1989 Motor In A 97 Chassis

mike hunt · Post by **mike hunt** » February 3rd, 2009, 5:31 pm

I'm looking at buying a 89 motor for my 97 roller. I want to make sure this will work. So will this motor bolt right in or not? Thanks any help is appreciated.

pstoffers · Post by **pstoffers** » February 3rd, 2009, 6:02 pm

I think the swingarm dolt is 15mm on the 89 and 17mm on your 97.

LAYNFRM · Post by **LAYNFRM** » February 3rd, 2009, 6:51 pm

pstoffers wrote:I think the swingarm dolt is 15mm on the 89 and 17mm on your 97.

do you know what year that changed?

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » February 3rd, 2009, 6:58 pm

seems like it was '90 when the bolt changed, same year they changed the clutch. i might be wrong though

my opologies, it was '89-'01 that used larger swinger bolt

DesertCR · Post by **DesertCR** » February 3rd, 2009, 7:08 pm

Well I have an'89 motor in my '95 cr500 chassis and it all bolted up good. I'm almost 100% pos it is 88 and under that use the smaller swingarm bolt.

mike hunt · Post by **mike hunt** » February 3rd, 2009, 7:10 pm

Thanks for the answer boys this will make number four. I just can't get enough of these beasts.

pstoffers · Post by **pstoffers** » February 3rd, 2009, 7:11 pm

Well it sounds like it will work then

CR500PHIL · Post by **CR500PHIL** » February 14th, 2009, 7:03 pm

DesertCR wrote:Well I have an'89 motor in my '95 cr500 chassis and it all bolted up good. I'm almost 100% pos it is 88 and under that use the smaller swingarm bolt.

I got a 1989 motor and the swingarm bolt from a 1999 CR 250 fits perfectly for my AF conversion. Of course many people use newer motors for the Gen 1 AFs so this means the swing arm bolt in the 1989 is the same as the newer years. I bet it will bolt right into the frame no problem.

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