NoahAbs
New Member
Hi all,
You probably don't remember me, but I had the very beginnings of an RD250 build going on last year. Then I sort of screwed up the frame, life got in the way, my job shipped me halfway across the country, etc. etc. etc. I am back now, and the bug bit me again, so I sold my '05 SV1000 (which was great, and lots of fun when I was in AZ but not so practical for a city driver in NYC.) I bought and with the help of a buddy who is way more knowledgeable about these old Yammie 2 strokes, have put together a bike cobbled from some of the guts each of us had lying around. The engine is frpm a 71 R5, was bought from a guy in canada who had just completely rebuilt it. The rest of the bike (frame and components) is from a 73 RD350, and the tank is from a RD400. I had accumulated a good bit of parts for the RD and kept accumulating afterward, so here is my progress. So far:
I am planning to make a different seat (it was one my buddy had lying around) and ditch that weird tail light (some odd bit I had in a box.) Still need to figure out the rearsets some, bend the kickstarter, swap out the current clipons for a nicer set I have, maybe a billet top triple, and paint the beast. I am also considering trying to relocate the battery (i am only running head/taillight) and the oil tank (I found a flat one from a mx bike that might work.)
Oh and here's one of me on it, I wasn't trying to look mean, I had only a few seconds to run from my camera to the bike before the auto-shot went off- thats the look of pure determination!
Thanks for looking, and thanks a bunch to the guys (diesel, rocan, boomshakalaka) who gave me some advice last time around!
You probably don't remember me, but I had the very beginnings of an RD250 build going on last year. Then I sort of screwed up the frame, life got in the way, my job shipped me halfway across the country, etc. etc. etc. I am back now, and the bug bit me again, so I sold my '05 SV1000 (which was great, and lots of fun when I was in AZ but not so practical for a city driver in NYC.) I bought and with the help of a buddy who is way more knowledgeable about these old Yammie 2 strokes, have put together a bike cobbled from some of the guts each of us had lying around. The engine is frpm a 71 R5, was bought from a guy in canada who had just completely rebuilt it. The rest of the bike (frame and components) is from a 73 RD350, and the tank is from a RD400. I had accumulated a good bit of parts for the RD and kept accumulating afterward, so here is my progress. So far:
I am planning to make a different seat (it was one my buddy had lying around) and ditch that weird tail light (some odd bit I had in a box.) Still need to figure out the rearsets some, bend the kickstarter, swap out the current clipons for a nicer set I have, maybe a billet top triple, and paint the beast. I am also considering trying to relocate the battery (i am only running head/taillight) and the oil tank (I found a flat one from a mx bike that might work.)
Oh and here's one of me on it, I wasn't trying to look mean, I had only a few seconds to run from my camera to the bike before the auto-shot went off- thats the look of pure determination!
Thanks for looking, and thanks a bunch to the guys (diesel, rocan, boomshakalaka) who gave me some advice last time around!