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Man, Tim. That's bike come a long, long way. Congrats on the improvements!

It has working brakes now, too! Very fun Sunday for sure.

Can confirm - that grom rides like it was always designed to have that motor.

Just like you have 'salty' on yours, Mark. 

I'm in love with that RD 60! 

SCIENCE!!!

... and a clever, simple way to conduct the necessary experiments. Good one, Mark!

That's very dangerous information, Evans.    I do appreciate it, though.

I have plenty of experience wanting one of those adorable things.

All's well that ends well, right? Glad you got it figured out.

Man, what a cool little bike!

That is cool Matt!    Does the finished 3D pieces look and feel like the originals? Technology advances are amazing especially to old codgers like me that can remember telephone party lines, 8 track/ reel to reel/ and cassette tapes, etc. and... I can't forget pinball machines, Pong, Tank, and Atari!!   

it's not QUITE the same, but it's functionally good as it is. I will likely sand it a bit smoother and paint before using it.

As an aside, I literally have two reel-to-reel players in my house and am trying to find the 8-track player of my dreams. I'm a weirdo and like old technology.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with it. The plastic is failing around the threaded inserts on my stock one.

Steve Burgess does a bunch of stuff like this. Last year I bought the hi/lo switch for my '73 RD350 from him - both the internal component and the external thumb switch. Works perfectly.

Some advice from Kevin Smith:

I received these today from Steve Burgess in the UK. If you're on Facebook in some of the RD groups, you've likely seen some of his work. It's pretty amazing, and really helpful when you can't find parts like this in good condition. Check it out (and ignore the styrofoam dust in the picture.)

Matt

Man. That makes me want to roll the AR80 out and spin it around the neighborhood.

There was an MB5 for sale near here a few months ago, but I passed on it. Now I'm wishing I hadn't. My wallet is glad I didn't, of course.

What a beautiful job you've done on yours, Russ.

- Matt