Hi all
Dusty here. Rejoined after many years away. Nice to see the forum up and running :clap:
I'm near London, Uk and tend to build non standard Yam hybrids. My current 2;
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48976287961_4353335084_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hBSh6X)20190713_102217 (https://flic.kr/p/2hBSh6X) by dusty miller (https://www.flickr.com/photos/167361504@N05/), on Flickr
Looking forward to getting stuck in !!
Regards
Dusty :wave:
Great to see you here Dusty! 🍻
Welcome Dusty, Very Nice Bikes there !
Glad you came back! Your bikes look incredible :righteous:
Nice pair of aces you have, bloody awesome. :cheers:
Dusty's epic build threads on Norbo's forum are legendary.
Thanks for the replies fellas ;D
Hi Jim, recognise you from Norbo's forum. Great to see this forum again. Still had my aircooled 400 last time I was here, think my username was stn10 back then.
Dusty ;D
sweet! yes familiar with your work. :clap: glad to have you here, welcome! :cheerleader:
Welcome!
Welcome! Great job in those bikes. :drool:
A couple of beauties there!
I've been following Dusty's builds on the RDLC crazy UK forum....................he does some awesome stuff, these are just two of several that hes done. Anyway........nice to see you here Dusty.
Hi mate, saw you were on here :clap: Thanks for the kind words. There are a lot of talented guys building strokers - I just try to keep up !!
Dusty ;D
Hi
A lot has been happening since I last posted ! I sold the orange Lc hybrid to a friend of mine, Ian, who had also bought my white/red Lc hybrid back in 2018. He also owned my old 400e that I sold in 1999, first to his brother, Joe, who I worked with, and Joe then sold it to Ian in 2009. I did a px for the 400 and some cash my way for the orange hybrid, doing the deal just before the new year. Neither of the brothers have really used it - I'm guessing less than 220 miles between them in 20 years. Ian has thrown a lot of money at it - nos tank, some mint 1a1 cases from the States, blue spots front and rear etc. A lot has changed, but it still looks the same bike I sold all those years ago;
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49279161762_15a7c7a1ff_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2i5CzW3)20191226_113157 (https://flic.kr/p/2i5CzW3) by dusty miller (https://www.flickr.com/photos/167361504@N05/), on Flickr
The same day I travelled to collect the 400, I picked up a 400e engine I won on ebay. I have started a comprehensive rebuild on that, and it is destined for my next project bike - a 400 hybrid with Rgv wheels that I had spare in the shed.
My 400e got an initial makeover - quite a lot of small jobs to improve some things, and it needs very little doing now to make it ready for the summer. I did a thread on Norbos Lc forum. Hope it's ok to link that here - saves me some time !!
https://rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/49525/triggers-broom
And the engine rebuild thread is here;
https://rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/49716/rd400e-engine-rebuild
And the next 400 hybrid project;
https://rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/50009/next-line
Dusty ;D