Re: RD 350 - Overhaul -aby 4799

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That's a lovely colour of the bike, i don't think i have seen one in that colour.

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Looking forward to it..even my bike was picked up from HYD..ABM series. Nice to see one more bike getting the treatment it deserves

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welcome to the rd world.. i m pretty sure on a goood restoration and i am impressed to help you with the project for the kind of dedication you have been projecting

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as santosh is farely new to the motorcycling and just started to learn about the 2 strokes.

this bike is in fairly good shape in terms of cosmotics and the engine , well as he is all right to spend time , money and learn about the bike , we have planned to do a strip down rebuild

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Thank you much but planning to change the color as i am replacing the tank. planning to go with Cherry Red or Merun.

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Thank you Naveen for all the support and guidence.

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cheers bro

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Nice find. Bike is in extremly good condition. Cant say about the engine though. If its on indian points, try to source a better ignition.

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Thanks you but the tank is damaged and in bad condition. so will be replacing with U.S spec tank

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The bike is running on CDI-which I believe is from suziki samurai

planning to upgrade to CDI - yet to decide

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Excellent, Great to see another build, RDs are very infamous for turning into money pits. Here are my 2 cents

1. The bike didn't get its name and reputation for cosmetics during those days, it was performance which stacked this bike really high. Ensure you get the bike running well first.
2. Not many people are well versed with setting or rebuilding an RD so choose your restorer/Mechanic very wisely.

The market is flooded with Delhi spares, don't go for expensive spares without the real need for it. if I were you and budget was not a constraint then I would take it to Ron, ask him to do a complete rebuild of the engine and take the rest of the cosmetics done elsewhere. Trust me after Rons Magic even the worst rusted pipes sound better and the bike runs better. I am not trying to market him but you need to understand, anyone who has dedicated his entire life to one bikes performance upgrade needs to be respected.

I can understand the point of not riding the bike before fixing it completely, that's exactly what I did to my RX 135 5 speed, I wanted the bike to be mint before I took her for the first spin, I wanted to experience it properly.

PS: an RD is not a everyday bike, its over zealous passion sometimes that makes these machines an impulsive buy, most owners realize they bought a white elephant well before the bikes restoration is completed and the bike is sold right after it starts running, I sincerely hope you are not one of them.

Pramod

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clean that tank nicely and give a anti rust liner POR-15 or Kreem

That Suzuki CDI set up will do the job if you can hook a RDD analogue CDI

There days,the only way you can make use of the money spend on RD is by using it !

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Thank you much for all the suggestions Pramod. But I would like be there when the engine is built to get better understanding on how it works which I cannot do if Ron is working on it . i believe you might have seen Naveen Reddy's rd and it is just impressive , naveen is guiding me with the build and help me with sourcing parts from us and the same mechanic who built his machine.

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Sure Satish, will do that . Ideally was planning for Indian points but keeping the consistency in mind planning to go for the CDI. Will think about it

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Get a us spec seat too if u want to use a us spec tank.

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i have found him a decent us spec tank as most of the tanks in india are already welded and painted multiple times. he is planing to do a decent rd and not specfic on a full us spec due to the rocket prices and hard to find parts.. us spec seat is going to cost at least 20k with shipping if in decent shape. sellers on ebay now are asking 200$ for seat and 100$ for shipping as the box will be on large size, our customs duty will be high as well .

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I am planning to replace silencers,tank,indicators and few other parts with U.S spec.front end will be indian.I am not planning for a full U.S spec .

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So another dope preparation is taking place, and here I am still in the aftereffect of naveen reddy's rebuild.

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Thank you Bro.