Fast Mojave

[BigGreenMachine]

This thing moves!! Take a look, the rider has skills man, maybe a loose screw as well?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok2bupKyRtc

How much those things weigh?

[SYKO]

oh yea Ive seen that video that thing is insane!

[RedRider_AK]

The Mojave actually weighs as much as a Warrior, I believe (read it in an ATV Action shootout from 2000), which makes it a little slow compared to the Blaster and 300EX they were comparing it to, even though it's got higher compression and liquid cooling (and 4 valves per cylinder, I believe).

[BigGreenMachine]

Mojave 379lbs vs Warrior 397lbs..

I bet its a stong little motor as is. I'm thinkin about putting one in a Tecate frame for the g/f as apposed to the 250 two stroke she has now. Then I'll build the same for myself but with a bigbore 330 motor. Won't be the fastest top end machine but like that vid shows it'd be tough.

Reverse is a major plus! As well as the reliabilty of those old tech fourstroke motors.

[cr480r]

[QUOTE=BigGreenMachine;484775] I'm thinkin about putting one in a Tecate frame QUOTE]

The sprockets wont line up unless the motor is offset to the right a whole bunch...

[cr480r]

. Won't be the fastest top end machine but like that vid shows it'd be tough.

That mojave in the video is far from stock... For the price of making one run like that you could buy a running 350X...

[BigGreenMachine]

Really?? Aww man that sucks a $ $, was stoked about doing that for her.

I know its a 370, mine wouldn't be that far out there. A 330 with some port work and a bigger carb, I don't need a rocket for the trails around here.

[BigGreenMachine]

What about a DR350 motor?

[RedRider_AK]

We've got a Mojave sitting behind some guy's yard in town, but I've tried kicking it over and the kickstart wouldn't move at all (read: seized up or something). Looked like it'd be a fun little frame to play around with, though.

[cody2]

mojaves are what cc? i dont know a whole lot about them

[Greiver430x]

I beleive they are 250cc

[BigGreenMachine]

Yeah they are a 250.

Looking for a four stroke to go into a Tecate chassis and they seemed like a solid choice.

[cr480r]

What about a DR350 motor?

I am not real familiar with DR's... But most dirtbike engines I have measured have had a similar sprocket offset from center distance as the tecate... Are you set on using a 4-stroke? I always thought a air-cooled KDX200 engine would make a sweet powerplant for a trail machine... I bet it would be nearly a bolt-in swap into a tecate chassis... Use the kdx pipe and gas tank.... mellow power, reliable, lightweight, factory lighting coil, easy to start, cheap parts, etc.....

[SYKO]

ive seen a mojave with a klx 650 motor stuffed into it, it looked at first completly stock but it ripped crazy!

[BigGreenMachine]

Set on a fourstroke. Never ran a strong one before, figure I'll give one a try. Looking into the bigger fourstrokes. Will be a few months after I'm working again.

[RedRider_AK]

I always thought the XR600R would be a pretty monstrous motor to have in, say, a TRX250R chassis.