laughed my **** off.

 

lol that was good for a laugh, what a clueless owner

 

I couldn't help myself and sent him a text:

Me: Your "CBR" looks a lot like a VTR 1000. In fact it looks exactly like mine.

Seller: Ya i just look that up it is vtr1000 it has 4 cylinders

Me: Really? My VTR has 2, just like every other VTR or Firestorm in the world.

Seller: Ok you are right i got it in a trade its my vtx that has 4 i know i put 4 spark plug in something

Me: So it's not a "CBR", it's not "board" out to 1300, it's not a 98, it doesn't have 2500 on the motor since rebuild. Is there any truth to your ad?

Me: Those fairings aren't custom either.

Seller N is a 98 and then so it was 1100 so now it IS a 1200 the i know the shop that did it

No, VTRs are 996cc, there is not enough meat in the jugs to bore it out that much. As a 98 it must have the electronic fuel injection right?

Seller: No it has two carbs and so what is it

Me: Yep it's a VTR




Will continue.......

 

I bet it has a cbr motor stuffed into it. LOL

 

What are you guys talking about? It IS a CBR! Look...

http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/mcy/2258979811.html

 

RWhisen, more of this goodness!

Good thing his VTX has four cylinders and four spark plugs! Tell him that the "v" is the roman numeral 5 and his VTX actually has 5 cylinders.

 

I think he must have replaced each of the two spark plugs twice? I thought I was pretty clueless working on bikes, but I feel better now

 

That guy's a wuss.

I would've gone full boat and "board" it out to 1800cc.

 

Actually guys, VTX 1300s DO have 4 spark plugs. Serious.

 

Oh ok- so maybe he was thinking four spark plugs meant four cylinders. Actually, 1300 cc's would make sense in this case too...

 

Probably. It threw me off the first time I changed them. I have no idea why it needs 4 plugs, it's FAR from a "performance" engine...

 

Silly...it makes cruisers FASTER! I used to have a vulcan and when I changed the plugs it was REALLY fast! Honest!!!

 

sometimes manufacturers use more than one spark plug for fuel mileage or reliability, not just performance. My 2001 ford ranger is a 4 cylinder with 8 spark plugs and I have to say... it isn't fast. I have heard comments about improving the burn/pressure front of the fuel burn, but I have nothing to really back it up.

Planes often use 2 entire sets of ignition systems to increase reliability, but i doubt that is the case with the motorcycle.

Also... I have had people ask what year my CBR is... too bad it normally confuses me because I would love to mess with them, but instead I sit there with a dumb look on my face or looking for someone else on a CBR...

 

So do late model SV 650's. It's called dual ignition.

 

Older Nissan 4 cyl pick-ups had dual ignition (8 plugs) and if one coil goes out, killing the plugs on one side of the head, the truck will barely pull its own weight. But on most cars/trucks that used dual ignition, it's mainly for emission control.

Now a 1959 Porsche Carrera with dual ignition, that was for performance only.

 

The engine layout on the VTX engines does not allow for a centrally located sparkplug, such as the VTR. This forces the sparkplug to the edge of the combustion chamber which can lead to flame front issues requiring either excessive ignition advance or low compression to prevent detonation.
The solution is to have a sparkplug on either side of the combustion chamber, cutting the flame front travel requirement in half.

 

I love how a joke craigslist add becomes an informative motor layout/history thread...

 

They never miss a "teaching moment" here!

 

or an injection of sarcasm...

 

The 8 spark plugs on a 4 cyl Ranger was an emissions deal, if you notice they are in the exhaust side, not the combustion chamber (IIRC)

 

I sent him an email too. He told me the same thing...yes VTR 1000, 4 cyl.!! I simply said, it's a v-twin, which would be quite difficult to turn into a 4 cyl!

 

I got this response./....

"ya it is the vt1000 i had to look at the titel when i get home going to fix the cl ad it was board out not that much i was going of if you bore a v8 thats what you will get "

 

Flag that ****... msn address, flagrant inaccuracies... it's a scam