{"id":9949,"date":"2016-05-03T07:15:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T11:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=9949"},"modified":"2016-05-02T23:34:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T03:34:36","slug":"vespa-with-a-155-ci-v-twin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=9949","title":{"rendered":"Vespa with a 155 ci V-Twin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vespa<\/a><\/p>\n

Mario Kleff enjoys building custom motorcycles with large engines. One of his previous creations was a Honda Grom with a Ducati 1199 Panigale R engine<\/a>. Unfortunately a fuel leak caused a fire and destroyed the bike. After that he moved on to his next project, a Vespa with a 155 ci V-Twin engine. The motor is a water-cooled R&R Cycle 2540 cc V-Twin with upgraded components produces 190 horsepower and 205 lb-ft of torque. The engine is connected to a Baker Torquebox TB6 six-speed transmission.<\/p>\n

\"Vespa<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vespa<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vespa<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vespa<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vespa<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vespa<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vespa<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Vespa “Nong Noi”<\/p>\n

Engine<\/strong>: R&R Cycle 155 ci (2540 cc) V-Twin, water-cooled, racing camshaft, ROSS Racing dome pistons, 12.5:1 compression ratio, S&S Super D carb with 2 Thunderjets<\/p>\n

Built by<\/strong>: R&R Cycle, Hyperformance, and Mario Kleff. Cylinder mods by Somnuek Pakit<\/p>\n

Ignition<\/strong>: Daytona Twin Tec<\/p>\n

Power<\/strong>: 190+ horsepower and 205 lb-ft of torque<\/p>\n

Transmission & Driveline<\/strong>: Baker Torquebox six-speed (TB6) right side drive. Barnett Black Scorpion three-inch belt drive with Barnett lock-up clutch, 2.2 Kw starter motor<\/p>\n

Exhaust<\/strong>: custom<\/p>\n

Chassis<\/strong>: custom<\/p>\n

Suspension<\/strong>: custom<\/p>\n

Brakes<\/strong>: Performance Machine six-piston front and rear calipers<\/p>\n

Wheels<\/strong>: custom<\/p>\n

Tires<\/strong>: PMT Racing<\/p>\n

Source: Mario Kleff<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mario Kleff enjoys building custom motorcycles with large engines. One of his previous creations was a Honda Grom with a Ducati 1199 Panigale R engine. Unfortunately a fuel leak caused a fire and destroyed the bike. After that he moved on to his next project, a Vespa with a 155 ci V-Twin engine. The motor… Read More »Vespa with a 155 ci V-Twin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9981,"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":[45,443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycle","category-vespa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Vespa-with-a-155-ci-V-Twin-01.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59756,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=59756","url_meta":{"origin":9949,"position":0},"title":"Vespa Dragster with a Yamaha R1 Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This Vespa dragster called \"VespaR1on\" was built by Scooter Sloop in the Netherlands. They started with a Vespa PX scooter and discarded everything besides the frame. Under that they built a custom frame to support a fork and 1000 cc inline-four from a Yamaha R1 motorcycle. The motor produces around\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Motorcycle"","block_context":{"text":"Motorcycle","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=45"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vespa Dragster with a Yamaha R1 Motor","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vespa-Dragster-with-a-Yamaha-R1-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vespa-Dragster-with-a-Yamaha-R1-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vespa-Dragster-with-a-Yamaha-R1-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vespa-Dragster-with-a-Yamaha-R1-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Vespa-Dragster-with-a-Yamaha-R1-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6925,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6925","url_meta":{"origin":9949,"position":1},"title":"For Sale: Jeep With Four Harley Motorcycle Engines","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"If you are in the market for something unique than this Jeep might be perfect for you. We previously wrote about this 1978 Jeep that was built by Mike Sonner a year ago. The Jeep is powered by four Harley-Davidson Evolution V-twin engines making a combined 320 ci and 200-260\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Jeep"","block_context":{"text":"Jeep","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jeep With Four Harley Motorcycle V-twin Engines","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jeep-With-Four-Harley-Motorcycle-V-twin-Engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jeep-With-Four-Harley-Motorcycle-V-twin-Engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jeep-With-Four-Harley-Motorcycle-V-twin-Engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jeep-With-Four-Harley-Motorcycle-V-twin-Engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jeep-With-Four-Harley-Motorcycle-V-twin-Engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7221,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7221","url_meta":{"origin":9949,"position":2},"title":"Flying Millyard Motorcycle is Powered by a 5000 cc V-twin Engine","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"British engineer Allen Millyard enjoys building motorcycles with unique engines. Many will remember his famous motorcycle powered by a 8.0 L Viper V10. Allen's most recent project involved building a custom 5.0 L (5000 cc\/305 ci) V-twin engine from two Pratt & Whitney R1340 aircraft cylinders. The rest of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Motorcycle"","block_context":{"text":"Motorcycle","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=45"},"img":{"alt_text":"Flying Millyard Motorcycle is Powered by a 5000 cc V-twin Engine","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Flying-Millyard-Motorcycle-is-Powered-by-a-5000-cc-V-twin-Engine-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Flying-Millyard-Motorcycle-is-Powered-by-a-5000-cc-V-twin-Engine-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Flying-Millyard-Motorcycle-is-Powered-by-a-5000-cc-V-twin-Engine-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Flying-Millyard-Motorcycle-is-Powered-by-a-5000-cc-V-twin-Engine-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12342,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12342","url_meta":{"origin":9949,"position":3},"title":"Motorcycle with Four V-Twin Engines","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Gordon Tronson loves building projects with multiple engines. We have written about his 1927 Model T with two V8s and his 1962 Ford Econoline with four supercharged V8s. Well Gordon also decided he needed to make a motorcycle with multiple engines. He started with a custom frame to which he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Motorcycle"","block_context":{"text":"Motorcycle","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=45"},"img":{"alt_text":"Gordon Tronson's custom motorcycle with four V-Twin engines","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Gordon-Tronson-custom-motorcycle-with-four-V-Twin-engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C740&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Gordon-Tronson-custom-motorcycle-with-four-V-Twin-engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C740&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Gordon-Tronson-custom-motorcycle-with-four-V-Twin-engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C740&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Gordon-Tronson-custom-motorcycle-with-four-V-Twin-engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C740&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Gordon-Tronson-custom-motorcycle-with-four-V-Twin-engines-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C740&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=105","url_meta":{"origin":9949,"position":4},"title":"Gunbus Motorcycle with a 410 ci V-Twin","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 7, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"How to you fit a 410 ci V-twin engine into a motorcycle? Well if you are Clemens F. Leonhardt from Leonhardt Manufacturing, you build the bike bigger. Clemons is the creator of Gunbus 410 motorcycle. The bike weighs 870 lbs, is 3.47 meters (11.3 feet) long, and has tires that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Motorcycle"","block_context":{"text":"Motorcycle","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=45"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132","url_meta":{"origin":9949,"position":5},"title":"Suzuki Samurai with a V-Twin","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This Suzuki Samurai called \"Groundhawg\" was brought to the United States in 1985 and came with a 1.3 L four-cylinder engine producing about 63 horsepower. Unfortunately the factory engine blew and the owner wanted to swap an engine that matched their personality. At first the owner considered using a diesel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Motorcycle"","block_context":{"text":"Motorcycle","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=45"},"img":{"alt_text":"Suzuki Samurai with a RevTech V-twin","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Suzuki-Samurai-with-a-RevTech-V-twin-01.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Suzuki-Samurai-with-a-RevTech-V-twin-01.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Suzuki-Samurai-with-a-RevTech-V-twin-01.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}