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It strikes me how close to the perfect recipe the old Brit AJS and Matchless thumpers were (350 and 500 cc lonnng-stroke singles). The Royal Enfield Bullet has a 70mm bore for the 350 and 84mm for the 500, both engines have a 90mm stroke (I don't know if this still applies to the new unit construction engine). I think the 350 Bullet would be about the ideal bike for a high mpg gas motorcycle. Now I wonder how to get my hands on one. Buy a 500 and import a cylinder and piston, and swap it out?
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Woops, the Yam XV250 also is undersquare, bore 49mm, stroke 66mm. And it does better than anything on fuelly in the 250 class and up, as far as I can tell. The cruiser style and low seat probably keeps the rider out of the wind better.
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