Me Again. And my new project, a '78 RD400

[bigdavet]

Me again.

Since my last post on the dot com site, I have left Florida and moved back to AZ, my home state. I WISH I'd never sold my '76 that I had in Florida; I thought it would be too much hassle strapping it to the back of the travel trailer for that 2500 mile trip home  But at least he found a good home (Hi Frank!)

So of course, once I got home, I immediately started looking for a new project, and found a '78 RD400 with a little over 10K on the odometer in Vegas. I went and looked at it, rode it, decided that it was a filthy dirty example and needed a complete tear-down, paid WAY too much money for it, and brought it home. So now she sits in the garage in pieces, and I'm having the time of my life restoring it. Hopefully she'll be running by the end of the summer, but I don't care. It will be a sweet ride once it's done. (and hopefully I learned a few things from the first one)
Be prepared for a few questions, some advice, and a little whining. Sure am glad our forum is back! 

[mnein]

78's are cool. It doesn't look that bad!

[Organicjedi]

Here we go! 

[IR8D8R]

Your wife's gonna be pissed about her tablecloth. Priorities...

[bigdavet]

78's are cool. It doesn't look that bad!

Man, it did up close! That thing was as dirty as they come, every nook and cranny. Supposedly it was owned by the seller's dad since new, and probably never disassembled. It's ok, I'm loving it 😎

[bigdavet]

Your wife's gonna be pissed about her tablecloth. Priorities...

Thanksgiving tablecloth. Used with her permission 

[Frank B]

Nice one Dave ! 

Looks like a Daytona front end , or just wheel and brakes, maybe Daytona rear wheel??
What pipes are those?

[Frank B]

Here's your old 76 in Deals Gap , it's had some upgrades 

[bigdavet]

Here's your old 76 in Deals Gap , it's had some upgrades 


Nice, Frank. Ya done good 

[bigdavet]

Nice one Dave ! 

Looks like a Daytona front end , or just wheel and brakes, maybe Daytona rear wheel??
What pipes are those?

No, it's a front end off a XS 650. I have a stock front end for it, triple tree to the brakes and everything in between. It'll be all better when i'm done with it. And Chuck ID'd the pipes as Pipelines. It'll be interesting to see how he runs once he's all put back together.