Prince George Vintage Motorcycle Club
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Dennis on June 23, 2015, 03:04:47 PM
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During my daily ritual of avoiding work in the afternoon by scrolling through Kijiji, I see the following ad from Summit Power Sports for the Cleveland Cycle Works "Heist." It says the engine has "no overhead cams."
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-street-cruisers-choppers/prince-george/2015-cleveland-cycle-works-heist-at-summit-power-tools/1082302652
It is cut and pasted from Cleveland's Website
http://www.clevelandcyclewerks.com/new-page/
I'll eat humble pie if I'm wrong, but I am pretty sure that engine is a single overhead cam model. I felt sure enough to email Cleveland and tell them. If they turn out to have a push rod OHV engine, I'll buy one (the engine that is).
Peace & Petty Particulars, Dennis
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I'm not actually sure how to eat Humble Pie, but I'm sure confessing to the brethren is a start. I got this email back,
Hello Dennis, our 250cc in the USA and Canada currently has a 2 valve pushrod motor.
We have 2 land speed records with this motor, it is a solid little performer.
Thanks for the support, and thanks for looking out for us, cheers!
So then I did some more research. Here is a diagram for an article about them.
(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/smith5304/CG125_zpszz2bxxx4.jpg) (http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/smith5304/media/CG125_zpszz2bxxx4.jpg.html)
Piece of Humble Pie, Dennis
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I think DanielG had one of those. He pretty much destroys it and the dealer in one of his blogs.....
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I think DanielG had one of those. He pretty much destroys it and the dealer in one of his blogs.....
I've read that, and heard his oral version. Sounds like a complete disaster for him, and definitely turned me off. I remain optimistic that the company's success (its grown a lot since I first started following them) is a sign that they are improving quality control.
When they started out they were using a Lifan 250cc. I don't recall if their first models were using an overhead cam version and/or if this current push rod OHV is something they have had made since. It would be a lot more appealing to North American buyers if they could get a 500cc push rod single made along the same lines.
Peace & Grease, Dennis
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Engines are still Honda based CG style engines. OHV with pushrods.
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Summit went further to make me grovel. Steve took the rocker box off and sent me the photo.
(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/smith5304/push%20rod%20250cc_zpswyztdlzs.jpg) (http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/smith5304/media/push%20rod%20250cc_zpswyztdlzs.jpg.html)
I will take a little solace with his comment, "It was very tough for me to find a break down on the motor so I just took the valve cover off."
Peace & Grease, Dennis