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The Barber Museum and WERA have again sponsored a Vintage Concours de Competition in conjunction with a WERA road race at the Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama, on 3 July 2020 2021.  This is the 3rd such event and I believe all 80 spaces have been filled.  I don't remember the years or qualifications of the bikes that are invited but they are all competition machines and have been selected judged on merit.  We didn't enter last year but did in the first event and there were some really special bikes there.  Barber is a little east of Birmingham, AL, off I-20 and I think a one day spectator entry fee is $20.  A good day of racing and very nice vintage machines to boot.
Lyn Garland

Can the oil pump from a RD 350 be used on a RD 400?  I know that the pumps are different externally, drive ratio's, etc, but with the proper drive gear will the 350 pump work on a 400 engine?  I have three or four 350 pumps and a fellow on the Forum needs a pump for his 400 but has been unable to find one.  Can we configure one of my 350 pumps to work on his engine???
Lyn Garland

I am having trouble bleeding the rear brake on the Spondon TZ.  It is a 1980 model, monoshock, with Spondon calipers that are similar to Grimeca's.  Both the front and rear systems are original to the bike which I have owned since the early '80s.  I replaced the rear master cylinder because the original, make unknown, failed.  I bought a replacement from Vintage Brake upon recommendation by Michael (based on caliper piston size) and cannot get the brake to work.  I think it is a improperly bled system because the unusual lay-
out of the brake line and orientation of the master cylinder.  I saw somewhere, I think on the Forum, a device that was designed for changing the lube in outboard motor lower units that forced the oil, and in this case, brake fluid up from the lower brake caliper through the lines and into the master cylinder.  I searched for brake topics and then checked every thread in the general Category that had any mention of brakes in the subject line but could find nothing.  Does anyone know anything about any such device?  I really want to get this bike onto the track and while the front brake works very well the rider would like to have both of them working. 
Lyn Garland