I bought this Bullet 500 used and rode the hell out of it. Lotta miles and the motor towards the end of its life when a friend told me of a XS for a hundred bucks on Craig’s list. I snagged it after i saw it had decent compression. Cleaned up the carbs and damned if it didn’t start. So i ripped the motor out for my little Enfield. Me an a buddy built a girdle sorta like a subframe connector to tie in the 3/4 frame and keep it ridgid. made motor plates to slip into the frame where the original rear motor mounts were. What a pita that was.
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Had to offset the engine 1/2″ to the right to squeak the chain past the inside of the frame but its hardly noticable.The motor looks like it grew there. Wired it up and took it for a ride. What a squirrely little bugger. First thing it did was jerk the rear axle out of alignment…spooky.
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The gear ratio was nuts, 17 front 38 rear, and the Enfield wheel adjusters made me nervous but they got cinched down tight as hell and I rode it anyways. Finally got around to needing a rear tire which seemed to disintegrate rapidly all of the sudden. Decision time, buy a new 19 rear tire or stuff the Yamaha swing arm in it.
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So happens the parts bike had a decent tire on it so that’s what I did. Ended up with 18 tooth final sprocket and 34 on the wheel. The Frankenstein blows down the freeway just fine. Been catching crap from purists but don’t give a crap. They just have to settle for eatin dust.