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…
So how do you get paint off of motorcycle plastics? After my efforts with the LC tailpiece earlier this year,…
just over 100 miles into the running in period, and the weather turned a little colder, and my clocks began…
Inspection of the internals shows that mostly, the wiring is OK, if a little bit stiff and brittle with age.The…
2 hours of careful masking and rubbing down with 240 grade wet’n’dry. A thorough degreasing with brake cleaner, followed by…
The wait for engine parts, and for a wheel to be sent off, skimmed, and returned, provides opportunity for another…
Sometime in the years in which the bike had lain fallow, the rear brake drum had become oval.There are theories…
The whole point of a “mechanical build” was to prove the chassis parts, and consolidate the reuse of so many…