Traded a mountain bike for this RD350

[bcthomas]

I picked this up as an unfinished resto-mod with 8k miles and a new top end. I cleaned up the front end for clip-ons and have some nice rearsets on the way. I need to find a fork brace and make a harness with the PC8 hub I have. All these new projects fall into my lap and I keep putting the 650 on the back burner....sigh.

As pictured on craigslist (really need to delete the app from my phone)

Currently (nitroheads seat from my sr is flopping around on there until I cut the subframe.

 

[Vincenthdfan]

That is awesome...talk about a fun bike to tinker on!

Just don't see them everyday...nice find.

 

[xskid]

Wow thays a nice bike, must have been one hell of a mountain bike!

 

[Vincenthdfan]

I was just looking at a website selling an RD just like this, totally restored by them...
$10,000!

May want to consider that before you do any permanent frame changes or anything...just sayin.

 

[jd750ace]

Clean ringy dingys, especially the 350's trade pretty fat. Apparently it's perfectly ok to fuck over a Daytona Special though. Funny how some bikes get bastardized and others praised. Sometimes the Bastard child is the better machine.

Inspired by the RD350, I'm convinced:

 

[deadchef]

very cool bike.

As pictured on craigslist (really need to delete the app from my phone)

i completely understand...

 

[DIRTY DOG]

Cool bike I had one back in the day with DG pipes and wiseco pistons man that bike ran good it had a bad charging system ( I was young and didn't know much about bikes back then) so I sold it.

 

[bcthomas]

Thanks everybody...I've been looking for a clean one that wasn't $3k+ for years. I'm not going crazy on the subframe, just removing the hinges which are simple to weld back on. I want to hook the auto-lube pump back up to so it will be stockish aside from the clip ons, rearsets, pipes, seat,....uh carbs and damn the list is getting long.

 

[DIRTY DOG]

Hang on when you open it up in sec.gear thay are fun!!!!

 

[g4ptek]

awesome bike, cool

 

[hotdog]

Consider a seat with a rear cowl to hide the original subframe - dont chop it.

 

[XS650DL]

I picked this up as an unfinished resto-mod with 8k miles and a new top end. I cleaned up the front end for clip-ons and have some nice rearsets on the way. I need to find a fork brace and make a harness with the PC8 hub I have. All these new projects fall into my lap and I keep putting the 650 on the back burner....sigh.

As pictured on craigslist (really need to delete the app from my phone)

Currently (nitroheads seat from my sr is flopping around on there until I cut the subframe.

What a deal! I worked at the local Yamaha shop in the early 70s. Those things Scream.
Congratulations!

 

[weaselbeak]

I had a 72 R5, which wasn't as fast as the RD, and it screamed like a banshee. RD 350's absolutely ruled on the street and the track. I used to see race results and if there were 34 bikes in a class, there were 34 RD's. Same with the 250's in their class. Nobody else need apply.

 

[CDNTX650]

I had an r5 too. It was fast even in poor running shape. Got divorced, then worked out of town for a year. Decided to let it go. Had 3 bikes already.

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[Leslie]

I picked this up as an unfinished resto-mod with 8k miles and a new top end. I cleaned up the front end for clip-ons and have some nice rearsets on the way. I need to find a fork brace and make a harness with the PC8 hub I have. All these new projects fall into my lap and I keep putting the 650 on the back burner....sigh.

As pictured on craigslist (really need to delete the app from my phone)

Currently (nitroheads seat from my sr is flopping around on there until I cut the subframe.

BC,
You fancy doing a straight swap for my RD400c that just needs a good tidy up

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Leslie

 

[bcthomas]

What a deal! I worked at the local Yamaha shop in the early 70s. Those things Scream.
Congratulations!

Thanks! I'm collecting parts for now.

 

[bcthomas]

BC,
You fancy doing a straight swap for my RD400c that just needs a good tidy up



Leslie

Ithink we're a bit too far apart for that. My daughter loves to sit on all the bikes in the garage....good times!

 

[bcthomas]

Well, I've got a new crank and every seal/gasket/bearing known to man for this thing. I've also got moto carerra rearsets and some pwk flatslides from a banshee with a nice billet intake. Once I get the $$$ for an MZB ignition and some better pipes I'll put it together.

 

[bcthomas]

Consider a seat with a rear cowl to hide the original subframe - dont chop it.

I fitted a few options and don't like the look. I have another untouched stock frame and this is not a #s matching bike. I think I will have to cut on this one a bit more...sorry!

 

[DIRTY DOG]

cut it up and hardtail it ---- man that would be fun to ride