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The early set-up works better, and rattles louder!! Never broke a piston, (or cyl.) after lotsa miles!!

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"One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." : anon.

Yeah, pretty much the same here, Rod. I have 30,000+ miles on early cylinders and big-cutout pistons, both stock and Wiseco, and never had a seizure or breakage. Plenty of rattle though, especially with the Wisecos. The stock pistons I used were being made with small cutouts by the time I needed them, so I used the milling machine to make them into big cutout pistons before I used them.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

Jim, that would be ideal, but I'm open and trying to see if anyone has the right cylinders and need to even be interested. If so, then I could see where we stand with pistons, measurements and type of piston. These were bored to Wisecos, but I've not checked the clearances, but at this point I have assumed they are good. These have been together as a set on the shelf long before I got them-who knows how or why they ended up this way.

As the cylinders are now, they aren't much use, so the first thing is to get three to match, and I wouldn't be averse to going up to 2nd over if that's what it takes. I don't have immediate need as I have a couple more sets, but would like to get them sorted out for use, or sale or trade.

I've ended up with a lot of parts, and at some point before long, I want to get rid of some of the excess stuff to get things I need for the couple I'm working on. I have no plans to do any more, I'm getting old and I have several RZ350's and a bunch of Yam XS650's, too. Want to keep the best and get rid of the rest. I'm actively working on one of the H2's now. I need to get a set of your pipes and cdi boxes.

John

RB, "early cylinders are not portable to later specs" makes sense as adding material to the cast iron liner would be a bit difficult, but can series 2 cylinders be modified to 1st series specs? Has anybody actually tried this? A quick look suggests that it can be done, but I'll have to make accurate measurements to see if the transfer cutaway can actually be modded without causing problems.

I mod the cut-outs all the time, not a big deal.

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

I've heard the early cylinders would crack between the inlet and transfers - never seen it myself - hence the modification.

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"One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." : anon.

have already ride with mix barrels on the past no trouble and the engine was still strong

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ARHGGG!!!! - I am SO glad that you posted that, with the loss of the old board I had NO clue of how to get hold of you - or even what your I.D. was - PM me some contact details Unfortunately, I JUST landed back in England so you won't be getting the heads for a while

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Always remember, there will be greater and lesser people than yourself . . . you can learn from either!

But I still knew how to find you. If I had needed them, I would have gotten in touch. No hurry, I'll PM you.

John

that would be "very rare" jim

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