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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.

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