YAMAHA RD200

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YAMAHA RD200

#1 Post by Ron57 » Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:31 am

Hi here is another project an oldy but a goody 1974 rd200a, here's a some photos of
what it looked like to start with, then the finished project.
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Hope you enjoy the photos.
Cheers Ron.
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#2 Post by Rick Lance » Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:07 pm

Outstanding, Ron. Great job! Do you do house calls? I have a WW Gamma that needs restoring... :smt002
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Re: YAMAHA RD200

#3 Post by pstamper » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:53 pm

Very nice job Rick. I bet that was fun to work on. I love those little RDs. One day the little 350 you saw will get some work. Taking nice bike out Sunday.

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#4 Post by Ron57 » Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:15 am

Hi Rick, Pstamper these mid seventy bikes is where I first started to ride, bring back good memories.
Glad you like the little air cooled bikes, nice and simple pretty easy to work on.
Cheers Ron.

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#5 Post by pstamper » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:37 am

Sorry for wording in last post. I do like the small twins. That year bike was nice because of the chrome gauges. Loved road racing my 250, you could just keep the throttle pinned the entire time.

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The one I still have
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#6 Post by wolfgangh » Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:05 am

Hello Pstamper,
I love these aircooled ones too. I have a barn find R% restauration project ahead, actually already started with stripping down. What are them pipes on the red one? Are they DG? They look best to me but I heard there are issues with quality. What is your feedback?
Mine is not going to be mint original, I rather go for Cafe Racer this time.

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Re: YAMAHA RD200

#7 Post by pstamper » Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:10 pm

The pipe are made by a company in Houston called Jemco. He is getting older like a lot of us but still builds pipe I think. He has patterns for a lot of two stroke road bikes.

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