My 700 just got back 50cc

[Hap Call]

$40 for a crank, rods and flywheel...sounds like you paid WAAAY to much!!!!


Good luck...don't put a dragbike transmission in there.

Hap

[moto_dan]

Good luck...don't put a dragbike transmission in there.

Hap

BTW Hap have you looked at your bike yet?

[Billy Ricks]

$40 for a crank, rods and flywheel...sounds like you paid WAAAY to much!!!!

I know, I got raped on that NOS head a while back too. I think I got burned for about $40 on that one too if I remember right.

[moto_dan]

$40 for a crank, rods and flywheel...sounds like you paid WAAAY to much!!!!

I know, I got raped on that NOS head a while back too. I think I got burned for about $40 on that one too if I remember right.

And don't forget the gasket set

[Billy Ricks]

$40 for a crank, rods and flywheel...sounds like you paid WAAAY to much!!!!

I know, I got raped on that NOS head a while back too. I think I got burned for about $40 on that one too if I remember right.

And don't forget the gasket set

You had to go and remind me about that deal. $29 for a complete gasket set, boy am I a sucker. But then you bought two of them. 8O

[Bolder Biker]

Will do Simon. This has only be in the works for ten years since I got the pistons so another year isn't going to kill me. It should be a wicked ride when it's done. If I'm ever up your way with the bike I'll bring it by for you and Claude to ride.

Billy, I admire your mechanical ability, knowledge and ambitions. However, on your first Texas GS group ride after all the work is completed, please be careful not to bruise to many GS1100/1150 egos! :twisted: ........especially watch out for that Beaumont "thongman", Hap "I-be-fastest" Call!

BTW, you'll love the twisties if you ever do make it up this way.

BB

[Billy Ricks]

BTW, you'll love the twisties if you ever do make it up this way.

I plan to Simon. I've driven most parts of the four corners states at one time or another. Never on the bike though. Pretty soon I'll be back in the San Antonio area so that puts me 4 hours and 250 or more miles closer. I think I'd truck the bike through Texas then find somewhere to leave it and take off on the bike. For now I'm beginning to think I'll install the crank and rods and leave the topend as it is. I'll get another gasket set and do the full build later. 50 extra cc and a little more compression should wake it up nicely. It already has more power than the clutch can handle. That's got to be taken care of when the crank goes in.

I see you have a 3000GT. A month or so ago I had to drive a Stealth back from Atlanta for my nephew and his wife. Mitsubishi really put a good effort into those cars. They are almost certain to be classics if they are kept in good shape.

One day you and Claude will get to show me your favorite roads. Maybe one or two of these other Texas guys will make the run too.

[Anonymous]

so lets create a ride around the southwest 8)

[Bolder Biker]

....I see you have a 3000GT. A month or so ago I had to drive a Stealth back from Atlanta for my nephew and his wife. Mitsubishi really put a good effort into those cars. They are almost certain to be classics if they are kept in good shape.

One day you and Claude will get to show me your favorite roads. Maybe one or two of these other Texas guys will make the run too.

Yup, the 3000GT has a good "build quality".....much higher than the Camaro and Trans Am we had before (but then these GM cars were more affordable). We've got about 110,000 miles on the Mitsubishi but about 70,000 was done on interstate trips to Illinois and back from Colorado. In fact, we used the 3000 last month to do 3,100 miles in 5 days for a trip back east.

As far as preservation goes, the dryness of the Colorado climate means no rust. The mechanicals appear to be in good shape but I am not looking forward to the 120,000-mile change of the timing belt (will also get water pump, idler pulley etc. done at the same time as a precautionary measure).

BB

P.S. I would like to "show Claude the road"!