I thought the 500 had coil springs instead of torsion bars. Too lazy to look it up though...
I took my 450 engine apart, partly out of curiosity to see how the head worked, and also because I'd never worked on anything but singles.
I satisfied my curiosity, and now it's taking a little more effort to put the whole thing back together again.
I guess it's a cool bike, heavier than I think it needs to be, by a lot. And since I've never actually ridden one I don't know what they're like. Correction, I raced one that was clapped out, had almost no torque compared to my 500 single, but I would hope that a reasonably fresh motor would get out of it's own way.
What are you gonna do with it?
FR
I took my 450 engine apart, partly out of curiosity to see how the head worked, and also because I'd never worked on anything but singles.
I satisfied my curiosity, and now it's taking a little more effort to put the whole thing back together again.
I guess it's a cool bike, heavier than I think it needs to be, by a lot. And since I've never actually ridden one I don't know what they're like. Correction, I raced one that was clapped out, had almost no torque compared to my 500 single, but I would hope that a reasonably fresh motor would get out of it's own way.
What are you gonna do with it?
FR
