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Category: RD350LC refurb

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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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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