I figured I jump in and post my build. Lots of great bikes on here and I dig the community within the forum.
Well, here goes nothin'!
After scooting around on a stock 1975 RD350, and diggin the 2 stroke power band, I wanted to see what more could be gotten out of the RD350. Not wanting to mess with a nice stock bike, I hunted for another RD I felt was crappy enough to modify. My hunt lead me to 2 crappy RDs scored on craigslist, one crappier than the other which ended up being a parts bike.
I'm not someone that likes to stray too far off from the original form, but the RD can really be improved with a few bits that make it a much more exciting ride.
Note, the candidate for the build appeared to be a 1974, as it wore the 74 colors. I developed a build plan which would be for bolt on modifications only which would allow the bike to be returned to stock form if desired. Chambers, rear sets, different seat, clubman bars were all in the plan. So it seemed like I was stuck with Purple, not my favorite RD color. 75 RD350 Orange and RD250 White are just radical. All RD400 colors are rad, but hey I'm sticking with purps. . .or so I thought.
Well, here goes nothin'!
After scooting around on a stock 1975 RD350, and diggin the 2 stroke power band, I wanted to see what more could be gotten out of the RD350. Not wanting to mess with a nice stock bike, I hunted for another RD I felt was crappy enough to modify. My hunt lead me to 2 crappy RDs scored on craigslist, one crappier than the other which ended up being a parts bike.
I'm not someone that likes to stray too far off from the original form, but the RD can really be improved with a few bits that make it a much more exciting ride.
Note, the candidate for the build appeared to be a 1974, as it wore the 74 colors. I developed a build plan which would be for bolt on modifications only which would allow the bike to be returned to stock form if desired. Chambers, rear sets, different seat, clubman bars were all in the plan. So it seemed like I was stuck with Purple, not my favorite RD color. 75 RD350 Orange and RD250 White are just radical. All RD400 colors are rad, but hey I'm sticking with purps. . .or so I thought.