Originally Posted by oilguy

The engine pictured is nothin close to a speed....its got the same soft, lame crank as the vspecs which is really the greatest attribute of a speed or ninja...the only other major difference is the exhaust port shape...the speed and ninja r a lil more refined...dont make the mistake of buyin a new engine with a pricetag like that one and get burned with a $45 fishin weight for a crank...details r everything...its got the cheezy plastic carb reducers, im almost positive youll find just a xzb vspec p/s inside as well as the standard vspec button...$240 engine that while hard to tell, looks like it doesnt even have the new low pro head design either.....i have a sidewinder xzb that showed pretty substantial crank pin wear after a gallon and a half...same garb as the vzb vspecs....a dlc os crank will outlast you, the p/s, bearings, etc so long as you dont bend one and start makin bearing surface wear on it...