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Greetings, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on a little bump in the road I've come across in my build. As the title states I've thrown a NT650 / Bros 650 / Hawk 650 motor in a Transalp frame and my issue is the front cylinder's exhaust port isn't allowing me to get the Hawk's front header...

Does anyone know if a 2001 engine will swap straight into a 1990 model ? Regards, Tim.

Has anybody ever put a Honda 125 eg. Cg 125 engine in a Honda xr80 1987 ? Just wondering if the engine mounts are same/similar ? Is much fabrication needed if any ? Any help appreciated Thanks

Does anyone know if its possible to do an engine swap with the VTR1000 engine? Has it been done before? Any major hurdles? G.

Hay guys, My RD03 engine blew and have to be replaced. I cant find a replacement in South Africa so I was thinking to replace it with a RD04 or07. Is this possible?? Any advise would be appreciated, thanks! Desmond

My engine sounds like a bearing is getting rough, gearbox output shaft I think. does anyone know if the injection engine fits the early carb versions? I need to swap the engine so I can take my time checking it all out and I need the bike to get to work on. Thanks. Steve.

Hi iam new to this forum just bought an slr 650 and in the middle of an engine swap , can anyone tell me any differences between the slr engine and a vigor one ? the vigor one has a housing on the left side off the engine with hose take offs and was wondering what its for .. cheers

hey all. im new to the forum and was wondering if anybody could tell me if a 1983 xl or xr 600 engine will fit in a 1987 xl 600 frame. thanks

Have rattly 4th gear been weighing up my options....been offered a 32000 mile engine which is 20.000 plus less than mine anyone know for sure if a 95 model engine will fit all the same wiring carbs etc as a 93model?

how much work is involved in swapping the engine in a xr 125 to a 400 xr engine is it possible and has anyone ever done it

The rebuild of my '89 VK TA is continuing slowly, but just to add to the confusion, I may have the chance to obtain a badly crash damaged 650, for not a lot of money. Would the 650 engine fit straight into my frame, and more importantly, is it worth doing ? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Well then, after all the problems I had recently with the engine swap, then the CDI/pulse coils problem, and changing my rear light as it went faulty, and also the full rear end conversion from drum to disk brake system, which included swing arm change, mounting rear master cylinder, as well as...

i have a 99 engine and another member may be interested in buying it. does anyone know if a 99 engine will go into a 91 frame? i think it will go but may need electrics from the 99 bike to go with it. any experts out there with the knowledge?

As I had a free afternoon I thought I'd make a start on the XR engine swap after it gave out on me just outside of Helmsley at the end of October. One XR up on its newly purchased stand. One replacement engine from a breaker, with guarantee fast running out, must get it in! Remove...

Hey all Getting conflicting information regarding my Var 125, need a new engine. Mines is a 2002 card model and i engine i am looking at an engine that is a 2007 injection type, ive been told it cant be done on another forum but a mechanic says it can, as the engine mounts are the same, its...

Gonna be swapping the engine over soon - will be getting oil/filter/exhaust gaskets, have doused all nuts/bolts in wd40. I know about wrapping the frame up to avoid any damage - will be doing with 2 of us so hopefully a skinned knuckle shared is halved and all that - any special tools? Not going...

Afternoon all, just thought i'd say hello as i think i might become quite a regular. I've just purchased a CB250RS for whizzing around London on, really enjoying it so far. However, it's not going to remain standard, i'll be creating a flat track/café racer hot rod thing out of it over the...

I finally isolated where the noise is coming from on my AT this morning. It's coming from the nearside of the top end of the front cylinder, and the sound is a rhythmic knock. I'm assuming I have lateral play on the cam, though I haven't yet tried the trick where you listen to see if the sound...