My buddy had one of those yamaha 2 strokers. Smoked everywhere he went, sounded like a dirtbike, but it would scoot. Crazy ex-girlfriend ran it over though. Frame is trashed but the motor is still good. He keeps talking about mounting that motor in a gokart frame. Makes me wonder who's crazier.
-Kyle On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Stumpi <[email protected]> wrote: > These things aren't torque monsters. Take the specs for a 700 for > example; 80hp but only 45lb-ft of torque. They were designed as > smooth, high reving, high horsepower engines not 105 cu-in, 5000rpm > Harley engines. They were also designed as carbureted street bikes in > a time with increasingly strict emissions controls. They sacrifice > the raw grunt for the sake of driveability, revability, and > emissions. > > You want something that'll pull your butt off the seat go ride an old > high displacement Yamaha 2 stroke. I rode what I believe was a 74' > DT360 once that would do wheelies in the first 3 gears. Shook like a > rattle can and smelled like a refinery but boy would it go! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
