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From: Vito on 17 Jun 2010 17:08
Beav wrote:
>> "S'mee" <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote
>>> ..... Fuhgeddabout it I'll take something simpler like the
>>> ducati. Or better yet the valve train for a RGV500. ;^)
>>
>> I'll have that tat too :-)
>>
I forget - was it rotory, reed or piston/port? Did they have variable
height exhaust ports like late TZs?


From: S'mee on 18 Jun 2010 00:03
On Jun 17, 3:08 pm, "Vito" <v...(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Beav wrote:
> >> "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> >>> ..... Fuhgeddabout it I'll take something simpler like the
> >>> ducati. Or better yet the valve train for a RGV500. ;^)
>
> >> I'll have that tat too :-)
>
> I forget - was it rotory, reed or piston/port?  Did they have variable
> height exhaust ports like late TZs?

reed and I'm not sure about the exhaust ports.
From: S'mee on 18 Jun 2010 00:04
On Jun 17, 6:14 am, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
> "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:2f4b2d36-fd8f-4b52-b79b-90d958eaa903(a)s6g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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>
>
>
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> > On Jun 14, 9:54 am, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
> >> "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:fec04776-4444-4a7b-8603-b93ce18c57fc(a)42g2000prb.googlegroups.com....
>
> >> > I report
>
> >> >http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2010/wdw/1/9.htm
>
> >> > I dunno, not T&A so it must be a temporary tat.
>
> >> Better than those Motor Company tats.
>
> > well DUH...that valve train would take up your whole back. The cam
> > would be at teh belt line and the rocks at the top of your shoulders.
> > Fuhgeddabout it I'll take something simpler like the ducati. Or better
> > yet the valve train for a RGV500. ;^)
>
> I'll have that tat too :-)

It'd be nice I agree BUT I'd rather have the valve train from a 'zuki
T-500. ;^)
From: S'mee on 18 Jun 2010 00:04
On Jun 17, 6:16 am, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
> "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:3d849945-44fb-4dda-89a0-b295f76f6146(a)y6g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
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> > On Jun 14, 5:43 pm, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jun 14, 4:15 pm, Bob Myers <nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote:
>
> >> > On 6/14/2010 2:56 PM, sean_q_ wrote:
>
> >> > > Chang Jiang -- no way, we tangled with the Chinese People's
> >> > > Liberation Army in Korea. And for that matter I'm not thrilled
> >> > > about Hyosung, either.
>
> >> > > Well, I seem to be running out of countries with motorcycle
> >> > > manufactures...
>
> >> > Assuming you have nothing against the Taiwanese, there's always
> >> > Kymco.  Don't think they've got anything bigger than a 250 cc
> >> > mini-cruiser, though,
>
> >> Hyosung, Korean and it's a better bike all around. More reliable or so
> >> I'm told.
>
> > Yep I was right (again) only they also make a 650...
>
> They also make a V-rod-a-like with the 650 twin motor.
>

Oh a cruiser? yeah whatever.
From: The Older Gentleman on 18 Jun 2010 02:10
Vito <vito(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> Beav wrote:
> >> "S'mee" <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> >>> ..... Fuhgeddabout it I'll take something simpler like the
> >>> ducati. Or better yet the valve train for a RGV500. ;^)
> >>
> >> I'll have that tat too :-)
> >>
> I forget - was it rotory, reed or piston/port? Did they have variable
> height exhaust ports like late TZs?

Disc valve, IIRC, and yes, it had a form of power-valve. Never ridden
one, though I have ridden a Yamaha RD500.


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