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Measuring the top end

January 26, 2024 Raymond Briddock

After the brief interlude of building (yet another) 350LC, so I could register the acquired NOVA frame, it’s back to…

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Reclaiming an old Master Cylinder

September 14, 2023 Raymond Briddock

After successfully resurrecting two old Lockheed callipers which had been knocking around in the shed for 25 years, I turned…

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Build a bike from spare parts

September 8, 2023 Raymond Briddock

After completing the build on my RD250LC, the 350 was looking pretty ratty by comparison, so I started a refurbishment…

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Posted in: RD350LC Build from Nova frame

Attaching the side stand bracket

July 22, 2023 Raymond Briddock

After a lot of welding and grinding back, the bracket is more or less the right shape, with the missing…

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Side-stand Bracket Jig

July 17, 2023 Raymond Briddock

I cut the side-stand bracket off my RD350LC. It had been rewelded wrong. I have either a new (YPVS) bracket…

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Remaking the sidestand bracket

July 15, 2023 Raymond Briddock

The sidestand bracket removed from the frame was in a sorry state. It had been torn off the frame, ground…

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The sidestand issue

July 8, 2023 Raymond Briddock

Many years in the past, the sidestand literally fell off the bike. Attached to the sidestand was the bracket. it…

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RD350LC teardown timelapse

June 26, 2023 Raymond Briddock

Notwithstanding that I had gradually been refurbishing and updating parts of the 350 while doing the 250 build… The core…

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Start of the RD350LC refurb.

March 1, 2023 Raymond Briddock

It’s been over 20 years since I last rebuilt or refurbished the 350LC.She is looking a little sad. The bodywork…

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JL Pipe repair : Part 1 – Evaluation

June 19, 2022 Raymond Briddock

Hanging in the garage for over 20 years are a pair of JL, (Jim Lomas), expansion chambers for the RD350LC.Even…

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Second build – Final Photos

May 5, 2022 Raymond Briddock

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Second build -Day 7 : Final

May 3, 2022 Raymond Briddock

NOW we are ready for the final assembly, of all the new and bling parts.Firstly, replacement of the drain plug…

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Second build – Day 6

May 2, 2022 Raymond Briddock

All that’s left now is to fit the new bodywork… but wait. It seems a shame to spoil the whatsit…

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Second build – Day 5

April 25, 2022 Raymond Briddock

All that’s left now is some tidying up, and fitting the original donor bike bodywork to give it a ride…

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Second build – Day 4

April 23, 2022 Raymond Briddock

Another day pottering around doing bit by bit. Inspect, clean and paint RD250LC(4L2) Exhausts Paint all the exhausts with one…

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Second build – Day 3

April 20, 2022 Raymond Briddock

More pottering today before dismantling the rear wheel of my roadgoing LC to get the 250 sprockets and spacers for…

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Second build – Day 2

April 19, 2022 Raymond Briddock

Pottering and adding bits to the bike. Fit water pump and oil pump to fresh painted clutch cover Fit Newly…

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Second build – Day 1

April 15, 2022 Raymond Briddock

With all of the preparation done, (nearly), for the second build, powder coating, cleaning, repairing, it’s time to assemble the…

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Refurbishing the clutch cover.

April 10, 2022 Raymond Briddock

The clutch cover from the donor bike was so bad that I didn’t fit it to the bike for the…

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Stage 2 : Beautification

Raymond Briddock

The mechanical build was finished towards the end of 2021. I had repaired and replaced most items on the bike…

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