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I’ve been hand tanned in Austria….not all it’s cracked up to be😬

A few more progress pics, the fork bottoms will have to be powder coated to match Battery/ electrics box almost there. Rear shocks are Chinese shit, so they are hitting the bin.

Thanks, I have a few more bits to make,so I may well be interested

I’ve made a few more bits to replace rusty old shite, it’s a shame my polishing guy has ceased trading,so have to polish my own stuff and I don’t much like polishing. Oil delivery fitting, and Cam chain adjuster nut and cap...all 15/5 Stainless Steel again.

Cheers, had a bit of practise over the years

Well, I am back....project got pushed back again...COVID....too much work, not enough time etc, but I had a cold stab of reality a while ago, 1, I ain’t getting any younger, 2, Retirement is potentially only a couple of years away...I’d better pull my finger out .......again Fitted the SRX600...

Thanks, I’ve also done a window in the Tappet covers, I’ll post a pic when I get back to work. The window is polycarbonate.

Your right......don’t know why I’m rushing

Well I said a couple of weeks, a year later here we are, bloody work getting in the way

He’s just sold a very nice Kawasaki 1975 KH750 for £12500, and brought an 81 LC350 for £7000, and then surprised me by landing an early RD200 for £1600 that needs refurbishment, as you can imagine his wife is loving all these bikes coming and going

I have ordered a billet big enough to make two or three windows, should have the first one done in a couple of weeks.

I knocked up some nuts for the four bolt tapped cover, three bolt tapped cover Nuts tomorrow. Clutch cover bored out for window.

So, I knocked up a couple of sets of Stainless Cylinder Head Nuts, sold a set to Soulsurfer off of here, while I was at it I’ve made some similar nuts for the Footrests, although I am undecided whether to use the originals or change to a different set up. What I have also done is ordered myself...

It is a minter though

Hi, sent you my contact details.

Just been trawling through some old posts and found your build, I am a big fan of RD’s, but getting one even as a knackered project is hugely expensive in the UK, my mate brought a 78 RD400E, it cost him £9500

Great skills, cool build...looking forward to seeing the finished article.

Thanks Max, oil feed Banjos and footrest nuts next.

I have made up some Brass Washers to fit under the Cylinder Head Nuts, I’ve seen these on an another 650 owners bike, so I know they work ok.

Well , the project has been a loooong time sitting idle, this was due to several reasons, mainly just too busy at work to do anything else, along with a promotion and (naturally) more responsibility,things have taken a back seat. I even sold my Streetfighter project due to lack of time, this was...