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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:13 am 
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:31 am 
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Smooth sounding engine.....crappy shifting.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:36 am 
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Ric wrote:
Smooth sounding engine.....crappy shifting.


One missed shift, not bad. And you are right, no "girly 2 cylinder"........... :e11

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:57 pm 
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I'm heartened to know even the great K.R. can miss a shift! (At last, I have something in common with Kenny Roberts! :lol: )

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:05 pm 
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My H2 would pull that hard if I did not weigh 250lbs :lol:

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:29 pm 
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BarryB wrote:
My H2 would pull that hard if I did not weigh 250lbs :lol:


And the bike lost 200 lbs, and you added 100 hp........... :lol:

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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:30 am 

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note the constant hi rpm opperating range.... my kr1 is the same way from 7k - 12k+ it is a sewing machine on steroids and very nimble at 250lbs.


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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 12:12 pm 

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Two missed shifts, conservative revs for that engine, and not really fast laps. Still fun, though.


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:53 pm 
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There was zero mention as to what bike this was--- some research showed it to be an 1980 OW48R in-line 4 --56X50 bore/stroke. This was Yamaha's last effort at this aging design, it has its outer jugs reversed so the outer pipes shoot straight back- ended up worth 6hp but still not enough to compete with Suzuki's square 4.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:20 am 

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Charcoal wrote:
There was zero mention as to what bike this was--- some research showed it to be an 1980 OW48R in-line 4


I found that it was an OW60. Very similar bikes, though.

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