RZ/RD 350 & Misc. 2-Stroke Tech BBS

Cool Ta :) I've still got a pair of 83 LCII forks I need to try and find springs for..

Do you mind me asking what they cost to get done ? I've got a couple of pairs that need doing.

Hi Jon, What is your source for the fork springs ? Also, couldn't quite tell from the photos which version they are.. I also can't seem to find the photo showing the difference in springs :/ Did you have your stanchions re-chromed locally ? EDIT: Oh, I see they are LC forks now.. obviously.. http://...

Hows your battery ? I remember having something similar to this when mine was toast.

I'm guess the voltage was dropping enough to reset the controller.

Ignoring the colour schemes there are basically 2 types of body work, the LC2/F/N (Earlier) and the F2 (Later) Basically all the plastics are interchangeable in between the Earlier editions (Pre 86' ??) but not the F2 and later There are some subtle differences in the Front cowl and some of the fron...

Thanks mate, yea, been a bit quiet with life taking the place of motorcycles for a while :)

Still got love for my RZ's though, got tired of seeing my LC2 being neglected out the back and decided to strip it and bring it back to life.

Yea, its rubber, just stretch it over, may need to do half then the next half of the seal or roll it over the ridge

As suggested, lubricating it will make things easier and reduce the risk of damaging it.

Done.

Thanks, Yea, I noticed that, I have to do an order from Yambits and with the exchange rate its much the same.

Thanks for the offer mate, I have a few spare myself already though :) I'm building an LC2 at the moment, I was tempted to use one of the spare 84'+ ones I have, so much easier as the bearings are easily obtainable and I have some good pivot shafts. Decided to stick with the original for better or w...

Yea, these were the easily hardest things I've ever hd to get out of any RZ component. They appear to have Red Loctite (or something similar thats red) on them, wasn't expecting that from the factory so perhaps added by someone later. Could be the case that I didn't get them to 260 deg. to break the...

Man.. what a PITA... Nothing I had in the tool box would get the little bastard out.. Couldn't find a suitable drift/punch so ended up at Bunnings buying a piece of metal rod, chopped it to size, hardened one of the ends, $7 well spent. Heated the Swingarm up on a gas burner and managed to get one o...

JonW wrote:you need to remove the central collar first, should push out even when rusty, then you can drift out the bushes from the other side.

Yea, figured as much, taken out plenty of the later model bearings with no dramas, these are just being a far more troublesome.

Any advice on removing the bush from the LC2 swingarm, So far I've tried a slide hammer with heat applied but its well and truly in there. Thinking I might have to rig something up in the press swbush2.jpg swbusk1.jpg Replacements available from Yambits http://yambits.co.uk/rd350-ypvs-lc2-swing-arm-...

There is this little notice on this page: http://racetech.com/ProductSearch/2/Yamaha/RZ350/1984-89" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Fork spring rates below .80kg requires Modified FRSP 2550 springs." May be too hard for you, The racetech calculator recommends the f...

http://www.racetech.com/HTML_FILES/STREET_SPRINGS.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; FRSP S2643080 RT FRK SPR 26.0x425mm .80kg $109.99 FRSP S2643085 RT FRK SPR 26.0x425mm .85kg $109.99 FRSP S2643090 RT FRK SPR 26.0x425mm .90kg $109.99 FRSP S2643095 RT FRK SPR 26.0x425mm .9...

http://www.racetech.com/HTML_FILES/STREET_SPRINGS.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; FRSP S2643080 RT FRK SPR 26.0x425mm .80kg $109.99 FRSP S2643085 RT FRK SPR 26.0x425mm .85kg $109.99 FRSP S2643090 RT FRK SPR 26.0x425mm .90kg $109.99 FRSP S2643095 RT FRK SPR 26.0x425mm .9...