Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
Just reading the specs on the XV500 (actually 494cc) and they tell us the cast iron sleeves are pressed into the aluminum cylinder castings.
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mo...500_virago.htm
Here are the specs for the XV535 ... SAME HP at the same RPM with 1.4 Nm of torque increase on the XV535. As such ... the cost and trouble of increasing the engine size just might not be worth the effort. Or any bragging rights ...
Looking through the specs ... the 535 has a slower top speed (15 km/hr slower)and slower 1/4 mile time. Any gains on the larger bike might be all smoke and mirrors ...
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mo...a_xv535_97.htm
Last edited by FJRider; 22nd March 2019 at 21:32. Reason: Added more info
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Do you ever read the threads (sober) before you post in them FJ
This was also suggested earlier on.
this way you will avoid becoming the KB in joke rather than just spoiling them.
Like in this instance explained to you last night on another thread
I even took the trouble and sent a message explaining the joke to you in this thread.
You stillncouldn't figure it out anyway.
So i will spell it out Agin is this XR200 engine thread we are trying to get someone in possession of a stolen engine to take it to the police station.
So here is an idea, try not to tell the person not to take the stolen engine to the police.
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131128410
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/xv500k/chapter3.htm
here is the wear limits if that helps
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
Thanks for all the brain storming, apparently I try to find a solution for the time when I have to do it. I really appreciate the fact, people with classic bikes/cars always find the way to make their precious artifact work, possibly the way as it was built. I did similar things and I'm not sure how many of us remember the days when mechanics hand carved main bearings out from a rough cast, I do. Anyway, what I try to achieve is a reliable everyday runner on the cost effective way. It seems doable, even with 535 cylinders (probably new) or increase the bore in the existing one with new pistons and rings from the 535. The entire thing started with a good idea, to replace the rings in the current setup, not because anything wrong with it, just because it is apart anyway, as I said earlier, the standard ring set is no longer available. The ring clearance is very close to the wear limit, that's all. I guess I still get a few thousand km out of this engine without do anything with the cylinders.
So I have to make it run first, as I'm waiting for the replacement crank shaft and bearings....
Just a quick update, the bike is back on the road now, with original pistons rings and cylinders. Seems ok for now.
Well done. Now ride it till it really does need attention. Which will be a long way off with luck.
Put away $100 every couple of weeks. And when it dies find a GS500. You wont believe the handling and brakes. The performance will blow you away. As will the economy .
I'm not trying to be a prick (comes naturally) but as we get older there's only so much life and best enjoy riding.
. . . . And those who know me will be shocked I'm not suggesting an RZ350.
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. . . Which of course I would if they weren't so expensive.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Great bikes... I guess by the time my XV completely dies, I can afford something quite expensive if I follow your suggestion to put aside a houndy here and there... I was looking at the GS 500, ER 500, CB 500 earlier, but I ended up to buy this. I actually quite like it even if it isn't as fast or powerful. One thing makes me think, not much part available as it was in a pretty short production... so I might start to accumulate some money....
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