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Hello,

Friends and I are planning a trip down route 66 to somewhere in the desert.  I would approximate like 300 miles.  I know this is a silly question but what would you guys recommend as general maintenance checks in preparation.  My bike has been rock solid for 3 years since the rebuild.  Current set up:

RD350
ebay cylinders stock bore and porting with Vitos crank and new pro x pistons and rings
30mm flat slide Keihins 140 mains,35 pilots middle clip, one turn out
Spec 2 classic expansion chambers
Shinko tires front and rear alot tread left
Excel aluminum wheels with stainless steel spokes built about 3 years ago
HPI ignition with no battery running LEDS front and rear.
New fork seals with new fork oil running race tech springs
Hagon shocks about 5 years old
Jspooner rear sets

thanks,
Neal

Wow!!  I'd like to own something like that one day

So again, how were the tarriffs going to benefit us? 

I really don't go so often.  I liked it when the 2 stroke extravaganza was at cooks corner.  I remember it was in La Mirada one year and that was cool right up the street from me.  It was driven mostly by the usa2stroker people. That was the last time I saw Doug from Motocarrera.  still have my old t-shirt which by the way doesn't fit anymore.  I think it shrunk lol.

These are fun.  Anybody here goes to this?  Used to have a few more RD guys bring theirs but I think those days are over... oh well.

A rubber washer between two metal washer doesnt isolate the vibration enough?  I had to do that with my old SPEC 2s on my RD400 as the welds cracked at the mounts.  I do that to all my pipes now.

You guys are the best always.  Sorry for hi jacking again.  Thanks for the kinds words all.

I would love too but I am in the middle of a divorce now.  I will be faced with some financial challenges as I am still recovering from the emotional part.  It has become apparent that my hopes and dreams will be put on hold for a while now.  Thanks for the offer though. 

Man that is great.  Sorry to derail this post.  Has anybody transplanted an RZ motor in a RD frame?  I know there are LC top end conversions like Marcs amazing bike but I have never seen an actual RZ motor transplants.  I saw at a bike show a banshee conversion in a sport bike frame but that's it.  I assume alot of fab work.  excited to see how your bike turns out well done!

You think this is a problem that will occur on all of them eventually?  I don't know what kind of bonding they are using.  I am assuming it is pressed in and epoxied and over time it starts to separate. I wonder if some holes in the ignition cover would help to cool it down some?  Had mine for 4 years and no issues.

Hey Dudes,

Sorry for the late update but just wanted to let you guys know that the caliper performed flawlessly.  I went to a 13mm master but I think I will go back to 14mm.  Other than that, everything worked great. 

Hello.  Thanks everybody on the suggestions.  Pulling the front wheel off first, bolting the brake caliper on to the forks and then putting the wheel back on while slipping the rotor between the pads worked great. In case anybody wanted to know.

Yes, my friend did purchase this from ebay and he went a different route on his brakes.  I suppose pulling the front wheel off is no big deal.  The new caliper is lighter and is made of different material.  It looks of great quality though.  I will get back to you guys as I will test it and see if it meets the performance standard.  thanks again. 

Hello there.  A friend sold me a reproduction from caliper for rd350 for pretty cheap.  I needed a new one as mine was the original and rebuilt a few times. This one looks to be the same one in this ad on ebay.

When it came time to mount the caliper, there seemed to be interference as I tried to rotate the caliper back down on to the disc.  There must be something slightly different in the channel as the OEM doesn't have this problem.  I compared the two side by side and I can't see any noticeable difference.  I didn't measure with calipers yet but I wondering if anybody has seen this problem before.

thx



 

thx for the info

[6 steel plates]

Hello,

I am sure this has come up before and my apologies.  When upgrading from 6 plate to 7 plate clutch is it 6 or 7 steel plates? 

When looking at the parts manual for rd350 there seems to be 7 steel plates:

Looking up the thickness spec they are at 1.15mm. In chucks thread for 7 plate upgrade he uses 6 steel plates. Part number: 360-16325-00-00

Looking at the RD400 clutch assembly just for comparison they use 6 steel plates 498-16325-00-00 but are thicker at 1.6mm.  So the logic is that if thicker only 6 steels are used?

Is it 6 or 7 steel plates for RD350 when upgrading to 7 plate clutch?