looking for Yamaha advice

[350for350]

Last night I picked a 1985 ytm225 to replace the one I welded a four wheeler front end on years ago. I assume that it's a dx model because it has no reverse. I'd like to put the engine off of the other one on this and have a trike with reverse. My question is since this one doesn't have reverse, will it hurt anything to put an engine with reverse on it? They're both shaft drive, and I can't see where that would make any difference. Any ideas?

[DohcBikes]

It's fine, have fun. Gotta remove the swingarm to remove the engines.

[loganm]

Just kick it over in the opposite direction to run it in reverse!

[Dirtcrasher]

How does he kick it both ways?? Isn't it an electric start anyhow.

[YamaBoss]

Pull start and electric start, no kicker

[350for350]

Thanks guys. I didn't think the gears in the differential would care which way they turned. It's good to know about the swingarm removal ahead of time. That probably saved me a couple of hours of cussing right there!