Re: italian 200cc engine
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:17 pm
What's the number cast on the inside between the chain guides?
martin123 wrote:i think it has had them taken off because on the v5 it is a tv175 series 3 but engine as a 125cc, so i think it was changed then sent off to have the engine changed on the log book, this was done a lot when the 125cc law came in, it has a 66.4 piston, a lug on the barrel with a 1 stamped in it also the inlet port stud spacings are wider as on the 200cc, it is a series 2 casing on it,
Quite likely. Back in the 80s, a mate of mine restamped engines from loads of undesirable TV200 and SX200s to make them look like more valuable 125s. Doh!
