was thinking about this idea the other nite, if my motor were to pop rather than getting another one perhaps swapping in an rc 51 motor would be in favor. from the looks of things its fuel injected, i guess depending on the year, so that would mean wiring harness computer and cluster have to be swapped. those likely wouldnt be an issue. would i need to swap over the twist throttle aswell or will my linkage work? what about motor mounts and fitment? again its somethign thats floating around my head as a possible swap if its simple enough

 

Won't work.

 

you'd be better off swapping a varadero engine and by the time you've slept off the milwaukee's breast you'd just go out and buy an RC-51 SP2 if you 'really thought about it' .

 

If it was possible, there would be a write up.

 

makes sense. i like the rc 51 a friend of mine has one, i hate the front ends on them though. when i do buy another bike itll likely be a ss, gixxer 1000 or something fun like that. wont be for a few years though so in the meantime im just trying to see whats available to me with this thing thanks for the info

 

Well... Since I out of curiosity alone measured up some stuff, I can tell you that it won't fit in the frame, you'd need to start with cutting up the frame and welding, and then go from there...

And if you did get it in there, the VTR frame is to weak for the stock engine if massaged a bit... So it will most certainly be to weak for the RC engine...

It would probably be easier to make a custom frame... Or just buy a RC to begin with...

But if you keep the stock engine, there is loads of fun stuff you can swap out around that.... I can give you a list...

 

thanks man, yeah if you can point me in the right direction that would be great. cheap and easy stuff prefered, lol. id like to wake it up a little over winter if possible