TheCafeKid

[TheCafeKid]

No! I didnt see it! damn! oh well. I did find some pretty nice piggyback shocks tho. Yeah its a lil pricey for that motor i admit, but i have searched round here pretty much since i bought this bike and have yet to find anything at all. Mine runs, but looks like HELL. i'll be painting it after i get this one installed. Will be nice to have to complete motors tho.

[beergood]

I lucked out and got my second motor for $45. I had to pick it up though. I got lucky, it was in Cleveland, which is where the girl is from, so she picked it up for me while visiting her family.

That one will be getting partially rebuilt and painted, then installed.

There are a couple of whole running 750s on craigslist up here (at least last I looked) that were going for under $600. That is what made me think you payed a lot.

In the long run, if it makes your bike look better (and a good engine will), and also gives you the piece of mind that having a spare engine provides, then it will definitely been worth it.

I know I will breathe easier in the knowledge that I have a spare engine.

[hotbox05]

Yeah I've been warned about the adverse effects of screwing with the sprocket sizes too much.... Man I love how I just end up with machines that are bulletproof. Example, my Ranger. It has a crappy four cylinder BUT the 2.3L is about the toughest sonofab!tch you'd ever find in four cylinder form. Running it without oil is the only known way to kill it lol. Even at that you need to run it for a pretty good while without oil. And then I just happen to buy a GS. People go on for days about how tough these engines are. Even people that aren't GS faithful know how much abuse these things can take. I love having good luck with machines :-D

toyota 2.4 l 22r


argurably the most reliable gasoline powered engine in the world.

[TheCafeKid]

Any of you guys get motortrend?? I was just reading about the Nissan GT-R HOLY SHEEPCHIT!! That is gonna be one bad assed car!

Hotbox i got your lights btw i couldnt remember if i said so or not. THANKS! these will be great! Definately more visibility.

[TheCafeKid]

I lucked out and got my second motor for $45. I had to pick it up though. I got lucky, it was in Cleveland, which is where the girl is from, so she picked it up for me while visiting her family.

That one will be getting partially rebuilt and painted, then installed.

There are a couple of whole running 750s on craigslist up here (at least last I looked) that were going for under $600. That is what made me think you payed a lot.

In the long run, if it makes your bike look better (and a good engine will), and also gives you the piece of mind that having a spare engine provides, then it will definitely been worth it.

I know I will breathe easier in the knowledge that I have a spare engine.

In comparison yeah i did pay alot. But like you say, having that peice of mind is FOR SURE worth it. Plus i dont know how many miles are on my current motor, and this one has 22k on it. So knowing that makes things nicer too. lol. I dunno if you've seen pics of my motor or not but its rough. couple of busted fins, rashed fins, and a broken piece out of the points housing. I have the piece, just gonna JBWeld it back in. So this is an upgrade to say the least..lol

[beergood]

YExample, my Ranger. It has a crappy four cylinder BUT the 2.3L is about the toughest sonofab!tch you'd ever find in four cylinder form. Running it without oil is the only known way to kill it lol. Even at that you need to run it for a pretty good while without oil. :-D

I had that engine in my first car, a 1980 Mercury Capri. I think I had about 100,000 miles on it. I started to get a knock in the engine, then one day it got really bad and also lost all power. I threw a valve rocker and sheered a lobe off the cam. Roughly $200 (which is a huge hit for a 17 year old) and considerable effort later I fixed it. 6 months later the noise came back. I'm guessing I wasn't getting all the oil up in the valve cover that I should have.

Every now and again the second rocker would get thrown. I got exceptionally proficient at pulling over, removing the air cleaner, the valve cover, placing a 6 inch piece of pipe on the rocker, one precise hit with a mallet, pop it back in place, reassemble and be back on the road. All in less than 10 minutes. I kept all the necessary tools in a box.

I eventually suffered a cataclysm of electrical, ignition, rust, wheel problems that led to me having it towed out of my back yard. I almost wept, and I didn't own another car for a few years.

It was the ugliest car I have ever owned, and I have owned some ugly ones. Orange with an orange/brown interior. I wouldn't exactly call the engine bulletproof though. Now I drive an F150 with the 4.9l straight six. That thing has proven to be a workhorse (knock on wood).

[TheCafeKid]

I had that engine in my first car, a 1980 Mercury Capri. I think I had about 100,000 miles on it. I started to get a knock in the engine, then one day it got really bad and also lost all power. I threw a valve rocker and sheered a lobe off the cam. Roughly $200 (which is a huge hit for a 17 year old) and considerable effort later I fixed it. 6 months later the noise came back. I'm guessing I wasn't getting all the oil up in the valve cover that I should have.

Every now and again the second rocker would get thrown. I got exceptionally proficient at pulling over, removing the air cleaner, the valve cover, placing a 6 inch piece of pipe on the rocker, one precise hit with a mallet, pop it back in place, reassemble and be back on the road. All in less than 10 minutes.

I eventually suffered a cataclysm of electrical, ignition, rust, wheel problems that led to me having it towed out of my bike yard. I almost wept, and I didn't own another car for a few years.

It was the ugliest car I have ever owned, and I have owned some ugly ones. Orange with an orange/brown interior. I wouldn't exactly call the engine bulletproof though. Now I drive an F150 with the 4.9l straight six. That thing has proven to be a workhorse (knock on wood).

I can attest to that Ford motor...best american vehicle ive ever owned. That thing literally fell apart around the motor which still pulled like a freight train! I had the four on the floor standard tranny, went thru 4 clutches and a snapped shifter and the motor still pulled. The truck finally succumbed to frame rust, thanks to these wonderfull Ohio winterizing techniques down here, but that motor STILL ticked as happy as you please.

EDIT>> Im speaking of the 4.9L straight six...

[Ironriot]

I had that engine in my first car, a 1980 Mercury Capri. I think I had about 100,000 miles on it. I started to get a knock in the engine, then one day it got really bad and also lost all power. I threw a valve rocker and sheered a lobe off the cam. Roughly $200 (which is a huge hit for a 17 year old) and considerable effort later I fixed it. 6 months later the noise came back. I'm guessing I wasn't getting all the oil up in the valve cover that I should have.

Every now and again the second rocker would get thrown. I got exceptionally proficient at pulling over, removing the air cleaner, the valve cover, placing a 6 inch piece of pipe on the rocker, one precise hit with a mallet, pop it back in place, reassemble and be back on the road. All in less than 10 minutes. I kept all the necessary tools in a box.

I eventually suffered a cataclysm of electrical, ignition, rust, wheel problems that led to me having it towed out of my back yard. I almost wept, and I didn't own another car for a few years.

It was the ugliest car I have ever owned, and I have owned some ugly ones. Orange with an orange/brown interior. I wouldn't exactly call the engine bulletproof though. Now I drive an F150 with the 4.9l straight six. That thing has proven to be a workhorse (knock on wood).

There were alot of changes between your engine and mine. For example I have a Hydraulic Roller cam. Which basically requires NO maintence over the life of the vehicle. You had what I'm sure to be is a mechanical roller cam. Does last ALOT longer than solid lift cams and require little to no adjusting but they eventually do wear out. As for the other things? I dunno about all those other problems. Maybe just Michigan weather killed it. BUT my truck survives through Texas heat. And its been surviving. I got over 150,000 miles on it and not so much as a wimper. The engine, albeit slow as it is, still pulls. And that's because alot of those miles weren't put on by me. For all I know the PO treated it like sh!t. I'm not even religious with maintence. Even though I should be. I'd put my money that this engine will last to 200K no prob, hell even 250K

[Ironriot]

toyota 2.4 l 22r


argurably the most reliable gasoline powered engine in the world.

Don't blashamize this thread with your Toyota stuff. Honestly they're some of the biggest pieces of sh!ts I've ever had the displeasure of working on. And three of them were owned by people in the family so I didn't even get compensated. And the rest were jobs I had to do at the mechanic shop I worked at. Stupid things always had that little knack where if they failed it was something MAJOR. Like a distributor or something. And of course becuase its foreign the parts where always expensive and difficult to track down.

And I will argue for the most reliable engine in the world. That title is held by Saab recently and Mercedes before that.

[Mark M]

And I will argue for the most reliable engine in the world. That title is held by Saab recently and Mercedes before that.

Bleah. You're both wrong. Most reliable engine in the world is an XR250. Short of running it out of oil, nothing will kill an XR...:-D

Mark

[n1elkyfan]

If it was a battle of easiest/cheapest to fix I would go with a sbc you can litlely go any where in America and many of places around the world and get parts for it for a fraction of the price of other engines.

[Ironriot]

If it was a battle of easiest/cheapest to fix I would go with a sbc you can litlely go any where in America and many of places around the world and get parts for it for a fraction of the price of other engines.

You're my new best friend lol. American cars are the only thing I'll ever drive.

SBC's started it all. Anyone argue with me and I'll kill you over it :-D

[Ironriot]

Bleah. You're both wrong. Most reliable engine in the world is an XR250. Short of running it out of oil, nothing will kill an XR...:-D

Mark

Yeah but its a Honda. Who wants to get caught on one of those? :-D
Speaking of Honda those little Ruckus scooters they make have some crazy little engines. Its probably just a lawnmower engine right but man if it doesn't take a licking and keep on kicking. One dude on a Ruckus forum drove one WITHOUT OIL and it still didn't kill it

[TheCafeKid]

The BEST engine on ANY vehicle i ever owned was my Mercedes 300SD. Deisel. I bought it with 200,000 miles on it for 900 bucks. Mercedes doesnt even look at overhauls/rebuilds till half a million miles on their deisels provided they've been maintained properly. I put another 80,000 on that car, changed the pads and front rotors, and sold it for 2400 bucks. Wish i hadnt now, as it got killer mileage being a diesel.

[Ironriot]

Diesel's last forever and I love em for it. Big news in the truck industry. The U.S. finally regulated 1/2 ton diesels. So in 2009 or 2010 we're gonna have Silverado 1500 diesels and F-150 Diesels. I think its MAJOR news. They're gonna make something to the tune of 300 rhwp and 500 ft lb torque. I can't wait. Although I'd have a tough time deciding between a diesel Silverado and a gas powered one because the LS series of engines get some CRAZY gas mileage. Well crazy for being a full sized V8 truck