me again.
At the risk of truly blowing my wife's mind, and not in a good way, I am considering buying a basket case 79 Daytona. All it needs (he says) are carbs. Gas tank is a little gnarly, the rest looks restorable for sure. I'm just about to get my 78 E running, and another project would be cool. Ive never ridden a Daytona, but heard mostly nothing but good. Thoughts from the peanut gallery?
bigdavet :patriot:
Why not? :bacon:
This would be the wrong place to find someone advising you against your 2 stroke addiction dreams. :whistle:
Go for it. :celebrate: " Better to ask for forgiveness than to beg for permission." ;D
The Daytona's are a bit more work getting right than the prior 400's.
Yeah preaching to the choir. I realize the Daytonas are harder to restore, but I've always liked them especially for their uniqueness. Several college friends had them back in the day.
10-4 on that. 1 year only and very Kool looking. Finding stock or aftermarket parts , reasonable or not is tough. Then there is that emission engine, brakes, crank, etc. Paul has a really nice one :clap:
Do it!
You've already been given a jump start on the project if the 2V0 carbs are missing. Throw some 1A1 carbs on with a Y-boot and you've already improved one of the Daytona deficiencies.
Post pics
I've got a set of daytona carbs if you want to keep it original. Looks like you have no excuses.
Don't take a chance , buy it !
Meh
He is way too proud of his basket case
I passed
Thanks for all the input
bigdavet :patriot:
You should purchase an RD400 example representing each year of their production. That's what I did. One of them I modified with colors she liked, so "it's hers". She picked out the colors, I had the decals made in those colors, painted the tank. She picked out the wheel color and went with me to have them powder coated and talked to the shop about her color choice. Total buy-in on the project.
Rob