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Commin together. Need to figure out some quick steering stops so the clip ons don't hit the tank. Gonna try to make her run tomorrow.

He thinks I am actually gonna let him ride this some day.......

Got the shop cleaned up, pulled out the RD and started hookin up the wiring. Lets see if we can make this thing run. I have wired lots of boats, this is the first Motorcycle for me. A couple of questions for the crew: What Spark Plugs? I am running a power dynamo ingition with a capacitor...

Sorry for no updates for a while, had to put the RD away and attend to a small painting job. Got her back in the water to work will resume on my rd.

Thanks for all the input. Should I run a rich mixture at first for the new motor? On my outboards I always double oil the first tankful.

Front fender question..... Flat black? Tank color (carib blue metallic)? Gloss Black? what do ya think?

More progress...... Big Dan was ready to pour some gas in it and fire it up, but we are not quite ready for that yet.......

Rollin...... Fabbing up a instrument panel from a street sign, thanks VA DOT. It will be trimmed a lot. Motor is ready to be in frame. New 28mm flat slides and y boot. Decided to go ahead and use the front fender, if nothing more than for a fork brace. radically trimmed...

Frame painted Started builing the rollin chassis After I got the rearsets on, Big Dan had to test the ergonomics.

Pulled the Wheels and the Forks out of the paint booth Got the top end on the engine. Kind of an abstract polish on the daytona head. Blasted and primed the frame today! Topcoat tommorow.

This is Great......... "The Yamaha RD 400 is a noisy, polluting, unreliable motorcycle. It’s also wonderful. I know that 2-strokes are frowned upon in the modern age of melting ice caps, vanishing glaciers, super-sized hurricanes and acid rain but if we put all of that aside for a moment, we...

Paint, I have got a lot of paint in the boatshop. Gonna use what I got. Frame and swing arm are gonna be super Jet Black. Wheels and fork lowers are going to be super jet black with flattening agent (matte finish) Tank / seat. Carribean blue metallic. Awl Grip brand paint.

Big dan has started to put the motor back together, clutch and ignition (new battery less). We decided to set the motor (top end still not done waiting on pistons .5mm over) just set the jugs on so we could see how the pipes will mount with the rear sets etc. mounted the left side to the rear...