RD350LC Project

Is it standard pipes you are after? I friend handed me that details of a UK expansion chamber maker for Classic bikes.

 

gday markie, yeah im chasing the stock ones, actually a pair just came up on uk ebay an hour or so ago that look promising, thanks

 

finally got the front brakes all done and finished,all went to plan, no leaks no probs bleeding them, a miricle i think,even decided to put on the little yam decals on the calipers, i like em but a mate of mine thinks there a bit gay, oh well.

 

You didn't recently buy a set on ebay then the seller couldn't ship them??

jeff

 

no jeff it must have been somebody elce, see ya

 

gday again, i really havent progressed much more, not that you can notice , so heres a couple of photos just for the sake of it.




its slowly coming together.you will notice the marks on the front blinkers, i will replace them oneday, they are the originals.

 

Any luck with the pipes?
Al

 

gday Al,no luck yet,missed out on the last set ,i bid abit over 180 pounds and somebody outbid me at the death,next time a suitable set pops up im just going to have to bite the bullet and win them i think,there seem to be plenty of aftermarket ones available but i want the stock ones and a NOS set sold not long ago for a smidge over 600 pounds,i guess because most are around 30 years old they are getting harder to find, my main problem is ive only got about7 weeks left to get a set, fingers crossed.

 

Ken you will find some i am sure. I just put my chambers on today i think i got a good deal on mine $219.00 shipped. I know your looking for stockers i did not have much choice on mine. My factory exhaust was in good shape but had battery acid stains on it. Your lc is looking great i could have made mine look that good but i wanted to keep the frame and tins original paint which is very rare on a bike thats 39 years old

 

hey, your bike looks great, i know what you mean by wanting to keep it original original,i didnt really have a choice on that though, to far gone, if you had of seen it before im sure most would have walked away,anyway 2 more RD's hopefully preserved for another 30/40 years, the white one will be for my lad,and im going to do one in the black(mars bar) colours for my daughter,well thats what im telling the wife, shes not buying it though.we will have to wait and see.

 

Hi Ken, how about fitting anything to get the bike complete? Fould these on ebay, currently £100 with a day to go.
They are stamped (Meet UK noise regs) and Allspeeds were a reputable manufacturer.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RD250LC-RD350 ... 45fd62e892

 

gday markie, ive been watching them,i look on the UK site about 10 times a day to see if anything comes up, i have a set of standard pipes but they are very ugly,scratched,dented etc big time,if worst comes to worst i will use them till something better turnes up .im sure another set will show up soon, fingers crossed.

 

Wow, that's nice!!! First bike I bought was an RD400 that I put cafe bars and fairing. Painted it all white, but it was NOWHERE nears as nice as what you're doing.

 

gday folkes, i am looking at these,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RD-350LC-STAN ... 500wt_1413

i never realised how sought after they were at 1st, but having been outbidded everytime i know,hopefully all the competition have got there sets, wishfull thinking

 

Those would look great on your bike.

 

gday jazz,they sure would,i reckon there could be a few more out there that would think they would look good on there bike aswell,fingers crossed,see ya

 

gday, a bit more to show, not much, money a bit tight at the minute, seat on,restored seat latches and got chrome back, the grab rail and the handle to raise and lower centre stand, bit disapointed with chrome on grab rail, will do for now, i should have put a little extra padding on seat so it would look better, but will do for now aswell,have started on motor, gee these 2 strokes look alot simpler than a 4 stroke and lastly i won the pipes i was looking at for 185 pounds, but wont be here till feb, not sure if i will be ready for them as we got the news we will have to shift as the people who own the house are selling, such is life,see ya

 

gee its slowly getting there, put the upper and lower cases back to gether after getting crank rebuilt,have everything i need bar a few little bits and pieces which are on there way ,im thinking it should be back togetherin about a month, anyway heres a couple of photos for the 2 stroke lovers out there,stainless steel head nuts , i wanted some bling.

 

Looking good Ken!!

 

thanks gunna, now i can see a light at the end of the tunnel i cant wait to finish

 

pisons, barrels,head, done, im happy with the result

 

That engine looks like it means business, i like the bling.. it's all lookin good. Great work ken.

 

Mmmm, mmmm, those headbolts looked like jewels in the box....shame to bolt them on.

So, how close to mounting the engine?

I'll second the Allspeeds, good rpm pipes but of course you lose a little down low but with a good set of modified reeds & cages, that baby will fly!!!

jeff

 

thanks for comments, i have a nice set of standard pipes for it so they will do for now ,i want to keep it stock,if i do another one i might go down the modifacation road. im thinking abour putting the motor in very soon and putting all the other bits on it while in the frame,just waiting for some littleb bits and pieces to arrive so i can finish,see ya

 

got the motor in,nearly there,

 

carbies done today, soda blasted and polished bowl, plus some new bits inside

 

Carbs look good, haven't seen pennies for a long time, scraping the bottom of your moneybox Ken?

 

Got a handful of those .. he's been checking th net to see what a penny hapney is worth these days, to finance some more parts... th bowls look good.

 

thanks fellas, actually i sell em , been collecting coins for well over 30 years now im cashing them in and financeing my bike hobby.

 

Proper carb’s none of this CV rubbish, top job keep it up!
Al

 

If they are windows to set the oil pump up, I must be old!!

 

Yeah Markie, you're a two stroke guy at heart!!! Good for you, now step all the way out of the closet and repeat after me;

Two strokes are fun,
2 smokes make more power with less weight at less cost and complexity
Riding a road going 2 stroke gives the middle finger to the left!
I love two strokes!!!

All in fun, don't anyone get upset.....

jeff

 

Jeff - I absolutely love two strokes but in the years since I owned them they have achived a cult status and are well outside my finances at the moment.

Just for fun, here is a heavily modified GT750 on the tube. Sadly, the owner is doing about 20 miles per hour!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVR1oi3zKbk

 

Hey Ken thought you might need some new parts.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/180857756911

 

Meh. Still don’t think its going to be a scratch on what Kens building. but still a sweet example.
Al

 

ive been watching the new bike with alot of interest, everytime the wifes close enough to the computer i show it to her, im pretending mines just like it so she just might think im not completely wasting money,
i reckon mine will look newer than this one, even though its only got 1 km on it its sort of showing its age abit, getting closer, another pic, just cant help it,lol


i will be taking the pipes off soon for painting

 

who wants to see something amazing, this is for real, doesnt make sense,its just to much money in my book
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 038wt_1396

 

I've got two things to say:
1. If you bought that bike- you could never ride it as it's "Value" is in the fact that it's never been ridden.
2. I forgot that the Japanese supplied bikes with such rubbish tyres in the 70's and 80's!!!

 

Like Markie says it's novelty value, a sculpture nothing more.
Got my doubts anyone paid that much for it as well,a bid is not a sale.
Looking forward to seeing yours going Ken,meet you at the top of Mt Tamborine?

 

funny you should mention mt tamborine, thats were the bloke i got it off lives, im thinking once ive finished it i wont start it or put fluids in it, i will let the next owner fix up all the leaks, lol,only joking,, the funny thing is if i was a cashed up bloke , i would have been very interested in it, good luck to the owner if its all above board and if it is i hope he at least wipes the dust off and a little armour oil to preserve it.

 

I would rather have kens .Sure the bike has no miles on it. But ken has went thru his and its good to go now. The new one will need everything from crank seals to brakes my guess probably a radiator just from sitting. The only thing that other bike has that kens does not is a speedometer with no miles.
Sadly i think i am going to sell my rd. I just bought a 06 gto the car is perfect 36k 5k in full pedders suspension. handles like a corvette. I have to get it in the garage i am out of room unfortunately

 

That's cheap for a NOS bike. A few months back a NOS Honda 3 wheeler sold for $45 GRAND!!!!!

A guy in the UK has a NOS H2 kawasaki and has been offered well over $100,000.00 in written, serious offers and he's refused.

NOS bikes bring a lot of money because there are a lot of very rich people who can afford to buy what no one else can.

I just bought about RD350 over the weekend. My new GF and I are going to clean and sell it but I agree with Dave that Kens bike is by far, a much nicer bike then what we'll end up selling or the NOS Daytona.

jeff

 

Hey cutlass guess we'll have to make you an honorary aussie since your driving a Holden Monaro.

 

gday, been a bit slow lately, but have gotten many small jobs done, new sticker on the tacho face , re wired the stator and all electrics working, just need to fine tune carbies and put rariator back on ,blast and paint pipes, hopefully about a week from now i will give it a kick, its been along 16 months, the tacho came up like new and in the photo the black looks different but to the naked eye you cant tell the diff

 

Came across his little brother the other day on allclassifieds. Didn't know they came in black?

http://www.allclassifieds.com.au/ac/dis ... =123323565

 

gday adrian, they came in black but not in austalia, its called the marsbar , they were a europe colour scheme, there are a few around, one on ebay at the moment but that one was made from parts, i really like the colour scheme myself and wouldnt mind a spare panel set so i could have both.

 

Nice work, Ken. Trim that gasket back. Wiz.

 

Are Mars bars available in Oz then - the choc bar, not the LC!!!

 

thanks wiz, will do, i never gave it a second thought.

 

markie , we have marsbars as far as the eye can see, lots of other things to, but not much bike stuff unfortuneately.