Re: Yamaha rd350 road racer
All good points to be taken into consideration. I really appreciate the feedback guys! The direction in my mind for this is to be in spirit close to a street legal race bike, but that said, I'm far from a purist, and I'm not the kind of guy that will spend 200 bucks for a period correct bolt or something silly like that. I also don't want to tune it past the ledge of reliability. I would like to come as close as I can to building the motor right the first time as far as porting ect, though I know a two smoke just lives for the day it gets to finally grenade on you lol.
For now, I think a good point was made on the wheels, but, I may possibly have a set coming to me for little to no coin, in which case I'll lace them.
The ignition is still something I'd like to do, as I don't enjoy fussing with points, that said, money will be spent on the crank and pistons first and I can always do that later on when funds build back up.
I'm not building this thinking that it will be a low budget thing and I know I'll have to spend some cash to make it right, but, I don't have a pile right now, so it will have to be done in stages.
I've been reading up on squish dimensions lately. I'm a welder and machinist by trade, so I'm planning on trying to tackle that on my own.
I have my eye on a crank, I'm trying to decide which banshee pistons to order, and sort the reeds. There are a number of piston options out there and I'm trying to decide where to go out which would best suit this build
Again, thanks for you input so far, I really appreciate the wealth of knowledge that has presented itself here already!