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Title: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: Gabriel Tyler on May 20, 2007, 12:19:08 AM
Yep the one from my 1993 has all kinds of rattling noises inside. Things are going quickly on my project bike, so I would like to get a replacement motor quickly.

Looking for a complete with tranny.  Doesn't necessarily need carbs, I've got a couple sets of those.

Will pay a reasonable price!

E-mail me at ggtyler@yahoo.com

Thanks!
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: The Buddha on May 20, 2007, 05:45:39 AM
I have the, by now famed, no serial number one ... 250 and shipping.
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: spc on May 20, 2007, 10:45:01 AM
Srinath:  if GT doesn't want it I may be interested in about 2 weeks.........Gotta get the money up :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes:  I've been wanting to get an engine to strip down and rebuild and bore out and whatever the f%$k else I can think of to modify it :thumb: :thumb: ( thinking 643 or so ) :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: werase643 on May 20, 2007, 04:28:32 PM
someone called my name? ;)
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: spc on May 20, 2007, 05:02:52 PM
Not yet but I will be :laugh: :laugh:  What exactly is entailed in a 643 build??  I'm bored this summer and seem to always run into a few hundred bucks at a time :icon_rolleyes:  Ohhh yeah and I made a friend at the NAPA machine shop :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: genEricStL on May 20, 2007, 08:13:33 PM
I've got a buddy that wants to bore out my GS engine ... he's doing free labor , parts at his dealer cost (he WAS gonna pay half , but he doesn't remember saying that now lol) , etc so he can use it as advertisement for his new M/C repair/rebuild/customization business . I'd like to hear of this "643" build also ... I saw somewhere someone had done a 565 or something to that effect , but if there's a 643 that sounds even better hehe
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: zjones on May 21, 2007, 05:29:14 AM

Any one else happen to have a engine.  I just toasted the one on my '02 and with the price of gas would love to get my bike back on the rood soon!   
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: TheUnHun on May 25, 2007, 04:47:38 PM
Call or email Andrew at  at 248-802-1055 or alitzelman123@hotmail.com.  He has a 1995 engine, swing-arm, and wheels from a bike that was front ended at 1500 miles.  Carburetors are trashed.  He may also have a front caliper.  Engine runs.  Tell him Jeffrey sent you.

Goods are located NW  'burbs of Detroit.
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: jordanearl on May 25, 2007, 06:31:52 PM
ive got a caseless engine in missouri, that needs rebuilt.  i know the head needs new valves, but otherwise it could prolly be used.  willing to let it go dirt cheap, just to get rid of it
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: dgyver on May 25, 2007, 09:36:09 PM
For those wanting to do an overbore....the largest you can go with stock sleeves is 79mm/555cc. The sleeves get very thin and risk cracking or chipping, I have one as proof. Anything larger requires boring the cylinder and installing larger sleeves. This then requires some clearance to be added in the cases. The biggest problem with going too big will be snapping cranks.
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: genEricStL on May 25, 2007, 10:29:45 PM
Do they make different cams that work with the GS ?

Or would this even be needed with something small enough to still use the stock sleeves ?
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: dgyver on May 26, 2007, 04:37:39 AM
Quote from: genEricStL on May 25, 2007, 10:29:45 PM
Do they make different cams that work with the GS ?

Or would this even be needed with something small enough to still use the stock sleeves ?

Megacycle modifies your stock cams. With high comp pistons, it makes a big difference.
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: Johnny5 on May 26, 2007, 09:28:42 AM
Quote from: dgyver on May 25, 2007, 09:36:09 PM
For those wanting to do an overbore....the largest you can go with stock sleeves is 79mm/555cc. The sleeves get very thin and risk cracking or chipping, I have one as proof. Anything larger requires boring the cylinder and installing larger sleeves. This then requires some clearance to be added in the cases. The biggest problem with going too big will be snapping cranks.

Dgyver, if you overbore to 79mm/555cc (or less) does it compromise the durability of the engine?  How much more power can you glean from doing this?

Thanks,

Johnny
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: dgyver on May 26, 2007, 03:46:33 PM
Quote from: Johnny5 on May 26, 2007, 09:28:42 AM
Dgyver, if you overbore to 79mm/555cc (or less) does it compromise the durability of the engine?  How much more power can you glean from doing this?

Thanks,

Johnny

Any time doing that much of an overbore, reliability has the potential to be reduced. I would not build a 555 with stock sleeves for the street. The 80mm pistons require larger sleeves which actually would be more reliable than the 79's bored in stock sleeves. I have the pistons and cylinder for a 569, which will find its way back to my trackbike. I am using my 541 trackbike motor on the street for now, until I build the 4-valve GR650 motor. Then the 541 will go to a second trackbike.

On the 555 I had, I would guess 55-58hp but the torqued in increased as well. Cams are a must if you want to exploit any real gain from larger pistons.

Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: Gabriel Tyler on June 02, 2007, 01:38:44 AM
Still looking for a motor. Local dismantlers said "they couldn't find the motor" that they had just told me they had in stock :(
Title: Re: WTB: Anyone have a good running Motor / Engine for sale?
Post by: Chris2P on June 10, 2007, 10:18:36 AM
I got a motor sitting in my garage that I'll sell for 100.00 if you want to pick it up (south east, PA).  I had bought it last year as an impulse buy, figured someday I might need a new engine for my 1990 gs.  It was from a parted bike and supposedly has about 7k on it.  I never ran the motor so I have no idea of its condition..so buyer beware.


Chris