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…
With the carbs done, and the engine running to my satisfaction, it’s time to finish the job and get her…
After a disappointing first run of the bike, it is apparent that there is a problem with the bike running…
I have run out of things to do without starting her up!I still need to check the shimming of the…
Not wanting to pay £100 for a genuine Yamaha OEM throttle cable, I did as so many others do, bought…
The engine is back in the frame, which is another milestone of sorts.The end is in sight, but let’s not…
The barrels have arrive from PJME with some nice new pistons.Good Job.Ports nicely chamfered in.Everything went together nicely with no…
Lets have a look at what I have as options.The donor bike came with a pair of RD400E/F (2R8-00) carbs,…
While not strictly part of “The Project” build, I thought this might be interesting to document. Having purchased a pair…
While hunting out other items in the box of donor bike parts, I noticed that the top end bolts were…
It has been a 30 year mystery to me, why every LC engine I have ever had come my way…
Footrests and hangers.The donor bike arrived without pillion footpegs, even though it had some when it was originally built. Rooting…
I have 3 available tanks, all known to have been repaired with quantities of pug some years ago. The donor…
The 4L2 exhausts I bought from an ebay seller, arrived without baffles. No problem I thought, I have plenty of…
Crank and joining the cases.The new crankshaft arrived in the post from RDLCCrazy today. it’s time to press on!I found…
While awaiting a new crank, I can get on with assembling the left and right engine sidecovers.the donor bike sidecovers…
I had not been fussed about exhausts so far, safe in the knowledge that I had a fine selection hanging…