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yeah its got a dead short somewhere.  thats some sketchy ass wiring

lol, you should see mine. what ever OP had it before, has me digging through wiring diagrams for hours tracing circuits.  getting close tho to sorting it out. almost want to just start with a new one fron HVCcycle.

sorry I did not reply earlier, open heart surgery is a bitch, I ment to say my other rd had a Dyna ( vintage smoke?) system already installed.hope that clears that up.

I did the SV coil conversion with new plug ends. trying to get a better spark. when I save up enough $ I am doing the electronic conversion. The other rd I bought has the points conversion ( did not know till I got it home and inspected)and has a real good spark. In the meantime I think I will replace the brushes and clean the surface and see if that helps?

I thought my flasher was bad, talked to John @ economy and yup mine only flash when reved up. on my to do list.

cool, I just went through my forks and have 20wt left over. we used to use a silicon from our parts dept . ( a loong time ago ).

bringing this back, cause I am there now. What weight oil to use? tia

suspension is next on my list. so what model or part # is the RFY ( 74 350) ? looked on the site but 325 mm shows a ninja 250 with remote reservoir? tia.

jumped on this thread to give ya a thumbs up  . hope mine goes as good , lol

jumped on this thread to give ya a thumbs up  . hope mine goes as good , lol

think I will try the ( very fine , 0004 ) steel wool and turn them backwards with new seals and covers for now. thanks for the tip on that. suspension is next on my check list any how. 

I have about the same problem ( pitted tubes) . I don't think mine are going to clean up that good, and right seal is leaking now that I have it moving under own power. I saw where during a rebuild ( youtube) that theirs were turned down in a lath. wonder how much you can get by with? from what I see new tubes are pricey.

cool thanks.

and I forgot to ask, is using red brake grease highly recommended over just brake fluid on caliper rebuilds? tia

update ; so I pulled my m/c ( I thinks it from a rd 400 , squarish  top tapers down some on the other side)  apart and put it in my ultrasonic cleaner. just put it back together and have fluid flow . the old rubber line is crap tho. replacement on the way. gonna pull the caliper today ( when it warms up , Fl. and our bipolar weather    ).

I use copper spray on alot of gaskets my self. from my many years drag racing, carb base gaskets, rear end cover plates , header gaskets etc. stuff that comes apart alot. have used chapstick on carb base gaskets when tuning at the track tho. I tried this on my RD carb gaskets ( chapstick) because those  jokers come of and on so often in this project. my2ct