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Its my motor... and I bought it from a member on here. finally got it in my bike and running today. Compression and leak down tested great so why would I take the head off? If you cant help with the question than dont reply. Owner said it was 72mm bore 16 mil. That would make it 570cc....is that possible?

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68

72

72.5

73

73.5

74

74.5

etc.

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you can get any stroke, bore combo.  MOST times the intended bore is cast in the intake at ther reed cage  sometimes the stroke is in there alos.  you can usually measure the height of the cylinder to determin stroke also.  if your super cool you can usually guess stroke by the space under the head.  if its thick  its a lot of stroke.  if its thin  not so much. so you oh its a 421 cub dicks with 10's yea  i see ya.

 

is the 16in stock cases?  if it is there should be an ass ton of case work to get the crank to fit.   to double check the stroke you can measure that through the plug hole.  

 

some of the best running motors i have personally seen were 14 cheeta, and 16 cheeta. one 73 bore adn the other was a 75mm bore.    i FEEL the lighter pistons let the motor rev much much easier. 

 

cubs are a different casting. 

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Measure the stroke with calipers. Read the number on top of the piston with a borescope. Don't have a borescope? Make friends with a local auto tech that has one. It's amazing what you can see inside a motor with one. It's even worth taking one with you when you're going to look at a bike you're thinking about buying.

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