Renegade
XS400 Enthusiast
Great timing to find this thread... I just had the best "DOH" moment...
Went I bought my Maxim in 2006, I bought it from a woman who had owned the bike since buying it in 1982. She gave me the run down of the bike at the time... HP, torque, MPG, etc etc. She told me that she had the engine reworked to go faster, etc, but "don't get your hopes up too much...its just a SOHC." I admit, I didnt know much then, so I took that as gospel.
Years later; after working on the bike, staring at it, learning more about motors, and staring at it; a thought dawns on me. That head looks more like its shaped for DOHC... Now I go and look it up... and guess what...(unless I am much mistaken...doubtful...) the Maxim that I have owned and lived with thinking it was SOHC, is in truth DOHC.
*smacks head*
Went I bought my Maxim in 2006, I bought it from a woman who had owned the bike since buying it in 1982. She gave me the run down of the bike at the time... HP, torque, MPG, etc etc. She told me that she had the engine reworked to go faster, etc, but "don't get your hopes up too much...its just a SOHC." I admit, I didnt know much then, so I took that as gospel.
Years later; after working on the bike, staring at it, learning more about motors, and staring at it; a thought dawns on me. That head looks more like its shaped for DOHC... Now I go and look it up... and guess what...(unless I am much mistaken...doubtful...) the Maxim that I have owned and lived with thinking it was SOHC, is in truth DOHC.
*smacks head*