86ish XLV750?

[Motu]

No, the NV750 is water cooled - different engine. XLV750 and RS750 - those are the only engines with that crankcase.

[Motu]

2nd sighting today, so looks like we have an XLV750 in town. Might be a resto or rebuild - nice shiny tank with no stickers. Time for some detective work.

[dangerous]

his comment was that it sounds like the same engine as a NV750, a quick trip to the interwebs and it looks like he's right.....

The NV is the VT just the jap modle name, which is what I thought the XLV had, but motu says not...? and Motu save me googling what is the RS750?

[98tls]

Bet it wheelies pretty good

Seems to...................

[_Shrek_]

Seems to...................

are you still walk'n for do'n that on .......

[ellipsis]

...RS750...

[Motu]

what is the RS750?

[ellipsis]

...when silly people ask about the best bike...my mind snaps to an image of the RS750 and I get a big horn on...so for me it must be the horniest bike in the universe...

[dangerous]

...when silly people ask about the best bike...my mind snaps to an image of the RS750 and I get a big horn on...so for me it must be the horniest bike in the universe...

cool... so looking at that engine in the RS, does it look the same as the XLV? ie: engine casings, barrels, head, filter I see looking like dogs balls, note carbs in back of barrel pipes out the frount thats old school the XLV like that?

[98tls]

are you still walk'n for do'n that on .......

No.

[ellipsis]

...here ya go D, give this to one of your boys to colour in...you can have any casings you want then...

[dangerous]

...here ya go D, give this to one of your boys to colour in...you can have any casings you want then...

so there are simerlaitys with the RS but defnitly not the same engine... all very interesting tho
Whats the milage on yours, burn oil rattle much?

[ellipsis]

...she was parked up on its side stand as a warranted registered bike a long time ago, five years maybe longer... a strong running thing of awe and majesty...problematic carb diaphagm, torn probably...a starter motor that wasn't the best on any of them, from day one, or so i've read...fukd if i know the mileage...i'll have a look tomorrow...there was a battery charge problem i think, at the time it was parked up...regs/recs, may have just been a stuffed battery too..

[Motu]

cool... so looking at that engine in the RS, does it look the same as the XLV? ie: engine casings, barrels, head, filter I see looking like dogs balls, note carbs in back of barrel pipes out the frount thats old school the XLV like that?

They used the same crankcase - check out the oil filter and gearshift locations. The RS was a race bike, so had 4 valve heads and carbs at the rear of each head. Same as the difference between a Sportster and an XR750. OK, so you can't see the gearshift, but they have the lever coming from the front of the cases back, a bit different from your normal shift lever. Seeing as the point of going to a 45 degree V twin for flattrack was to get the traction of the Harley, I haven't been able to find out what firing interval the RS had. Did it fire like a Harley...or like the XLV ? I have some videos of Ricky Graham cleaning up at Springfield and Ascot on the RS750, but can't notice any difference in sound with the Honda - I think they must've ran them as a single pin....but maybe they had choices for different tracks.

[BMWST?]

slightly ot there is a guy selling an xtz 750 yammie on here somewhere....That and the africa twin would be very similar to the xlv( or a r100gs beemer)