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Sorry guys.  I posted this in the wrong section.

1978 RD400E    $5500.00  Not listed locally yet.

3770 Miles (This was a barn find and has been totally gone through)

Engine;
Top end done by Chuck
Porting, Daytona head (O ringed), YZ 85 V Force reeds, 64.5 Wiseco pistons, VM 30 carbs (By Chuck) uni filters, Spec II F1 pipes, HPI Iggy, on the pump.

Gold Anodized Swing arm and Renthal bars.

Upgraded front brake master cylinder and rotor.

Headlight bucket new with LED lamp( do to HPI Iggy)

All Rubber bits replaced.

Lexus Pearl white with gold paint.

PM for questions and other pics.

Located in Phoenix, AZ

I followed 1976RD400C advise with my HPI, doing LED's and floating the ground.  Happy with it.

Sorry for not getting back sooner.

Looking at a supermoto project.

Any way I went back to my 3.0 slides, AS out to 2 and put the needles back to the middle to get a baseline.

Pulling away from a stop I am happy.  Seems to be running very nice, 2nd gear wheelie with ease.  Will give have a look at the plugs after a bit more of riding and just check the needle one notch higher and lower to see how she feels.

Thanks guys.

Chuck,

I have/had not made a run WOT in 5th or 6th.

I think I will change the slides back to the 3.0 which you had initially set up in these VM 30's for me, and go from there.  Report back this weekend.

Thanks

rob

Timing is good

Pump minimum stroke is set at .010"

Check timing tomorrow.

Chuck,

I am using Bel Ray Si-7, synthetic ester.

I will have to go back and check the shimming.  Seems at some point I increased it from stock.  So I will check that and the re-check the timing.
Thanks

1976RD,

Hey nice to talk again.

I started with a 50 pilot and was good.  I typically go by how well it pulls away from a dead stop.  Tried a 47.5 and bogged trying to pull away, so went up to check.  Will go back to the 50 pilot.

I think I was just a little nervous about over heating so I went richer for the ride home and had a chance to get a look at the plugs.  Didn't have a lot of color so figured I would get some thoughts on here.

Easy enough to go the other way on the needle.

I did check the timing and the curve seemed fine, but I can recheck all that just to be safe.

Two more views

Thoughts on these plugs?

1978 RD400 About 3700 original miles.

Top end....Chuck's cylinder porting, wiesco pistons, Daytona head. (about 100 miles on top end.)
SpecII F1 pipes
V Force YZ85 reeds with Chuck's spacers
VM30 carbs w/ Chuck's boost bottle
PJ 55
slide 2.5 (I have some 3.0)
AJ 2.0
Needle 6DH3  3rd notch
NJ 159-P2
MJ 300
AS 1.5

Uni filters
HPI iggy installed, timing 1.8 BTDC
Plugs B9EG
On the pump

Did re jetting after move from Colorado 6500 ft back to North Phoenix 2200 ft.

Starts right up, good throttle response.  Drops right back to idle.  Around neighborhood and a couple short 2 mile rides seems fine.  Rode it yesterday for about 15 miles, seems okay but at one point I was in 4th gear and doing say 50.......rolled throttle on and not much there....seemed weak, rolled out and was okay. 

Stopped at buddies house, let it cool checked plugs looked okay, raised the needle to 4th notch (richer) and rode home.  Started fine ran fine but seemed a little burbly at 4th-5th gear 55 mph.

Got home and here's the plugs.

Happy b-day Chuck

rob

My understanding is that both sides fire..........so doesn't matter.  But probably best to wait for a response from an expert,

No, you did great Chuck.

Was probably past my bedtime also and I missed the RELAY.

Thanks

So do we have to do a separate kill switch or can we just wire into the stock On/Off switch on the bars.

Not sure it will matter but I should have told you I am working on a 1978 RD400.

I appreciate the guidance.

Thank you