{"id":482,"date":"2008-11-25T01:16:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T06:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2008-11-25T01:16:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T06:16:18","slug":"geo-metro-with-honda-motorcycle-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Geo Metro with Honda Motorcycle Swap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Metro-Gnome&#8217;s Geo Metro is powered by a Honda <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honda_CBR900RR\">CBR900RR<\/a> motorcycle engine. Really not much other details on the build besides it looks like it will be lucky to survive the entire race.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jalopnik.com\/assets\/images\/gallery\/12\/2008\/11\/medium_3045906531_a42ce27860_o.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"CBR900RR motorcycle engine in Geo Metro\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/5094909\/hayabusa+powered-geo-metro-to-take-on-lemons-sneers-at-ghettocharged-miata\">Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Metro-Gnome&#8217;s Geo Metro is powered by a Honda CBR900RR motorcycle engine. Really not much other details on the build besides it looks like it will be lucky to survive the entire race. Source: Jalopnik<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":139236,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=139236","url_meta":{"origin":482,"position":0},"title":"1970 Subaru 360 with a Honda CBR954RR Motorcycle Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1970 Subaru 360 called \"Firebug\" is no longer powered by an air-cooled straight-twin motor. 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