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Title: 400 E BAY MOTOR
Post by: Rain Man on April 22, 2006, 06:28:23 PM

Just curious whats up with that 1979 400 KTM motor on E bay.
That is the weirdest looking head and cylinder ?? I wonda, wonda wonda....

Raymond
Down East Pentons

Title: 400 E BAY MOTOR
Post by: Merlin on April 22, 2006, 07:16:07 PM

...........every other fin on the cylinder is milled part way off............took me a few minutes of head scratching to figure that one out..............

Title: 400 E BAY MOTOR
Post by: Rain Man on April 23, 2006, 05:39:40 PM

Oh...well that explains it, Thanks Merlin, I've just never seen such a weird looking configuration of cooling fins !!

Raymond
Down East Pentons

Title: 400 E BAY MOTOR
Post by: Dennis Jones on April 24, 2006, 01:04:45 AM

I was wondering about that too! Any ideas why?

Dennis Jones

Title: 400 E BAY MOTOR
Post by: OUCWBOY on April 24, 2006, 03:26:20 AM

Nothing Practical, I'm sure. Seems that in the day some other brands were making trick looking cylinders and head that looked much different with that kind of look. I'm sure that whomever did it they were just trying to look cool and not worried about being functional.

Donny Smith

Penton Owners Group

General Discussion => Penton Talk => Topic started by: Rain Man on April 22, 2006, 06:28:23 PM