Winter Project...73 RD350

[nvr2old]

I would also be surprised if the large black area is a decal. It's huge. It would be extremely hard to lay out w/o wrinkles. Painting the black panel and surrounding stripes would be so much easier. You could do a pencil rub of it, cut it out and use that as a template to lay out the Fine Line masking tape.

 

[Vmass]

Nice find! No wonder I didn't have a project last winter.....you guys start buying them up in May!!

 

[Guest]

Chuck, this won't help with your fuel tank, but I thought you might find it of interest:-

http://www.bikersassociationofnorthdevon.co.uk/projects/YR5project.htm

 

[Nessism]

Chuck, this won't help with your fuel tank, but I thought you might find it of interest:-

http://www.bikersassociationofnorthdevon.co.uk/projects/YR5project.htm

Great link! What a resource!

 

[850 Combat]

All the graphics on my '76 RD400 and '78 RD400 are stickers. Giant ones, especially on the '76.

 

[steve murdoch]

Chuck, this won't help with your fuel tank, but I thought you might find it of interest:-

http://www.bikersassociationofnorthdevon.co.uk/projects/YR5project.htm

Nice find, Steve.

 

[srsupertrap]

Chuck,
Nice find on your R5C, looking forward to following your progress. When its a runner you might upgrade the coils because R5s foul plugs pretty quickly. I had a purple & white R5A and the oil pump was running way rich.

 

[850 Combat]

Probably needs a center seal, after sitting so long. That makes them act lean.

 

[Sandy]

Probably needs a center seal, after sitting so long. That makes them act lean.

I'm real rusty on my Yamaha knowledge but aren't the center seals on the Yamaha 2 stroke twins a metal (of some sort) labyrinth seal. Only the outers are rubber and easily replaced. So hopefully no need to split the cases and take the crank apart like on the Suzuki 2 stroke twins. Good be wrong though.

 

[chuck hahn]

Probably the first order of business is to source a factory Service manual

 

[850 Combat]

You will want to know HVC Cycle. Their Moto: "If It Ain't Smokin' Its Broken"

https://hvccycle.net/

They make it easy to own an RD, and they are constantly expanding their catalog coverage.

 

[red1100]

Sez anyone want an RD 400.Whats the story on it? I live in LaCenter Washington 15 miles north of Portland.

 

[steve murdoch]

Chuck, any updates on the RD?

 

[chuck hahn]

In storage unit awaiting its rotation into the shop. Runs but is gonna get a full on Chuck special at some point.

 

[850 Combat]

Sez anyone want an RD 400.Whats the story on it? I live in LaCenter Washington 15 miles north of Portland.

Unrestored but good looking. Its in Anaheim, CA Scott Clough engine. DG heads and pipes. Lots of porting work on the transfer ports, not much on the inlet and exhaust timing. Banshee reed blocks. '76. Looks good runs great. I gave away the stock pipes. May have the airbox and a few things. It is in Anaheim, CA. It is in my albums, I think. I never ride it. If you race a s stroke, you probably race against his bikes. No better two stroke tuner around.

http://home.earthlink.net/~scloughn/

 

[red1100]

Looking at the Yamaha you?ve picked up makes me bewildered,how can someone have 322 miles on a fine machine and then let it deteriorate to such poor cosmetic condition? I?m astounded at how many I find that have maybe 20,000 miles and are abandoned to the back of someone?s property.Barn finds being what they are I?m familiar with the general round of excuses given by owners. I?m curious what the story is on this one.