So I'm glad to report that two weeks ago (Saturday September 8th), John reassembled and installed the original motor back in my bike. After spending the day at John's place in NH, I took an extremely wet and windy ride back to NYC and the bike ran great although it was a pretty miserable ride. We are talking 20-30 mph gusts and downpour rain for 4 1/2 hours. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the bike out since then so I haven't been able to really put it's cooling ability to the test in traffic, but we heat cycled it a few times and it performed fine. I don't anticipate there will be any problems considering the work that was done.
As far as the motor I bought from the guy on Craigslist, I contacted a lawyer (whom was also screwed by this guy), and he is willing the file the lawsuit for the both of us, because he plans to sue, in CT court. Apparently, this lawyer had a vintage bike that he needed fixed and he gave the scumbag $2500 and his bike and has not seen his bike since. In fact, I plan to call the lawyer today to follow up. When we removed this motor, we found that the above mentioned scumbag has cut the rear motor mount to install the motor some other type of vehicle (probably a GSXR600/1000 frame). However, when he sliced the mount they cut into the crankcase. Realizing his mistake, he took the sliced off piece and jb welded it back on...rather unsuccessfully. Then he proceeded to slice the other side of the mount (which actually would have worked if he would have done this side in the first place) to make it fit in his project. Pictures of this disaster are below.
As far as the motor I bought from the guy on Craigslist, I contacted a lawyer (whom was also screwed by this guy), and he is willing the file the lawsuit for the both of us, because he plans to sue, in CT court. Apparently, this lawyer had a vintage bike that he needed fixed and he gave the scumbag $2500 and his bike and has not seen his bike since. In fact, I plan to call the lawyer today to follow up. When we removed this motor, we found that the above mentioned scumbag has cut the rear motor mount to install the motor some other type of vehicle (probably a GSXR600/1000 frame). However, when he sliced the mount they cut into the crankcase. Realizing his mistake, he took the sliced off piece and jb welded it back on...rather unsuccessfully. Then he proceeded to slice the other side of the mount (which actually would have worked if he would have done this side in the first place) to make it fit in his project. Pictures of this disaster are below.
