bigger bike

[yorkie_chris]

Motor like that makes no sense. For price of parts it'd be easier to fit TL motor, including buying an AC TIG set to do the frame welding! Only problem with that is you'd have to use long forks to avoid battering mudguard into rad, and to get geometry right the tail would be stupidly high.

Parts prices like £1500 for the falicon crank and rods, and the billet barrels priced as £ask!

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Why you get rid?

The cost of everything, parts were a rip off and hard to get within 6 months, and reliability. Don't get me wrong the engine was good, but the electrics were crap and the ECU dumped itself three times. At the time I was a little more involved at work and coming home every now and again to try and fix a bike every time was ridiculous.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Motor like that makes no sense. For price of parts it'd be easier to fit TL motor, including buying an AC TIG set to do the frame welding! Only problem with that is you'd have to use long forks to avoid battering mudguard into rad, and to get geometry right the tail would be stupidly high.

Parts prices like £1500 for the falicon crank and rods, and the billet barrels priced as £ask!

True, fun to ride though....

[yorkie_chris]

Indeed. Unless someone else pays JHS to build a motor, then sells it on for a fraction of the build price

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Unless someone else pays JHS to build a motor, then sells it on for a fraction of the build price

Not you as well!

[yorkie_chris]

Lol no I can't find an idiot to send JHS a blank cheque and a copy of their catalogue with a circle round the whole "engine" section

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

The cost of everything, parts were a rip off and hard to get within 6 months, and reliability. Don't get me wrong the engine was good, but the electrics were crap and the ECU dumped itself three times. At the time I was a little more involved at work and coming home every now and again to try and fix a bike every time was ridiculous.

Not really had any issues as yet fortunatly. Ebay is your friend. Also the parts are easier to find since the take over. But fair enough

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Not really had any issues as yet fortunatly. Ebay is your friend. Also the parts are easier to find since the take over. But fair enough

Yeah, but this was a few years back now (2000 I think).

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

Yeah, but this was a few years back now (2000 I think).

Aye I thought it might be. One second, you said SP I just realised! Damn it man. You should have tuned that bad lad!!! Standard apparently they arnt as powerful/much more powerful than the stock long stroke engine but if you could make it rev like a WSB engine then DANG! 145+bhp at the wheel

[yorkie_chris]

And rebuilding it every week

Yes, an SP!

I had the full race exhaust on it and the chip, stock exhaust really strangled it and an Italian gentleman told me it wasn't designed or expected to run on the standard exhaust.