ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
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ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Needs one of those gold anodised alloy heads with the radial fins you see on all the other RD specials these days.
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Very nice apart from the offensively eye stabbing steering damper.
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Nice, I had an RD400 a similar colour to that in 1986, it had a very loud pair of Allspeeds
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
*marks in calendar for yearly celebration, the day we pleased the Cheese.*Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:00 am Nice, I had an RD400 a similar colour to that in 1986, it had a very loud pair of Allspeeds
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
It was a horrible bike to ride and I think I owned it less than a day, looked lovely though.weeksy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:17 am*marks in calendar for yearly celebration, the day we pleased the Cheese.*Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:00 am Nice, I had an RD400 a similar colour to that in 1986, it had a very loud pair of Allspeeds
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
I'd pull off that 'out of place' steering damper,apart from that,very nice indeed.
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Mine was shite. The LC350 was a huge leap forward.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:51 pmIt was a horrible bike to ride and I think I owned it less than a day, looked lovely though.weeksy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:17 am*marks in calendar for yearly celebration, the day we pleased the Cheese.*Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:00 am Nice, I had an RD400 a similar colour to that in 1986, it had a very loud pair of Allspeeds
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Quite like that, although I thought we'd established that restomod meant using period bits?
Can't remember USD forks on my brothers blue RD250/350.
I'm confused again.
Oh and it needs a gold anodised cylinderhead...
Can't remember USD forks on my brothers blue RD250/350.
I'm confused again.
Oh and it needs a gold anodised cylinderhead...
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Exactly, I traded in an LC250 for it, I kept the RD400 for an afternoon and a morning then went and asked could I have my LC back, I lost £50 doing this, but it was £50 well spent, to be fair to RD400s, they're based on the YR5, a bike that first came out in 1972, the LC is an 8 year newer design and whilst conceptually a very similar bike to the air cooled RD, it shares no parts with it.Yorick wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:18 pmMine was shite. The LC350 was a huge leap forward.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:51 pmIt was a horrible bike to ride and I think I owned it less than a day, looked lovely though.
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Restomod means restored and modernised.demographic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:47 pm Quite like that, although I thought we'd established that restomod meant using period bits?
Can't remember USD forks on my brothers blue RD250/350.
I'm confused again.
Oh and it needs a gold anodised cylinderhead...
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Taipan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 4:21 pmRestomod means restored and modernised.demographic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:47 pm Quite like that, although I thought we'd established that restomod meant using period bits?
Can't remember USD forks on my brothers blue RD250/350.
I'm confused again.
Oh and it needs a gold anodised cylinderhead...
Ahh, I thought the Mod was Modified.
Either way I quite like the look of the bike.
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
It doesn't have USD forksdemographic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:47 pm Quite like that, although I thought we'd established that restomod meant using period bits?
Can't remember USD forks on my brothers blue RD250/350.
I'm confused again.
Oh and it needs a gold anodised cylinderhead...
I like it but would havwe black forks, black brake lines and dump the steering damper.
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
IIRC the first motorbike I ever rode was an RD400.
That seat looks all wrong - the pillion half is too large.
That seat looks all wrong - the pillion half is too large.
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
Are those bars bent or is it my eyes?
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
I agree with most of the previous comments. Steering damper is just ridiculous - get rid. If it were me I'd paint/powder coat the fork lowers and shock springs satin black, but otherwise, very nicely done. It's had some cash thrown at it - CF wheels on an RD400, anyone? That should reduce the overall weight by a serious amount, and make it steer less like a barge.
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
I do like gold, these were the first thing I acquired for my 900SS trackbike build, the excuse being that they are miles lighter than the standards
but also I got the standard wheels on the other bike done in Campag gold (this is the non track, on track before the strip down)
but also I got the standard wheels on the other bike done in Campag gold (this is the non track, on track before the strip down)
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Re: ULTIMATE RD: YAMAHA RD400 RESTOMOD
I don’t like it.
I had an RD400e back in the day and it remains a favourite.
On this one the bling bits (shocks and forks) stand out way to much.
Put them back to standardish looking and it would be much better.
I had an RD400e back in the day and it remains a favourite.
On this one the bling bits (shocks and forks) stand out way to much.
Put them back to standardish looking and it would be much better.