Found that the new stool stand with the metal brackets fits perfectly under the Early engine. Popped out easily.
The laid the bike down on her right side to install the new one. But while the front mount slid right in, the rear of the engine would just not slide through.
After a few attempts at just muscling it in, decided to check measurements. Found that the corner engine mount was about 1mm wider than the early engine (which slid in nicely).
Decided to file down the sides of the mount by that 1mm instead of messing with the frame. The big file made short work of that soft metal.
Once it was file down, it still took a little elbow grease to line up, but got all the bolts in relatively easily.
With the the engine mounted, the next test was to mount pegs and pedals. The right side (kick and rear brake) seemed fine.
But the left side was a little odd. The shift pedal and the peg bar were on a perfect horizontal line, which felt uncomfortable because there was nowhere to rest your foot without touching the pedal. But then again, now I wonder if that's closer to stock then the way Roxy and Ivy are setup - with the bar up so much higher than the pedal (because in that setup, you can't really engage the pedal with your heel).
But the peg itself also seems a little bent forward so it's probably lower than it should be. Also the shift pedal is aftermarket and didn't seem to want to push all the way flush against the shift shaft.
Need to get a stock shifter... and maybe test Roxy's pegs and then keep an eye out for a similar peg on eBay.
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