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- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
Pipe building is one of my favorites 😁 For example this is a RD500 set I did some 12 years ago https://i.postimg.cc/xNQt1FFS/P1090647.jpg If you want to give it a try, check out my how-to: https://www.rd350lc.de/downloads/MK-Dokumente/en/Auspuffbau_V2_englisch.pdf Fantastic job, both the write up a...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What are you listening to.....right now?
- Replies: 1693
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Re: What are you listening to.....right now?
Went to see deadletter last week, support band were sh1te, but deadletter were great. ED3A3CF4-BE68-4F22-A29B-D39C6E6B4E85.jpeg There was a good mosh pit going, so I was having a good laugh down there till the lead singer landed on my head!!. IMG_5059.jpeg I was too busy keeping an eye on the others...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
Update from my trip to Leicester to see Harry Barlow. It’s only 60 miles from mine so should have taken just over an hour, except for the 20 mins it took me to find his unit with google paps placing it in a building 50 yards up the road. I Got to a place with the right house number but no signs on a...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: HB Budd
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1123
Re: HB Budd
62… you look much older
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:37 am
- Forum: The Welcome Inn
- Topic: Greetings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1334
Re: Greetings
Welcome to the club
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: The Welcome Inn
- Topic: Hi to all
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2708
Re: Hi to all
Welcome
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
So an update on the saga…. I found a source for genuine Yamaha crank seals and got them ordered, but the hunt for std size pistons wasnt going so well. Talking to PJ Motorcycle engineering (2 stroke rebores and cranks building experts), they advised that the only source of std size DT175 pistons the...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
Oh and while I am commenting on bodges that I keep finding, here is a good one.
When I took the LH piston off, there was 2 circlips fitted on the inner side of the small end!!
That was a timebomb waiting to wreck the bore when it worked its way out
When I took the LH piston off, there was 2 circlips fitted on the inner side of the small end!!
That was a timebomb waiting to wreck the bore when it worked its way out
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
Back in bits again waiting for the new seals IMG_5030.jpeg As I have a few days to wait i had a more detailed look at the crankcases. I had spotted that there are a couple of the M6 crankcase threads near the back of the gearbox are starting to fail, so I will drill and helicoil them. More interesti...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Bike Chat
- Topic: N + 1 Again.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1704
Re: N + 1 Again.
Some nice bits on it (well if i hide my eyes from the blue anodised tat), so it not a bad addition.
What the plan for it? Sell off the good bits then flog it as a std bike, or just de-tat it and sell?
What the plan for it? Sell off the good bits then flog it as a std bike, or just de-tat it and sell?
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
No time wasting there Al :thumbup: Well that might not be true! I posted the same photos on the RD forum and one of the guys spotted the oil seal on the clutch side of the crank is fitted the wrong way round in my disassemby photos (the castellated part should face the bearing aparantly. I obviousl...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:14 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: This winters project.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14097
Re: This winters project.
That looks familiarfabiostar wrote:Gearbox and clutch good..
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- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:21 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
Today I stripped the bottom end, washed the crank and both top and bottom cases to get rid of the rest of the broken piston bits. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240315/2f30e67d39190108be620d372874f53d.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240315/2a13bd6734430074f505aebcc1d2068f.jpg https://uplo...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:07 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
Yes it’s over bored to get it up to 436cc apparently.
Have tracked the model & year of the 2A7 piston to 1977 `DT175 .
Think the are std size, so just need to establish the best aftermarket option for good quality
Have tracked the model & year of the 2A7 piston to 1977 `DT175 .
Think the are std size, so just need to establish the best aftermarket option for good quality
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: The RD400 drag bike
- Replies: 155
- Views: 31556
Re: The RD400 drag bike
Oh that’s a shame Al, my RD400 had a partial seizure last time out, but I haven’t investigated it yet. However there is a guy called Mally on the RD400 forum hat had issues similar to mine and it turned out to be aftermarket pistons that expanded too much as it was poor quality. So if you find the ...