Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

this is fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xtnWmnNu_0

 

I have already fallen down it before even looking into it.
I think if I do swap it I will probably go with a dirtbike engine.

 

TWO STROKE IT

 

a little supermini smoker in a grom would be stupid fun

i bet the few lbs of weight savings would be noticeable

 

It would be fun but I would want something that would be less maintenance.

 

Engine swap

less maintenance

 

hey the engine swap on my 67 ct90 90cc original engine to a piranha 140 is way less maintenance, it happens

 

This. I know nothing is going to be as reliable as a stock grom engine but I don’t want to swap a high strung motor into it.

 

i think what he was implying with the grom is just the oil change procedure, lets just say its not as easy and quick as a simple drain plug and filter...

as reliable as they are... cant take that away from any honda really

 

Plus maintenance intervals. If you're going from a Grom with 5K+ mile (I'm guessing?) or 1 yr intervals to a 2 stroke dirtbike engine with OCI's measured in hours you're most likely servicing it way more frequently.

 

Why did you do a engine swap in your Grom they ask. Because the stock oil screen cleaning is a pain

 

lol

 

Would be fun to swap in a KTM 500 engine

 

honestly i am not a huge fan on motor swaps though

i would much rather build the engine out with some fancy takegawa

 

Once you do all the engine parts your motor is a ticking time bomb.

 

any motor is a ticking time bomb though, i have a hard time enjoying my ktm because of that very same paranoia, i still really want an xr650l


thats the beauty in having multiple bikes, spread the mileage out

 

Yep! Doubt I will ever do anything with the motor, it’s a hop on and have fun bike that anybody can ride.

 

if it aint broke dont fix it, cant argue with that

 

Fun fact: the actor that plays Jesse (Chad Lindberg) worked for my Dad years and years ago when he was in high school. I remember talking to him in the parking lot of the store (Robert's Red Apple in Mount Vernon, WA) where he used to work for us right after The Fast and the Furious came out and him telling us how bizarre the role was because he didn't know jack shit about cars, like, at all.

About ten years ago we met up with him in Disneyland, heres him, my dad, and I on Space Mountain: