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OJ

Been Around the Block
Hey guys, originally joined in 2012 when I got my 1974 CB360. Had great plans, but life got busy, so ended up just big boring the engine and doing just some simple bolt on mods. Then I had to get cash in 2018 and sold the bike. Too bad as i did like the bike, it looked OK, and was pretty reliable and kinda fun to ride.

I managed to avoid owning a motorcycle for 5 months and ended up buying an 1980 XR250. I thought XR would have been a longer project, but all it needed was resetting the timing chain and off to the trails I went. That XR was not really doing anything close to what I wanted to do, so ended up selling that one in 2019. This bike went into a better home to some 50ish year guy who just wanted a bike to scoot around his farm.

Shortly after, I ran into another bike in not running condition. This time it was 2007 KTM 250 SX-F, My newest bike ever by fair margin. This one was little scary, even when the motor wasn't fully grenaded. It wasn't running, and KTM part prices can be insane. Anyway, started tearing into the engine after I did a leak down test and found the compression being way low., and found out the piston was really worn where the rings "reverse" at the top, so that was the obvious reason for no compression. After a moment of panic, I found out there is a local company http://www.fastent.com/ that is Millennium Technologies dealer. I went there one day after lunch, and they happened to have a replated cylinder in stock, so I took advantage of their very well priced exchange program. That day I got home from work, called my neighbor over, but the bike together, fired her up and ripped up and down the back lane. This bike hauls ass! It has some work still, but it's an awesome bike on our fast trails. Still own this bike, it's satisfy my dirt needs.

Most recently, meaning yesterday, I agreed to buy a sweet 1986 Yamaha RZ350 Canadian model from a friend. This bike purchase I managed to convince my wife to approve as I had a 40th B-day trip planned for this spring. Trip started as class A trip (boys only), but then was downgraded to class B (spouses allowed) as some participants had some travel approval challenges. From class B the trip was downgraded to class C (family trip, wife/kids, no inlaws) that we had booked and paid for already. Then this pandemic thing hit, and the whole thing changed to no trip at all. Luckily we got full refund. So in this context, I was able to convince my wife that the bike is a great substitute. So here I am, working on logistics to get that bike over to my place.

So here she is in my buddy's garage.

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I know this doesn't necessarily fit this forum 100%, but there is so much knowledgeable people here, that I hope we can hang around. I have no huge plans for the bike yet, but am open to any ideas. I might want to try to repair the plastics. The windshield is not correct for the bike and the whole upper fairing is modified. I would rather not spend the $$$ in new plastic. The engine is ported AFAIK, but not sure of any other mods. I think I'll find out.
 
Welcome back. That RZ is a perfect fit for this group. Is that fairing ABS or fiberglass? It looks almost like the full fairings that Spec11 used to sell back in the day. Doesn't look quite like the F or F2 fairing but it's been a while since I saw a Canadian model.

If that's Canadian model, it should have Canadian pipes which make more power than US pipes, so that's a plus.

Great bikes. I have an almost stock 85 bumble bee version with Spec11 pipes and it's a lot of fun to ride. If yours is short of power, you could slip a CPI top end and pipes for double the HP and the better half would never know unless she spots the gaping hole in the bank account.....
 
Perfect fit. Just because its called dtt cafe racer doesnt mean thats all thats allowed. We have a spot for all bikes and all folks. Glad you're here and that RZ is sweet.
 
@teazer Fairing is ABS. That top piece and windshield are not the correct ones, but something that were made to work. The exhaust is DG, so not I suppose that would be another mod. I don't think I'll run out of power soon, but we'll see.
 
Awesome! As a recently minted 50 year old who just bought an XR250R to scoot around on I can relate.
 
ABS means OEM. They can be welded if broken.

DG pipes? Interesting I don't recall seeing DG pipes with cans like that. At first I thought they were OEM Canadiamn style but they are hard to see. They look almost like FPPs
 
Different angle for a pipe shot

Maybe I better start a thread. Which sub-forum would be most suitable for something like this?
 

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Interesting pipes. very different to the 350/400 pipes and very similar in looks to early Spec11 or FPP which I think are a copy of the original Toomey pipes.

Good question. Maybe just in Cafe Racers or restorations but I don't think that's a big issue.
 
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