should i put a 200cc dirtbike engine with a 5 speed trans on my doodle bug
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I have had several RDs over the years and can tell you this, I would not ride one with anything more than the little seen RD50 engine but would never part out that rare a machine! I had an RD50 and got $2000 for it, sold it on Walnecks Classic Cycle Trader 3 days after the Trader hit the news stand! Those bikes are stupid fast and a 250cc would be a suicide ride on a Doodlebug! My RD 400 with many mods was almost too fast for even an experienced rider, it would throttle wheelie at the top of 5th gear!
It was ported and polished with a set of custom chambers, and had racing reeds and rejetted carbs! The chambers were huge and scraped a bit from time to time but they made the powerband come in quicker and stretched it out till your cheeks were wrapped around your ears! All work was performed by 'the late Dennis Latimer of OKC he was a 2 stroke wizard and built me this dangerous beast, but it was lots of fun! I sold it along with a restored 250, 350, and another 400. As well as a suzuki GT250, 500, and a K1 kawi, and a 1976 suzuki RE5 rotory engine motorcycle! A divorce forced the sale and my heart still breaks! I loved them all, not the ex-wife but the bikes, just to be clear!
No Dennis Latimer passed away a few years back, he had a small motorcycle shop right on Route66 and was the king of 2 strokes as far as I was concerned! He built the chambers from scratch from sheetmetal and brazed them, like I said they were big but effective! Dennis used some formula to calculate volume, and every chamber he made was awesome!:thumbsup:
