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« Reply #8201 on: July 01, 2012, 05:41:17 PM »
Is that a cx/gl engine cheffish ?


Hmm nope dont think so :)
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« Reply #8202 on: July 01, 2012, 05:44:56 PM »
Moto guzzi.

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« Reply #8203 on: July 01, 2012, 05:49:23 PM »
Thanks ffjMoore  got excited when I saw that have a 81 gl500 sitting around for my next project and thought that bike looked nice....

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« Reply #8204 on: July 01, 2012, 05:52:37 PM »
Really? Who cares. If your going to argue about cars at least post a picture of a motorcycle while you do it.

I love they way you guys seem to consider anything being discussed as an argument, no wonder there's so much violence over there....



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« Reply #8205 on: July 01, 2012, 06:46:09 PM »
Whoa  ...  settle down RR,   .... just take it down a notch there tough guy    there's no need to shout, and all that colorful aussie language is very uncalled for 
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« Reply #8206 on: July 01, 2012, 08:22:34 PM »
Whoa  ...  settle down RR,   .... just take it down a notch there tough guy    there's no need to shout, and all that colorful aussie language is very uncalled for

What are you talking about.... :o
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« Reply #8207 on: July 01, 2012, 08:31:00 PM »
WHOA!  A Hondamatic with a twin turbo stuck into a modern(-er) chassis?  Theres a combo i never thought i'd see!
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« Reply #8208 on: July 01, 2012, 09:36:53 PM »
Whoa  ...  settle down RR,   .... just take it down a notch there tough guy    there's no need to shout, and all that colorful aussie language is very uncalled for

What are you talking about.... :o
i think hes taking what you said as an arguement.... ironic a little
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« Reply #8209 on: July 02, 2012, 06:54:55 AM »
no ..... i was being a sarcastic smartass .... something that's very hard to do through text  :-\ :-\

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« Reply #8210 on: July 02, 2012, 09:19:03 AM »


 I like some parts of this German Guzzi but other parts suck
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« Reply #8211 on: July 02, 2012, 10:48:12 AM »
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« Reply #8212 on: July 02, 2012, 11:10:43 AM »
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« Reply #8213 on: July 02, 2012, 11:11:22 AM »
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Mate I don't know how much you know about Enzo's but once you put that small block into one you'd have a brick. No semi auto gearbox traction control adjustable ride height etc.

I knew what your point was but i still disagree, you have changed what you said, there is a guy in Melbourne that builds any bell housing needed for any conversion, so you would have all the same electronics, just running the Chevy engine, which is only 20 lbs heavier, stick some Brodix cylinder heads and the Chevy is about the same weight as the V12, same or more power in the same chassis means faster in my book... Remember , we were only changing the engine, everything else, traction control etc will remain the same..
Anyway, you want power to weight, go buy a GSXR 1000 and blow them both away...

Well not quite my friend.  All that traction control/ride height is directly tied to engine management. Tying that to your theoretical 651hp small block won't be easy. Not to mention trying to drop that into a carbon monocoque chassis.   Let me.know how you get along with your conversion. I mean all you need is a crescent wrench and some JB Weld right? 
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« Reply #8214 on: July 02, 2012, 11:40:55 AM »


 I like some parts of this German Guzzi but other parts suck

not german at all as it has a italian license plate...

and it looks f**ing good too

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« Reply #8215 on: July 02, 2012, 12:48:29 PM »
 Its even got the Ducati TesticalSlicer gas cap.. probably used on other Italian stuff..
 yeah it looks pretty good..
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« Reply #8216 on: July 02, 2012, 01:20:58 PM »


I happen to love that guzzi. And if anybody knows what this little brat is please enlighten me.

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« Reply #8217 on: July 02, 2012, 02:37:07 PM »


 I like some parts of this German Guzzi but other parts suck

not german at all as it has a italian license plate...

and it looks f**ing good too

 Italian, German, all the same to me
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« Reply #8218 on: July 02, 2012, 04:15:28 PM »
Italian, German, all the same to me

A bit like American <-> Canadian or English <-> Welsh?!  ::)
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« Reply #8219 on: July 02, 2012, 05:09:31 PM »
no ..... i was being a sarcastic smartass .... something that's very hard to do through text  :-\ :-\

Thats was one option that crossed my mind, yes it is hard to get sarcasm across without sounding like a smart ass.... ;)
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« Reply #8220 on: July 02, 2012, 05:49:35 PM »
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Mate I don't know how much you know about Enzo's but once you put that small block into one you'd have a brick. No semi auto gearbox traction control adjustable ride height etc.

I knew what your point was but i still disagree, you have changed what you said, there is a guy in Melbourne that builds any bell housing needed for any conversion, so you would have all the same electronics, just running the Chevy engine, which is only 20 lbs heavier, stick some Brodix cylinder heads and the Chevy is about the same weight as the V12, same or more power in the same chassis means faster in my book... Remember , we were only changing the engine, everything else, traction control etc will remain the same..
Anyway, you want power to weight, go buy a GSXR 1000 and blow them both away...

Well not quite my friend.  All that traction control/ride height is directly tied to engine management. Tying that to your theoretical 651hp small block won't be easy. Not to mention trying to drop that into a carbon monocoque chassis.   Let me.know how you get along with your conversion. I mean all you need is a crescent wrench and some JB Weld right?

 651 HP for a small block Chev is quite easy, and adapting the electronics isn't that hard at all, an engine is an engine after all and the engine management is all computerized, to someone that knows how to remap these systems , its not that hard at all, just like fuel injecting a Honda 4, quite easy really. If you've never seen a small block anything push 651 hp or more then you need to get out more often.... There are more performance parts for the small block chev than any other engine on the planet.

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You also need to take into consideration that just because you can't do it yourself doesn't mean it isn't possible, "won't be easy" doesn't mean it can't be done. Explain to me why an engine swap of relatively the same weight can't be done on a carbon chassis.? Engine mounts are easy to fab up and carbon fibre is relatively easy to work with, even the electronics aren't that complicated by todays standards.  I won't respond to anything else you post as you clearly think that things that are done on a daily basis {engine swaps, including engine management systems} can't be done and are possibly to much for you to fathom, Oh, and Good luck with the JB weld bud.... ::)

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« Reply #8221 on: July 02, 2012, 06:21:45 PM »
Back to bikes...

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« Reply #8222 on: July 02, 2012, 07:55:44 PM »
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Mate I don't know how much you know about Enzo's but once you put that small block into one you'd have a brick. No semi auto gearbox traction control adjustable ride height etc.

I knew what your point was but i still disagree, you have changed what you said, there is a guy in Melbourne that builds any bell housing needed for any conversion, so you would have all the same electronics, just running the Chevy engine, which is only 20 lbs heavier, stick some Brodix cylinder heads and the Chevy is about the same weight as the V12, same or more power in the same chassis means faster in my book... Remember , we were only changing the engine, everything else, traction control etc will remain the same..
Anyway, you want power to weight, go buy a GSXR 1000 and blow them both away...



Well not quite my friend.  All that traction control/ride height is directly tied to engine management. Tying that to your theoretical 651hp small block won't be easy. Not to mention trying to drop that into a carbon monocoque chassis.   Let me.know how you get along with your conversion. I mean all you need is a crescent wrench and some JB Weld right?

 651 HP for a small block Chev is quite easy, and adapting the electronics isn't that hard at all, an engine is an engine after all and the engine management is all computerized, to someone that knows how to remap these systems , its not that hard at all, just like fuel injecting a Honda 4, quite easy really. If you've never seen a small block anything push 651 hp or more then you need to get out more often.... There are more performance parts for the small block chev than any other engine on the planet.

765 HP small block Chev naturally aspirated....one of thousands
418 SBC 245 AIRWOLF Cylinder head dyno test 765hp


You also need to take into consideration that just because you can't do it yourself doesn't mean it isn't possible, "won't be easy" doesn't mean it can't be done. Explain to me why an engine swap of relatively the same weight can't be done on a carbon chassis.? Engine mounts are easy to fab up and carbon fibre is relatively easy to work with, even the electronics aren't that complicated by todays standards.  I won't respond to anything else you post as you clearly think that things that are done on a daily basis {engine swaps, including engine management systems} can't be done and are possibly to much for you to fathom, Oh, and Good luck with the JB weld bud.... ::)

Sorry for the hijack guys.... ;D

Dude anything can be done for right amount of money. This whole thing started because someone suggested that putting HD motor in a Duc chassis would be more economical.  What you are proposing is far from economical and even less practical. Not to mention that the end result would be worse than when you started.  Kind of like putting a HD motor in Ducati chassis.
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« Reply #8223 on: July 02, 2012, 07:59:27 PM »


I happen to love that guzzi. And if anybody knows what this little brat is please enlighten me.
i think its a small rebel motor maybe a 250? not positive tho
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« Reply #8224 on: July 02, 2012, 08:19:14 PM »
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Dude anything can be done for right amount of money. This whole thing started because someone suggested that putting HD motor in a Duc chassis would be more economical.  What you are proposing is far from economical and even less practical. Not to mention that the end result would be worse than when you started.  Kind of like putting a HD motor in Ducati chassis.

 Money.? You started this with a half million dollar car.!!


I am not proposing anything, just pointing out that your original statement was incorrect, you said the Ferrari would be a brick with the Chevy Powerplant and that is just not true, considering that both power plants weigh roughly the same and can both produce the same power figures. Look at the Ultima sport road cars built in England, small block chevy powered and faster than the Enzo and without all the computerized add ons.. I have a friend that owns a Hot Rod manufacturing company in Queensland, his rods are primarily Chev powered, and i have owned chevs and performance car engines my self, i am well aware of how much power can be massaged from a small block Chev and reliably .


Yes the majority of us are riding vintage motorcycles, few of us have taken our 30+ year old power plants and put them into a 1000RR chasis.  Sorry but putting a 350 small block into a Enzo may lower your maintenance costs but it also turns your Enzo into a carbon fiber brick.

And i was responding to your original statement above that was incorrect, because it suggested that the chev was heavier which would produce a slower vehicle, thats just not the case.

Just forget it mate,  this isn't the place to discuss it.
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