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Started by murphywv, July 29, 2019, 04:45:26 PM

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murphywv

Been testing and tuning. Finally got off it long enough to take a couple of pics. Made some carbon fiber parts. The tank is steel wrapped with CF. Swingarm is a modified part from a KTM 250. Modded specII chambers, SCR top end, chinoy ignition. The headlight is off an old buell.

Always wanted one of these since I was a kid. What a blast to ride!
1974 RD350 not stock
KTM 300 XC-W
Beta 500R-SS
And a big ol' chopper

2 Stroke Jamoke

Good looking rd right there! :righteous:

suey1958


Organicjedi


Seizer

Looks good!


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biggraham

Any details on the KTM swingarm swap? Is longer or lighter? What mods were needed to the swingarm? Stunning RD!

m in sc


SoCal250

75 Yamaha RD125B   75 Yamaha RD125B (project)
75 Yamaha RD250B   75 Yamaha RD200B (project)
73 Yamaha RD350     77 Yamaha RD400D   79 Yamaha RD400F  
91 Yamaha TZR250R  89 Yamaha FZR400   05 Yamaha FZ6   
05 Yamaha XT225TC  82 Honda MB5  02 Aprilia RS250 Cup (sold)

Premiumjo

Nice job! Gold rims are cool.  :celebrate:

rd400greenhorn

Thats a very cool looking machine.  :clap:

murphywv

The master cylinder is an EBAY Chinese set. Radial 16mm and it works great. Much better feel than what it had. Also had a matching clutch lever that worked fine. Looked like decent quality. I researched info on radial masters and found that 16mm looked about right. Would love to have a brembo but this suited the test stage just fine.
The bars are modified Tommaselli clip ons 32mm bored to 33mm
Fork brace is made out of two aluminum shaft collars with the brace made of 5mm carbon fiber. I think I had $35 in it.
1974 RD350 not stock
KTM 300 XC-W
Beta 500R-SS
And a big ol' chopper

motodreams

Nice work!

Who did the CF wrap?  Looks like good work for twill CF!

murphywv

I did the CF wrap. It is not easy to get all the weaves to lay right. I used contact cement to lay it on before soaking down with resin. Its a real bitch to keep the air bubbles out. Loaded the paint gun with straight acetone and misted it on. Broke the surface tension enough for the air to come out.
1974 RD350 not stock
KTM 300 XC-W
Beta 500R-SS
And a big ol' chopper

85RZwade

Also interested in what you did to make the Katoom swinger fit. Did you change the length?
Wade
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