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What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« on: January 03, 2010, 08:36:28 PM »
There is a member on here that got a 750 motor, that was in a compressor. IIRC that 750 ran the compressor for around 5 years.
 After he was done with it the roofer ended up dealing it off to someone on here.. A running K0, plus the frame it came out of.. :o

 I keep telling that guy he should get it registered...
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2010, 02:07:10 AM »
the first 750 motor i ever saw was on an irrigation pump at a Culbro nursery in connecticut, where by middle brother worked. i'll see if i can find and scan the 30 year old pics.
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 02:32:01 AM »
It has been on display before: a 650 outboard,
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=18944.msg197902#msg197902
Maybe not such a bad idea now the sealevel is rising. ;D
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2010, 03:56:18 AM »
When I used to go to the dunes and take the quads out, there was a guy who made a little dune buggy. Had a 750 motor and would tear the $#!T out of it all day long. Everyone said he is going to blow the motor if he keeps redlining it.

Three years later it was still going good. Havn't been out there in a couple years, but I'm sure it's still running strong  :D
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2010, 06:16:49 AM »
I remember back in the 80's someone in western Mass had a log splitter powered by a 350 twin with a cooling fan, a huge air filter box and a pair of large mufflers, ran strong and quiet.
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2010, 07:52:04 AM »
I knew a guy (about 30 years ago) who mounted a 350 twin on a go cart. He mounted a large headlight on it and used to go out on the back roads at night. He never got caught that I know of!
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2010, 08:14:41 AM »
Several........a 305 twin without a tranny was sold by HONDA in the '60s for pump and generator applications.........a replacement motor with electric start in a Cushman golf-cart............a motorized recliner on wheels............midget race-cars........a tow-rope on a ski-hill.  I use my spare motors as building blocks.  I stack them with shelving planks to hold other parts. 
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2010, 08:32:30 AM »
when i was in high school a few of us put together a go kart powered by a 400 motor... never got it out of 3rd. scary does not describe 3rd gear in a go kart with vw mags and a open header honda screaming 6 inches from your ear. i bet its still sitting in someones backyard... never did get it perfect ;D
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« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2010, 09:11:33 AM »
and then i found this on good ole CL :o :o :o
a friggin rocking chair...http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/mcy/1536240986.html
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2010, 09:46:15 AM »
A 550 3-wheeler ATC!

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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2010, 09:58:45 AM »
This one just appeared on CL.    http://limaohio.craigslist.org/cto/1535642592.html
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« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2010, 10:15:58 AM »
holy crap.... thats what my cart looked like when i first got it... just added some centerline-ish vw wheels and a recaro knock off... and a four point harness... a 750 though.... we called the 400 suicide by redneck...
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2010, 11:45:43 AM »
Still looking for that 500 or 550 engine mounted in a Lambretta. Or was it a 350? Can't find it anymore. Anyone?
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2010, 04:58:11 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2010, 07:24:33 PM »
 :o  WOW..... 

That takes redneck to an entirely new level.  That fact that he keeps running / being dragged by it cracks me up.
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2010, 07:25:56 PM »
Quote from: domer on January 04, 2010, 09:11:33 AM
and then i found this on good ole CL :o :o :o
a friggin rocking chair...http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/mcy/1536240986.html

WOW, had to grab that pic for the collective...
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« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2010, 08:30:56 AM »
the funny part about that chair is the guy swears it runs great...  :-\
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« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2010, 09:17:39 AM »
I forgot about this one,

Years ago I had a 450 DOHC motor and some parts. After lifting it a few times and realizing, how heavy it was , compared to a 350 twin, I did not plan on using it.

 A kid I knew was building a high school project, a 4WD buggy, and needed a motor. I sold it to him and they built it! It ran and worked good from what I heard, but I never did get to see it..
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2010, 09:57:47 AM »
I don't have the pic's right now but I put a 750 motor to a wheel chair years ago. It ran but bent up the spokes BAD and I pulled the motor and put it back in the 74 750.    Head
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2010, 10:08:50 AM »
If I remember right, about 10 yrs ago  KOS had a brand new purpose built 750 motor made for a snow mobile.

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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #20 on: January 05, 2010, 04:32:23 PM »
I thank it was ebay where I saw this.

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« Reply #21 on: January 05, 2010, 05:34:27 PM »
i feel bad for the sucker that bid on that cart... those front lawn mower wheels look like they can handle all of 10 mph...
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« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2010, 01:43:38 PM »
Quote from: domer on January 05, 2010, 05:34:27 PM
i feel bad for the sucker that bid on that cart... those front lawn mower wheels look like they can handle all of 10 mph...
looking at it I doubt the front wheels spent much time on the ground  ;D
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Re: What "OTHER" uses have you seen for Honda engines ??
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2010, 06:03:32 PM »
CB450 automatic,.. I built it for my nephew. I thought bouncy tires would be Ok with no suspension............NOT! Sure was fun on the dunes though.

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« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2010, 07:29:07 PM »
Quote from: kayaker43 on January 06, 2010, 06:03:32 PM
CB450 automatic,.. I built it for my nephew. I thought bouncy tires would be Ok with no suspension............NOT! Sure was fun on the dunes though.



BADASS!!!

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i want to take my extra motor and build it up a little and throw it in a kart.  it'd be WICKED fast, and handle like a freggin dream!!  not to mention full drifting fun!!!
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« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2010, 03:23:06 AM »
the mostly stock motor in my k4 750 is going to go into a shifter kart once i build the big motor. 60hp or so in a kart should be fun.
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« Reply #26 on: January 07, 2010, 03:25:06 PM »
that's what i'm talking about!!

i wanna build a chromoly frame myself, but that's quite a bit of engineering that goes into it, so i'll wait for a cheap frame to pop up on ebay or craigslist. 

do you have a frame bucky?
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« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2010, 05:54:43 PM »
i'll bend up and weld my own. in another life i built a few hot kart motors. around 35 hp out of a 5 horse briggs and stratton.
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« Reply #28 on: January 08, 2010, 07:12:12 AM »
I think this was all posted before somewhere..

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