other bikes. I just tend to think...
Thursday at 9:17 AM
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cylinder, piston replacement choices, Poll!
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S Sound like a loose crimp fit, or?
Thursday at 6:58 AM
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My degree wheel setup for a Powerdynamo/ Vape (Only PMA in this case (
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1/4" UNC?
Jan 21, 2023
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My degree wheel setup for a Powerdynamo/ Vape (Only PMA in this case (
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Was your piston stop straight and concentric with the spark plug threads?
Jan 21, 2023
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My degree wheel setup for a Powerdynamo/ Vape (Only PMA in this case (
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Thought I'd share how I solved the issue of attaching a degree wheel to my VAPE rotor. I guess the pics are pretty much self...
Jan 21, 2023
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arcticXS
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XT250 intake port features, grind out or not?
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I am now working a bit on the XT250 head, and found a couple of things I wonder what to do with (or leave as is. One is a notch from a...
Jan 21, 2023
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arcticXS
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cylinder, piston replacement choices, Poll!
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I wonder why there are no aftermarket 80 or 81 mm Nicasil cylinders. That would bring that part of the XS into at least 80's/ 90's...
Jan 21, 2023
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Interesting motorcycles, not XS650
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Ok, but are they Spec 2, by Gary Shumake, or something like Denco replicas? Or designed from scratch?
Jan 20, 2023
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Interesting motorcycles, not XS650
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Spec 2 pipes?
Jan 20, 2023
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