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This event takes place every Saturday morning, and has been going on for almost 40 years. It started with just a small group of friends meeting in a parking lot. https://www.donutderelicts.com/
Some pretty wild stuff shows up there and the lot gets packed.

Joe,
The two large upward angled nipples on the inboard side of the carbs are bowl vents. They were originally connected with a hose to the airbox. I just connect a short piece of hose to mine and let them hang down. Some people who are running a Y-boot instead of the stock airbox drill holes in the bottom of the boot, add nipples, and run hoses to them. A third option is you can remove the brass ball in the bottom of the bellmouth covering the airjet, clean the jet, then block off the vent tubes. Do not block the vent tubes unless the airjet has been unshrouded.

The two smaller nipples on the bottom of the bowls are fuel overflow for the float bowls.

[1979 Yamaha RD400F Daytona Special]

(not mine)

This Daytona sold on BaT a little over a year and a half ago for $9500, today it sold for $16,750! And it appears the seller made no changes and only put 30 miles on it.

1979 Yamaha RD400F Daytona Special
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-yamaha-rd400-daytona-special-10/
Sold for $16,750 on 5/5/24

[1976 Yamaha RD400C]

(not mine)
Sort of crazy money for a not-stock 400. (Repainted in the wrong shade of red.) I mean it's clean but holy smokes!

1976 Yamaha RD400C
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-yamaha-rd400c-10/
Sold for $11,250 on 5/5/24 (that's $11,812 with buyer's fee, and then there's any shipping costs on top of that)

[MotorSport.com: THE RIDER MAKING A BREAKTHROUGH TO AWAKEN MOTOGP'S "SLEEPING GIANT"]

MotorSport.com: THE RIDER MAKING A BREAKTHROUGH TO AWAKEN MOTOGP'S "SLEEPING GIANT"

Pretty cool stats:
-- For the first time since 2006, an American rider leads the standings in a grand prix class of the MotoGP world championship.
-- 3 podiums in a row, the first rider to do that in any GP class since Nicky Hayden in 2006.
-- And coincidentally, Roberts currently has 69 points.

Looking forward to what he can do at Le Mans!

This Holden LX Torana SS rolled in late. Right hand drive and it sounded pretty mean. I dig it.

That Holden body shape looks to be derived from a Vega. I always wanted a Cosworth Vega back in the day but it would have been a never-ending series of engine failures from what I remember reading at the time. IIRC it had Aluminum block that turned out to be better in theory than application for production cars?

A friend of mine had a Cosworth Vega in high school. Pretty rare car for a 17-year-old to be ripping around So Cal in.

I've heard that road paving has been going on at the Dragon and daily closures are to be expected for almost a month. Hopefully the group will be able to work around this. And new pavement will be nice and smooth but greasy for a while

Ken, your videos had me all fired up to get one of those cool Yamahauler neon signs from Modern Artifacts for my garage


...until I found out they go for $1200.

This Holden LX Torana SS rolled in late. Right hand drive and it sounded pretty mean. I dig it.

Blown V4 Vega




I met the owner of this '35 truck when I was out on my neighborhood walk about a year ago and he was working on it in his driveway. It's a Factory Five kit that he built in his garage. He decided to paint it the same color as his E46 M3 because he likes the color so much.

This really nice restored MT250 parked right behind me.




Meyers Manx gang

I finally made it out to the Donut Derelicts weekly Saturday meet in Huntington Beach. I don't normally go because it's so early in the morning. They start rolling in a little after 5:00am to get parking spots and it's over by 8:00am.

I didn't really decide to commit to going until late on Friday night, so I went bed around 12:30am and was up at 5:00. Ugh. Did a quick wipe down on the trusty old 125 and took off for the show. I was there to grab a parking spot at 5:45.

Parked right in front with the other bikes and then went inside to get some delicious donuts and a big coffee. (I really needed the coffee!)




I was parked next to this nice Guzzi


A group of 5 guys rode into together on Whizzers.


And I ran into my friend Bill with the RD125 that I had spotted last weekend in Seal Beach.

Interesting. Looks like someone has made some changes to it over the years.
The tank and front fender appear to be from a RD400F.
The front end looks like it's from a '76-77 model. (You can measure to be sure but those look like 34mm forks, not the 35mm used on the F/G models).
The front wheel is from a '76-77 model and the rear wheel looks like it's from a '78 model.
The brake rotors are '76-78 versions.
The front and rear brake calipers are pre-79. And the one on the rear looks like it was a front one at one point in time based on the badge clocking.
The swingarm is also not from a F or G model, but a '76-78 RD400.
The kickstart lever is from a '76-78 model.
The round Yamaha badge on the left engine cover is not from a RD400 but a RD250/RD350.

Kazakhstan GP postponed until later in the year due to flooding in the country.
https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2024/05/03/grand-prix-of-kazakhstan-postponed-until-later-in-2024/497181