Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 7:20 am
So, I just found a guy who seems to be pretty expert with 450's on caferacer.net
His opinion is basically that a 350 is a better project bike, lower center of gravity and lighter. Punched out he says you can probably get 45 hp out of a 350 while you get about 50hp out of a 450 with all the tricks, and that the older 450s had a weak drivetrain and and oiling problems. He has one of the old 60's toasters, but was saying he welded bungs to the outside of the motor for outboard oiling and replaced the cams, ran longer valves, new pistons with higher compression etc etc.
Anyone else had problems with the valve train / oiling?
Starting to think about buying a strong runner and picking up a 350 basket case for my cafe project. Sounds crazy to go from 0 bikes to 2 bikes, but maybe I'm a little crazy!
His opinion is basically that a 350 is a better project bike, lower center of gravity and lighter. Punched out he says you can probably get 45 hp out of a 350 while you get about 50hp out of a 450 with all the tricks, and that the older 450s had a weak drivetrain and and oiling problems. He has one of the old 60's toasters, but was saying he welded bungs to the outside of the motor for outboard oiling and replaced the cams, ran longer valves, new pistons with higher compression etc etc.
Anyone else had problems with the valve train / oiling?
Starting to think about buying a strong runner and picking up a 350 basket case for my cafe project. Sounds crazy to go from 0 bikes to 2 bikes, but maybe I'm a little crazy!