Author Topic: '76 John Deere Two Stroke Project (Read 3521 times)

Allison#51 · « **on:** January 30, 2016, 11:30:52 PM »

Figured you guys might have some appreciation for this. Just finished up this 1976 John Deere Cyclone 440 for a buddy earlier this week. I put a top end, crank seals, fixed a bunch of small issues, tuned it, and did some break in. It was a fun project. These old sleds are neat!

kb250r · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2016, 11:38:13 PM »

Nice got any running vids,would love to hear her run.. Man that's cool

jwraymond6 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2016, 11:38:38 PM »

my parents got an old john deer sled like that back in michigan

2ndmoto · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2016, 01:22:07 AM »

That's just plain weird. Fricken small when the Trans is off it. Time to slap twin mani, carbs and exhaust on that deere

Allison#51 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2016, 01:35:51 AM »

I didn't get any vids unfortunately. This thing is not a high performance machine by any means. Haha you should feel how heavy the flywheel is.. Steel reed petals.. It would be a lot of work to make it fast but it does alright for what it is. Hard not to have a smile on your face when your riding it. The guy I did it for has three of them and seems really happy with it. He's gonna send me the 340 next.

Tbone07 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2016, 09:21:55 PM »

That is really cool. Talk about a relic

When I first saw the title of this thread it made me think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONZKsdTSPHI

Allison#51 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2016, 09:29:03 PM »

That thing sounds mean! Sweet