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Offline cbr954

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Early 750 cylinder??
« on: November 02, 2014, 12:54:16 PM »
This cylinder block is sleeved and bore for 1000cc.  What I am curious about is the shape of the holes next to the timing chain tunnel, all of my other cylinders have rounder holes where these are a straight rectangular shape.  The casting is also very rough compared to any of my other cylinders.  I also have a RC engineering cylinder head which is very rough and has the non removable oil restrictors.  I am just curious as to how early this cylinder is.
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Offline Old Scrambler

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Re: Early 750 cylinder??
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2014, 01:01:57 PM »
Looks like old-factory versus the new factory in mid-'70. Wide cam-chain tower and no threaded bolt-hole between the 2-3 exhaust ports.
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Re: Early 750 cylinder??
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2014, 01:05:01 PM »
Early, not sure how long they used them but check for the thread up top.
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Re: Early 750 cylinder??
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2014, 11:52:12 PM »
If the sleeved protrude into those two places, you should seal them up from the bottom.