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sorry I did not reply earlier, open heart surgery is a bitch, I ment to say my other rd had a Dyna ( vintage smoke?) system already installed.hope that clears that up.

I did the SV coil conversion with new plug ends. trying to get a better spark. when I save up enough $ I am doing the electronic conversion. The other rd I bought has the points conversion ( did not know till I got it home and inspected)and has a real good spark. In the meantime I think I will replace the brushes and clean the surface and see if that helps?

I thought my flasher was bad, talked to John @ economy and yup mine only flash when reved up. on my to do list.

cool, I just went through my forks and have 20wt left over. we used to use a silicon from our parts dept . ( a loong time ago ).

bringing this back, cause I am there now. What weight oil to use? tia

suspension is next on my list. so what model or part # is the RFY ( 74 350) ? looked on the site but 325 mm shows a ninja 250 with remote reservoir? tia.

jumped on this thread to give ya a thumbs up  . hope mine goes as good , lol

jumped on this thread to give ya a thumbs up  . hope mine goes as good , lol

think I will try the ( very fine , 0004 ) steel wool and turn them backwards with new seals and covers for now. thanks for the tip on that. suspension is next on my check list any how. 

I have about the same problem ( pitted tubes) . I don't think mine are going to clean up that good, and right seal is leaking now that I have it moving under own power. I saw where during a rebuild ( youtube) that theirs were turned down in a lath. wonder how much you can get by with? from what I see new tubes are pricey.

cool thanks.

and I forgot to ask, is using red brake grease highly recommended over just brake fluid on caliper rebuilds? tia

update ; so I pulled my m/c ( I thinks it from a rd 400 , squarish  top tapers down some on the other side)  apart and put it in my ultrasonic cleaner. just put it back together and have fluid flow . the old rubber line is crap tho. replacement on the way. gonna pull the caliper today ( when it warms up , Fl. and our bipolar weather    ).

I use copper spray on alot of gaskets my self. from my many years drag racing, carb base gaskets, rear end cover plates , header gaskets etc. stuff that comes apart alot. have used chapstick on carb base gaskets when tuning at the track tho. I tried this on my RD carb gaskets ( chapstick) because those  jokers come of and on so often in this project. my2ct

I have been thinking about one myself, since I  sold my 2 bike trailer a while back. that Harbor freight one looks good tho. and btw , Scully thats one nice RD !