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[Cov Lad]

Having read the many horror stories about Electra X's I wondered if it would be wise to buy an engine that has become available. I know that the engine is a 2007 leanburn engine with the carb primary cases & starter motor, but without the gearbox. Would this engine go into a 2006 Electra X?

The engine has done just over very little mileage. If hopefully I didn't need to use this engine will it deteriorate as a result of being sat in my garage or is it worth a punt? I also thought I could use the head to fit a proper decompressor as shown by Adrian.

[Adrian]

You will have to decide whether you like your newly-purchased Electra-X enough to reckon that it's a keeper (not in the zoo sense).



If your decision is "yes", the 2006 and 2007 engines swap over happily, so get the spare engine and primary. Chuck a little oil down the plug hole and turn the engine over occasionally, it will be fine it it's kept in the dry.



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[Adrian]

And if you DO buy the spare engine, DO NOT be tempted to buy a spare frame with V5C, That way madness lies.



Wibble.



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[Norm]

If it is cheap enough probably worth the punt, but just the fact it is being offloaded to me I get a feeling the big end has failed and you will never know till you fire it up

[Cov Lad]

I have been told it came out of a runner. Sometimes you have to go with trust I guess. What would you consider a good price Norm? (The gearbox has been taken off for the blokes own bike).

[Adrian]

If you can turn the crank backwards and forwards a bit with the plug out, any suspicious clonks will require a convincing explanation from the seller.

[Norm]

I would like to know why it was removed, only good explanation would be from a crashed bike

[Cov Lad]

Would you consider £600 a fair price for an lean burn engine from a crashed bike? It's one of those things you never find when you need it quick I guess, but then you have to live with it.

[Norm]

Cov Lad, I would consider that way too dear for an unknown motor, that is big bucks in my opinion, but I am not on the ground there so couldn't be sure, Adrian would be best to comment on it.

[Adrian]

Norm could if it's priced in Australian dollars. Meanwhile, in northern latitudes £600 seems like a lot, but at against that our hosts have got an incomplete Electra-X engine (no primary) up for a whopping £1,050 in the used parts section, though they're still listing new cranks for £521.40.



I would suggest you follow this one up but DO check it over, and see if he'll take £500 for it if it's OK.



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