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Old 04-16-2008, 07:11 AM
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the 240 has 91 bore / 92 stroke.

lightening the flywheel won't help your economy much. It may make it trickier to take off but the main purpose IMHO of a heavy flywheel is to smoothen the vibrations.

Tom W
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