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- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Path: sparky!uunet!tcsi.com!sparcplug!markk
- From: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
- Subject: Re: CBX and other 6 cyl's
- In-Reply-To: dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.015723.19417@tcsi.com>
- Originator: markk@sparcplug
- Sender: markk@tcs.com
- Reply-To: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
- Organization: Teknekron Communications Inc.
- References: <28846.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> <BxznuL.EHG@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:57:23 GMT
- Lines: 22
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- In article <BxznuL.EHG@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, dab@vuse (The Nashville Flash) writes:
- >In article <28846.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
- >>
- >>-> Kawasaki had a KZ1300 in-line 6 though its engine had only 12
- >>-> valves.
- >> Too bad the bike weighed as much as TWO midsize machines.
-
- >I seem to recall reading that the ENGINE weighed about 480 pounds. At the
- >time I was quite impressed because that was nearly as much as my R80G/S
- >weighed wet, with me on it.
-
- I doubt it's that heavy, that's as much as a small block V8. I saw
- one of these motors used in an autocross car. It was a small
- homebuilt special. The only drawback to the motor for that
- application was that the intake manifold was cast integrally with the
- head making carb swaps and porting modifications difficult if not
- impossible.
-
- --
- )V(ark)< markk@tcs.com DoD #400
- 1988 FZR400 1985 ZX900 Ninja 1977 RD400D
- "I'd rather shoot back."
-