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Believe it or not, they have 175cc kits available here (Bermuda). That is a serious machine .
Anyhow, the sizes available period for RXS's seem to be 115cc, 135cc and 175cc. There's a guy in my area with a 135 that I attempted to race the other day with my well-tuned 100, but it didn't work out as planned...he decided to swerve amongst the traffic and I wasn't for any of that.
If you plan on getting anything larger than 115cc then I'd strongly recommend frame reinforcements in the form of good welding. Over 90 mph, the bikes tend to speed wobble, and I know of stock swingarms that've been bent from the power under hard acceleration. |
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And if your gona go for the 175cc kit, then I would think about upgrading your bottom end ...
Otherwise the power of the piston will probably distroy it...
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Well, I'll tell you exactly what I know. A friend of mine had a Yamaha DT 100 with a 175cc kit on it, back before I was friends with him, and he told me it was hard to keep the front end down, even in 3rd gear. This coming from a guy who keeps a Ducati 748 SS in the UK.
The other 175 I've heard of was on an RXS and was a friend of a friend's. My friend went for a run on it one day, said he got up to 140 kph and the whole bike started to wobble, so he backed off, though there was still a good 10-15 kph left. I remember seeing the bike one night and examining the welding. There were 1/2 inch thick strips of steel reinforcing the swingarm and various bits around the frame to help stiffen everything. Wish I could remember more detail, but this was 6 years ago when my knowledge of bikes was mediocre at best.
I think if you got it tuned properly with a performance exhaust installed, you'd be pushing 25+ hp. My RX-100 can break 75 mph on a flat without too many troubles and faster ones than mine have been known to break 85 mph, though they're tuned to a very high level and have a lightswitch powerband. I'm guessing I have around 15-16 hp, so surely a 175 2-stroke can break 25...?
That having been said, you'd probably be better off with a 135. That's a healthy increase in power and, like binge said, you'd be running the risk of gearbox and/or crank failure with a 175. They're the sort of thing you install on your "play" bike, one you don't have to worry about taking to work on Monday. |
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That makes two of us. Every time I take the block off for a good polishing I have to make extra sure I don't lose anything or I'll be catching the bus .
I wish I could give you a bit more info, but those kits are very illegal here (100cc 2-stroke / 150cc 4-stroke limit), so also very rare. |
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 Gazdaman I did a trackday!!!

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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 20 years, 339 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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