After successfully resurrecting two old Lockheed callipers which had been knocking around in the shed for 25 years, I turned…
After completing the build on my RD250LC, the 350 was looking pretty ratty by comparison, so I started a refurbishment…
After a lot of welding and grinding back, the bracket is more or less the right shape, with the missing…
I cut the side-stand bracket off my RD350LC. It had been rewelded wrong. I have either a new (YPVS) bracket…
The sidestand bracket removed from the frame was in a sorry state. It had been torn off the frame, ground…
Many years in the past, the sidestand literally fell off the bike. Attached to the sidestand was the bracket. it…
Notwithstanding that I had gradually been refurbishing and updating parts of the 350 while doing the 250 build… The core…
It’s been over 20 years since I last rebuilt or refurbished the 350LC.She is looking a little sad. The bodywork…
Hanging in the garage for over 20 years are a pair of JL, (Jim Lomas), expansion chambers for the RD350LC.Even…
NOW we are ready for the final assembly, of all the new and bling parts.Firstly, replacement of the drain plug…
All that’s left now is to fit the new bodywork… but wait. It seems a shame to spoil the whatsit…
All that’s left now is some tidying up, and fitting the original donor bike bodywork to give it a ride…
Another day pottering around doing bit by bit. Inspect, clean and paint RD250LC(4L2) Exhausts Paint all the exhausts with one…
More pottering today before dismantling the rear wheel of my roadgoing LC to get the 250 sprockets and spacers for…
Pottering and adding bits to the bike. Fit water pump and oil pump to fresh painted clutch cover Fit Newly…
With all of the preparation done, (nearly), for the second build, powder coating, cleaning, repairing, it’s time to assemble the…
The clutch cover from the donor bike was so bad that I didn’t fit it to the bike for the…
The mechanical build was finished towards the end of 2021. I had repaired and replaced most items on the bike…
Nearly a year ago, I was struggling with a seized fork cap which wouldn’t come out no matter how much…