I found the thread in the archives, another Bob did it so perhaps your Bob should be able to also :)
http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers/browse_thread/thread/11718e6fa9c29c/66c4c24603380f33?lnk=gst&q=winter+project+finished#66c4c24603380f33 -Kyle On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Kim Paddock <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know about pictures...anyways Kyle, this spring Bob and I rebuilt > the top end of my '83 650. I had bent an exhaust valve some time back and > the thing still ran so I thought that I'd dodged a bullet and could just > rebuild the top end. After we got the new top end on we started it up. it > ran a little rough as it needed some timing done. Ater it warmed up I gave > it some throttle. A tie rod went and I shut her down. So the bottom end did > have some damage that we were unaware of. Long story short I got this 550 > out in the shed that I've had for about 9 years. It came from someone that > we knew and the motor is rebuilt. The bike is a good donor if it will work > in a 650 frame. I'm not sure how much of it we could swap out or need to > swap out to make it all work. Any help from one of our resident geniuses > would be appreciated. > > --- On *Sun, 7/3/11, Kyle Munz <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Motor swap....550 in a 650 Nighthawk? > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, July 3, 2011, 7:42 PM > > > Somebody a few months ago posted picks of a 550/650 mixed bike. I can't > remember if it was a 550 motor in a 650 frame or the other way around. > Should be in the archives tho. > > > -Kyle > > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Kim Paddock > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hey all....does anyone know if a 550 motor will swap into a 650 bike? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
