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Old September 23rd, 2010, 08:45 AM   #15
bob138
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Name: Bob
Location: Centreville va
Join Date: Sep 2010

Motorcycle(s): 1991 EX500 , 2009 250r

Posts: 130
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Originally Posted by Cab305 View Post
See, I would have....

Kept the 250 front end, kept the 250 swing arm, and wedged in the 600cc engine. Keep the bike a complete sleeper, and go look for victims.

lol, very nice work. looks cool.
Someone wedged a ex500 motor into an ex250 and it caused the lower fairing to spread a little. Imagine what an Inline 4 would do...

Anyway there is a reason they use thick perimeter frames for those inline 4s. They produce far more HP due to design than you get out of simply doubling displacement. An ex500 has somewhere near 50HP where as a modern 600 I4 has around 80-90. 100 extra CC's don't net almost double horsepower alone.

Based on what I have seen so far, the ex650 looks to be the largest engine that can be put into an ex250. But for what it would cost you are better off just getting an ex650.

Anyway, some food for thought.
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