Re: Yamaha rd350 road racer
Lots to figure out/ decide. my r5 bottom end is in much better shape, but from what ive read the crank bearings for an rd350 have o ring grooves and the r5 doesn't, but vitos sells the crank as a drop in for a ds7, rd250 r5 and rd350, so that makes me assume that they are still interchangeable.
what I have in my possession are
a good set of r5 cases
a good rd350 complete trans, which could hopefully go in the cases, and I should have all the pieces since they are both complete.
The other thing is, once I get the rd350 motor torn clear down, there is still a possibility that the cases themselves are ok, im just worried that there may be cracking since there has obviously been water in the crank, it is an ohio bike and it has probably frozen in the winter time.
as far as the lc jugs, I was thinking obout that already, BUT I was just thinking that since all those lc models were only sold in Europe and Canada, parts may be a little scarce to come by in the states.
down the road I have "plans" to fabricate some rd350 watercooled heads as an add on, but that will be a ways off, I think for simplicity and budget sake, I should stay aircooled for now.
I will be having some port work done already, so I was hoping that the radjoot barrels would do ok. I was worried more about quality ect, but maybe I should just go ahead and buy the vitos setup and have the pistons too, by the time I buy the radjoot and a set of pistons, ill have only a little more money in the vitos kit, which I tend to trust more in the end