My newest project 73 rd350

Whoops.

I once got bright yellow overspray on my wife's brand new, white, Toyota. Thankfuly she was out of town and I had the rest of the weekend to get it all cleand up and shiny again.

 

Took the plunge yanked the motor gonna put crank seals in it check everything over. Cyls and pistons will be here tomorrow. Cant believe took less then an hour to get it out by myself. I pulled a maxim x motor out Sunday used an engine hoist to move it from lift to work bench. It weighs probably 4 times as much as this 50-75 lb motor. The whole top end cyls pistons and heads all together 14 lbs before removing .5 from each bore. Guess thats why with a full tank of gas its less then 350 lbs

 

Awesome.

Car in the background?

 

one of the toys 79 cutlass 500cid built it to race and turned it into a toy for the street

 

Nice, you should throw up some pics of that sometime.

Shoulda guessed from your name lol

 

Cyls are all back together. Bore tech did a great job machining. Cyl to wall .0025 ring gap is .011 exactly what wiseco forged 2 stroke pistons are supposto be. I did not send the rings so was surprised that they were perfect. Gonna put the carbs and y boot on tomorrow and pull the swing arm. I am waiting for a new points cam should be here middle of next week so i can't put the heads on till i put the alt and points cam in. So i can time it with a dial indicator. I have to pull the swing arm so i can paint the rear foot peg pipe mounting bracket bolt goes right thru the bracket. Hopefully by next weekend or the weekend after i will be able to fire it up.

 

good onya cutlass, coming along nicely, ken

 

Got the other side put together carbs and y boot. Had to stop there and pull the swing arm and bracket that i need to paint was raining today. Tomorrow hi temp 70 after that low mid 60 to cold to paint outside. As you can tell by the pics will be spending a few hours on the buffer should be done with swing arm and all attachments by mid week when the pts cam get here.

 

Use some aircraft paint remover on that backing plate and it will be easier to buff without the old clearcoat in the way.

Motor's lookin' good!

 

Don't think there is much clear coat left but will try. The corrosion is bad enough it keeps stalling the buffer. I am hoping i don't have to sand it.. Once you start takes for ever. If i can get it off with white rouge it won't leave scratches. We will see tomorrow afternoon. Just pulled the bushings out of the swing arm to get all the old grease cleaned out degreased the swing arm ready to sand and paint if its not to cold tomorrow. Just have to spray the swing arm. The only part of the 41 year old paint that needs it.

 

It's not the corrosion, it's what's left of the clearcoat. It melts and puts up a fight. I mentioned it because I can see it in your first pic, the little "ridge" of molten crud piled up around the outside of the buffed area. If you strip the cover first, it will make buffing much easier.

 

Todays work stripped the swing arm. Painted it and 1 bracket. Buffed the brake plate and brake stop rod. Cleared the rod bracket. Tomorrow i will clean up all the bolts put a nice shine on them and put the swing arm back on. Then its time for the rear wheel

 

Got the oil injection bled today made sure it works. Put the alternator on new battery in it. Got the dial indicator hooked up cleaned the points but have no spark. Did notice the kill switch is stuck. Guess i will clean all the contacts tomorrow hopefully will get fire then so i can finish the motor.

 

Motor is done for now. I put the stock pipes on it to break it in. I don't want to have to mess with the jetting till i can run it hard. I jumped the jets from a 25 to a 30 pilot and from a 120 main to a 160 just because of the y boot and 5 inch tall K&N. Will be in the neighborhood of 240 when chambers are installed. Front brakes are ready to be installed New Master cyl ss line rebuilt caliper new pads. Should stop real well had a dual piston caliper from the factory. I need to pull the handlebar switches clean all connections went with a 3 inch shorter handlebar. Still have to polish the forks and everything on the wheels clean up the wireing behind the air filter pull the rear fender and clean it. Put new tires on it and change the cables grease everything good.

 

Taking a few days off from the bike. I got thinking about it. Why am i paying storage for my GTO. Because the garage is to full. 5 motorcycles plus all my welders polishers grinders ect. I decided to buy a garage for my bikes. Will just keep the drive on bike lift and what ever bike i am working on in the garage. Had to do a bunch of work just so the big trucks can get in the back yard. The openings on the 2 gates you have to go thru to get in the back yard were 10 ft wide the big truck and trailer is 12 ft. Had to move 2 chain link fences and cut the poles set in concrete. So i have to fix them before i get started on the bike again. But now i won't have to worry about someone breaking into my storage unit and stealing my car.

 

Finally got to work on the rd for a bit today. New cables ran foot pegs and isolators installed kick start brake pedal chain is clean and soaking in oil. Next the rear fender and rear wheel. I used the early high compression heads on it bike has some serious compression your not gonna start this one by hand thats for sure.Took a few pics of the other yamaha and honda before i move them out to the new garage this weekend you can see the x over in the corner covered up on the other side of the car.

 

Been working on cleaning up the rear wheel. 40 y.o grease and chain lube is a pain to get off if my fingers will let me i will finish the rear wheel. Dont mind the smeary fingerprints greased up the brgs needs wiped off

 

Tires came in today back wheel almost finished still have to polish the chrome hopefully by friday the back of the bike will be done then start on the front end and it will be about done af before and after pics

 

So jealous. I had two bikes i wanted when i had my maxim x. A vmax and an rd350 (very different right?)


Just enjoying your work/progress.

 

I had a v max a few years go. If you look at the last pic thru the spokes is my other one that one is done for now lol