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Best wishes on your recovery, John. Here's hoping those projects of yours will come together!

The listing for it is gone now. Did you save any of the pictures? Man, I love the little bikes ...

taking the stock parts off and storing them safely just preserves them. be responsible, fit the 70 kit and chamber. save the stockness... on a shelf. 

I assume this logic also applies to my AR and converting it to LC?

DUDE!

Realizing now that maybe I should have waited a bit to sell my '75 TS250. Holy crap.

I really enjoyed this, too. That poor DT ran with a broken oil pump cable for how long?

I picked up this bike in the summer of 2020, taking a road trip with my brother from NC to eastern PA to get it. The price was right, but man was there a ton it needed.

After 2+ years and lots of work and dollars later, it fired off and ran in Mark's garage last night.   

There have been a LOT of people involved providing help, guidance, and patience. I really have these people to thank:

Eric Heyman: source for the bike itself and the Factory Pipe chambers
John Ritter: porting and polishing work on the cylinders and heads (along with generous amounts of time on the phone with me about the project)
Lyn Garland: crankshaft and the work to rebuild it
Cabin Craft Cycle in Ft. Lawn, SC: cylinder boring
Tim Steele: bead blasting the engine cases
Abrasive Blasting of the Carolinas: sandblasting and powder coating various frame components and wheels
Best Damn Powder Coating in Indian Trail, NC: stripping and cerakote applied to chambers
John @ Economy Cycle: just a TON of various parts
Mark Atkinson (Speed of Cheese): amazing rear sets

... and especially Mark Haase for walking me through all of this, providing the garage, expertise, and the spare hardware when needed (which was really very often) and for being the kind of friend who says, 'Oh yeah, we can make that work. I can make a bracket for it."

Man this has been fun. It's not all that close to *finished* but just seeing and hearing it run was pretty damn amazing. Check out some highlight pics below

https://photos.app.goo.gl/vRDtsyhoKyAkRXDbA

- msr

LOOKS GOOD TIM. AT LEAST OYU DONT HAVE TO DO A TOPEND OR FRAME REPAIR.. PLENTY OF TIME.  DONT MAKE ME DRIVE UP THERE!   

ROAD TRIP!

Sadly, it wasn't me who got it.

Happy New Year, everyone! I picked up these parts from Steve Burgess in the UK. For those of you on FB, he's reachable through the 'Yamaha Aircooled RD Owners Club' group. They took over 30 days to make it through the post, but they were worth the wait. Fits perfectly and, more importantly, works! Have a look ...

~ msr

I do have family up there and could plan a visit ... maybe bring home a bike at the same time.

I can't even.

This thing looks like it's been pulled up from Davey Jones Locker.  Also, of course it's Gastonia.

Glad to know Asheville sees Gastonia the same way Charlotte does. 

Congrats on the new addition to the family!

Happy birthday, Tim!