trx engine dimentions
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- kookimonsta
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trx engine dimentions
im having some silly thoughts running through my head, i have an rgv250 frame sitting in my garage which i want to get back on the road (as it has a good plate on it) if someone has a trx engine out of the bike any chance they could get some measurments? height, width of barels gearbox. possibly some pictures?
i know the trx engine is quite a compact engine and they shoehorn in rg5 engines into them so i recon theres a chance it could work? what do you recon?
i know the trx engine is quite a compact engine and they shoehorn in rg5 engines into them so i recon theres a chance it could work? what do you recon?
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- devlin
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Re: trx engine dimentions
Would be a pretty good engine to go in. A large single from KTM, Husky etc would go better though (IMHO) and be lighter. Something I've wanted to try for a long time and Rapid magazine are doing one at the moment
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Re: trx engine dimentions
Unlikely. I had similar thoughts about a TZR250 3XV chassis a few years ago.... No way would it go... it was way too long! 
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Re: trx engine dimentions
Devlin.. the Rapid project is a RS250 "Priller frame with a SXV 550 V-twin motor not an F'in piece of shite single-cylinder KTM. 
- kookimonsta
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Re: trx engine dimentions
Shame, to be honest i was thinking crf450 engine but they go for silly money. (rg500 engine money)
Just been offered some modified rg400 crankcases so i might go down the rg/rgv cylinder route.
We'll see. gotta get the lc build first!
Just been offered some modified rg400 crankcases so i might go down the rg/rgv cylinder route.
We'll see. gotta get the lc build first!
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- devlin
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Re: trx engine dimentions
yeah I knew that but reckon a single would be a fun little and lightweight option.
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Re: trx engine dimentions
SXV550 motor weighs 31 kg complete and at around 70 hp it's a "little. lightweight AND POWERFUL" thing. 
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Re: trx engine dimentions
How about a szr660 motor, there seems to quite a bit of tuning potential available for those engines, or any single from KTM.
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Triton
Re: trx engine dimentions
Even the factory KTM supermoto engines in the WSMC are woefully down on power compared to Van Den Bosch's SXV. Viva la "twin-cylinder" Revolution!
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- devlin
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Re: trx engine dimentions
yeah yeah alright piss the KTM motor off then. 
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Re: trx engine dimentions
I don't know about an RGV frame, but I've heard of a couple of TRX-engined FZR400 3TJs. That's a good idea 
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Re: trx engine dimentions
That's a top conversion!Kayla wrote:I don't know about an RGV frame, but I've heard of a couple of TRX-engined FZR400 3TJs. That's a good idea
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