Should i buy this

[whitepower]

450$ obo

1979 yz 490 motor needs kick start can be heard running fast and powerful bike. open to trade obo

if i put on a kart cant i just push hop in and start?

i was gonna see if he wanted like 600bucks in paintball **** that i dont even use or my xbox that i havnt touched in 2 years rofl or a blow job

 

[modelengineer]

It would be weird push starting a kart, you need to do it in like 2nd or 3rd gear and release the clutch once up to speed. Also, if it accidentally goes away from you it would be difficult to catch it.

$450 seems a little steep for such an old engine...

 

[honda02]

It is still a 490 though. Any pictures of what shape its in? You could roll start it... by yourself. It would be kinda hard. Do you have a steep driveway? haha I wanted to get a dirtbike engine on my kart so I could just roll down the driveway by myself, drop the clutch when I hit the street and take off. I say lets see that engine. Is it complete with pipe? Make sure you can get the pipe. No power band without it.

 

[whitepower]

It is still a 490 though. Any pictures of what shape its in? You could roll start it... by yourself. It would be kinda hard. Do you have a steep driveway? haha I wanted to get a dirtbike engine on my kart so I could just roll down the driveway by myself, drop the clutch when I hit the street and take off. I say lets see that engine. Is it complete with pipe? Make sure you can get the pipe. No power band without it.

Yehh where i moving to where i get my kart is like in the back country and im at the top of a hill that gets me to like 90 coasting in my car from the top with out breaking l0l but my driveway is pretty beast at that house but its gravel i can always attached my dog to it and make her pull me till i can get it started l0l


and no thier isnt pics ill ask though

 

[whitepower]

I dont know **** about motorbikes so you guys gota help me out on what to look for problems issues if i do end up going to buy this thing also one other question by 490 does that mean its 490cc engine and im guessing a 2 stroke? im dumb

 

[anderkart]

Yep, 490cc. 2-stroke.

Heres a quote from one reveiw I found here: http://www.superhunky.com/articles/worstbikes.php

4. YAMAHA YZ490 (MOST YEARS). Yamaha introduced the YZ 490 in 1982, after a solid run with the YZ465. Sadly, the 490 was heavier than the 465, nowhere near as reliable, horribly difficult to start (hot or cold), came with a grim suspension, vibrated enough to bring blisters to your hands and was impossible to jet.

If you jetted it rich enough to keep this dog from seizing, it would blubber, puke, foul plugs and produce no power. If you jetted it to run strong, it would invariably seize. It came with air leaks, a wandering ignition, gimpy motor mounts and the worst case of Yamahop at high speeds since the original DT-1. Yamaha issued a mountain of service bulletins to try to fix the problems. None of them worked.

Lots more YZ490 info here: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DMUS_enUS221US222&q=Yamaha+YZ490

 

[whitepower]

Yep, 490cc. 2-stroke.

Heres a quote from one reveiw I found here: http://www.superhunky.com/articles/worstbikes.php

4. YAMAHA YZ490 (MOST YEARS). Yamaha introduced the YZ 490 in 1982, after a solid run with the YZ465. Sadly, the 490 was heavier than the 465, nowhere near as reliable, horribly difficult to start (hot or cold), came with a grim suspension, vibrated enough to bring blisters to your hands and was impossible to jet.

If you jetted it rich enough to keep this dog from seizing, it would blubber, puke, foul plugs and produce no power. If you jetted it to run strong, it would invariably seize. It came with air leaks, a wandering ignition, gimpy motor mounts and the worst case of Yamahop at high speeds since the original DT-1. Yamaha issued a mountain of service bulletins to try to fix the problems. None of them worked.

Lots more YZ490 info here: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DMUS_enUS221US222&q=Yamaha+YZ490

ooo ranked number 4 well atleast it isnt number 1

so you saying that the engine is not worth it to put on a kart?
or the bike is just **** with bad suspension and stuff
and if i dont touch the engine will it not **** up on me


opinions please if u would or not buy it for the engine