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Post by scania on Sept 4, 2015 1:02:14 GMT
A bit of a daft idea I suppose, but I would like to sometime get a clean Honda Superfour CB400 with a duffed engine,( if on can be found), the replace it's 4-cylinder engine with an air-cooled twin like perhaps an SD400 engine or a Suzuki GS500 engine. What I am looking for is the combination of good looks and a mild easy to maintain engine, my own version of an SD. If I were to put a GS500 engine into it I would call it my SD500-N Anyone here ever tried anything like this, is it doable or worth the time. |
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Post by Harold on Sept 4, 2015 13:33:40 GMT
I don't think there is a problem changing engines etc. as regards registration etc. But to be honest I can't understand why you would want to take a bike and put a less powerful engine in it. Why not just buy a SD400 and change the bodywork etc, to suit your own view of how a bike should look. If you had a CB400 with a GS500 engine in it why would you call it an SD500N ? You have some strange notions Scania  |
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Post by terryc on Sept 4, 2015 18:37:12 GMT
It would be a Suzda 500 .Does'nt have the same ring as a Triton or a Tribsa does it  |
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Post by Harold on Sept 4, 2015 18:41:30 GMT
What about Honduki |
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Post by terryc on Sept 4, 2015 18:46:56 GMT
The engine has to come first then the rolling chassis ,a Triton was a Triumph engine in a Norton frame Tribsa ,a triumph engine in a BSA frame so a Hon duki would be a Honda engine in a Suzuki frame |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 19:57:53 GMT
Except a Norimp - luckily , Norvin ....... |
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Post by terryc on Sept 4, 2015 20:24:13 GMT
Had to be a Norvin as a Vinton sounds like a soft drink
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 21:01:45 GMT
Had to be a Norvin as a Vinton sounds like a soft drink And Impnor somewhere in Wales ?  |
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Post by scania on Sept 5, 2015 6:32:08 GMT
How about a Yamazuki, anyone saw one of them.
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Post by scania on Sept 5, 2015 6:45:25 GMT
I don't think there is a problem changing engines etc. as regards registration etc. But to be honest I can't understand why you would want to take a bike and put a less powerful engine in it. Why not just buy a SD400 and change the bodywork etc, to suit your own view of how a bike should look. If you had a CB400 with a GS500 engine in it why would you call it an SD500N ? You have some strange notions Scania Fairly crazy idea I know, my logic is that I particularly like the look of the Superfour's bodywork and would like to have a running one in my small collection, but 4 carbs is too much bother for me, balancing them, cleaning them etc especially with this new petrol. Engine wise I like air cooled twins and singles, less complexity. Also I only have an A2 bike license so I would have to get it restricted and I might still run into insurance problems. I'm trying to bring my too SDs back as close as possible to their original spec, I'm hoping eventually to get a third, a kickstart version, I like the SDs for what they are, I wouldn't modify them unless I got one that was already modified.
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Post by srx600 on Sept 7, 2015 8:35:05 GMT
I don't think there is a problem changing engines etc. as regards registration etc. But to be honest I can't understand why you would want to take a bike and put a less powerful engine in it. Why not just buy a SD400 and change the bodywork etc, to suit your own view of how a bike should look. If you had a CB400 with a GS500 engine in it why would you call it an SD500N ? You have some strange notions Scania Fairly crazy idea I know, my logic is that I particularly like the look of the Superfour's bodywork and would like to have a running one in my small collection, but 4 carbs is too much bother for me, balancing them, cleaning them etc especially with this new petrol. Engine wise I like air cooled twins and singles, less complexity. Also I only have an A2 bike license so I would have to get it restricted and I might still run into insurance problems. I'm trying to bring my too SDs back as close as possible to their original spec, I'm hoping eventually to get a third, a kickstart version, I like the SDs for what they are, I wouldn't modify them unless I got one that was already modified.
Just use bp 97 seems to work better.. I've never found a problem with balancing carbs, just use the right kit..you can even make the "balancing carb kit" really easy. But when the inline four carb bank starts playing up its a nightnare. beat me so I gave up and replaced with a secound hand set job done. as for Engine wise, I too like air cooled twins and singles, also due to less complexity. |
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