i have been restoring my rd400g for the last 5 years. finally i have it close to finish. THIS IS THE LINK ON MY PROJECT http://www.2strokeworld.net/forum/index.php?topic=71.0
i had my original side cover and cowl which I bought around 4 year ago.
Seeing the ridiculous prices this parts can reach on eBay, I decided to experiment with a fiberglass shop in replicating the original side covers and cowl on fiber glass and make them available to everybody, this are good for whoever is missing one or two or all of them, or if you want to protect your original ones like me, keep the originals stored and use this replicas for your daily driver, right now this parts and the cylinders are probably the must expensive and hard to find parts to replace on the bike. (pretty much everything is getting hard to find)
They look extremely good you can judge by the pictures, they came out on the outside just like the originals, they will need very little prep work to have them painted to your liking.
The finish is really good, the curbs are perfect just like the originals. The molds where made out of my originals, as you can see they had to be prepped in order to make the molds that's why they are grey.
Here are some pictures testing and fitting the parts, don't mind the weird color on the tank, I'll have everything painted soon with a set that I'll be keeping for myself, the originals will be kept in a vault in Switzerland in a few years they might be word a fortune if prices keep going trough the roof.
feel free to give me any feedback from what you can see.
i posted this same post on the for sale section, with pricing. wanted to post it here also because a lot more people get to see this on this section, if you want to see the pricing head over there here is the link http://www.2strokeworld.net/forum/index.php?topic=3692.0
PM me if you are interested, and post any questions you might have,.
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▼Instead of making the lower tabs for the side covers in fiber which was a weak link, we came up with this solution which is a custom-made metal tab which we made on a lathe shaped like the original, this makes the piece stronger and will last as long as you don't drop the bike, they are as strong if not more than the originals.
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▼This tab Is held by a countersunk screw from the front, this screw will be shipped loose, I advise to use blue Loctite, and fill with your preferred choice of filler, before priming and painting so it's not noticeable, also the little tiny imperfections you can see will be filled with primer or filler. those should disappear once they are painted.
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▼Oil tank side covers:
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▼Right side cover:
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▼Rear cowl: we replicated the lip under the seat with a two piece mold, and fits fine with the tool box
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▼the spiderweb like texture on the bottom of the parts is natural for fiberglass, this can not be seen unless you remove the side covers or lift the seat. they could be also filled if you wanted to.
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Hey that's pretty cool! Nice work, those look great! :clap:
Those parts are very nice. Great work there.