Ok so its time to start thinking about the next bike. For a while I wanted to redo my 550 but I have a complete 73 750 sitting in a corner looking sad with a stuck motor.
I want to go with a 836 or 850, mild or mid cam and a port and polish. Which already ads up pretty quick when done to a stocker. However I know of a motor sitting in the back of a diesel trailer in the corner of a junkyard. I don't think anyone else really knows its there and I am JUST skinny enough to get to it inside the trailer. It was pretty dark in there but it seems like the motor was pretty hot. All I could tell for sure was that it had a very nice port and polish job. The motor had been apart and had after market bolts and gaskets. I think there were a few humps welded on the cam cover and a oil line running from the bottom of the engine that had been tapped I guess. (Oil cooler?) And the cam cover was painted black
Thats really all I could tell for sure but it just seems like its a hot motor, enough in fact I would be willing to bet on it.
With that in mind I think I could save a lot by just using that to start with. It probably already has a cam and all the goodies and would save me a bunch. Even if it ONLY has a port and polish job. Unfortunately I don't know how he deals price wise with motors. With those thing in consideration how high do you think I should go? If I am lucky he might just say 100 bucks but hes no dummy. 400? 500? 500 seems a bit high to me for a motor that I don't even know turns over but after looking at what a nice port and polish job is it does not seem too bad.