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karthead
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PostPosted: 10:11 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: How much would you pay? Reply with quote
Hi all!
As some of you know, im doing a go kart project using a motorbike engine. I payed 115 euros for a not-working ke125 2-stroke engine, from a wreckers. The engine was really dirty, the frame was rusted, everything was quite filthy, really. i've managed to get it going nicely.
Well, when im older and more experienced, i want to fix something like a 600-750cc 4-stroke motorbike engine (2 cylinder or 4 cylinder). If i were to go to a wreckers and purchase a kinda distant from working, yet similar condition to the ke125 engine (but 600-750cc) , how much would you pay? because i'd hate to get ripped off... And i know someones probably going to say "well, someone who wants to replace critical engine parts with a safety pin doesnt deserve to get an engine like that", so no safety pin circlip references! Laughing
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c_dug
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PostPosted: 10:17 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Unsure how it converts to AUD but a 20 year old CBR600 engine goes for between £150 and £350 depending on condition and mileage.

Good engines aren't cheap.
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karthead
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PostPosted: 10:43 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
150 euros converts to about 194 aud. yeah, i thought it wasnt going to be cheap... and something thast is a bit more worn is what i would be looking for. i dont know anything about the cbr600, but after google imaging it, its a pretty sexy bike. Mr. Green
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Maruchino
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PostPosted: 11:19 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Since when has this symbol £££££££ meant euros!!! How very dare you!!!
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P.addy
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PostPosted: 11:20 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
30 safety pins and a cone filter.
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PostPosted: 11:32 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Re: How much would you pay? Reply with quote
https://blissfullyfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/youre-going-to-die.jpg
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c_dug
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PostPosted: 11:33 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
If AUD is anything like NZD (1GBP = 2NZD) then I would think it's more likely 300AUD bottom price. To be honest they are a bloody good engine though, even the early ones are still kicking out over 80bhp, more that enough to give a terrifying ride when your arse is inches from the ground!
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karthead
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PostPosted: 12:14 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maruchino wrote:
Since when has this symbol £££££££ meant euros!!! How very dare you!!!

HAHAHAHA woops! Embarassed
i'm obviously not very familiar with currency... 150aud is 93 brittish pounds. the whole time i meant pounds instead of euros... but yeah, i paid 150aud for the ke125 engine...

##Paddy## wrote:
something about an engine costing 30 safety pins and a cone filter
Well that seems relatively cheap.. looks like i wont have to save up after all Mr. Green

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a pitcure insinuating my death

I have no idea what you're on Laughing
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DrDonnyBrago
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PostPosted: 12:20 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
andresoccer10 wrote:
DonnyBrago wrote:
a pitcure insinuating my death

I have no idea what you're on Laughing


I'd love to see a British teenager try and use the word insinuating... It would be comical

"iz u insin.. insu.. insinsu.. inusating... insinsuating I iz a twat blud?"


Anyway, I have a CBR600 and it goes like stink. I would shit myself in a ball of fiery fury if it went like that, plus it was downgeared, had a fixed rear diff, I was 5 inches from the ground and it had been made in a shed.


The CBR engine is good though, very robust, powerful and there have been a few go kart projects using one you could rob tips from.

Do ask yourself where will you use it? Might be better off buying a scruffy CBR and spending the next however many years until you can ride it making it nice.
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c_dug
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PostPosted: 12:25 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Of course if you are brave enough you end up with something along these lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_gUvksrwiw
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Derivative
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PostPosted: 12:32 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
c_dug wrote:
Of course if you are brave enough you end up with something along these lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_gUvksrwiw


Hayabusa lawnmower anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24qflKsT5DE
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karthead
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PostPosted: 12:51 - 21 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
DonnyBrago wrote:
Do ask yourself where will you use it? Might be better off buying a scruffy CBR and spending the next however many years until you can ride it making it nice.


I like your brittish teenager example there Laughing
I doubt i would ever own a bike. My dad owned a kawasaki 750GPZ in which he had a life changing crash. ended up in a comba for a month, broke heaps of major bones. 5 knee reconstructions. brain damage. hes lucky he is alive, really, which also means im lucky to be alive Shocked
Yeah, anyway, because of this he has had many in-depth conversations with me about never owning a motorbike. the thought of that for me is difficult, i wouldnt mind owning a motorbike, just looks like so much fun, and it seems like a source of transportation, but a hobbie at the same time..

Anyway in relation to a CBR600 go kart, perhaps you would like to look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIbLj4FWiLA
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karthead
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PostPosted: 03:16 - 22 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Derivative wrote:
c_dug wrote:
Of course if you are brave enough you end up with something along these lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_gUvksrwiw


Hayabusa lawnmower anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24qflKsT5DE

YES PLEASE Shocked
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