johnw wrote:That us a really nice looking RD400 Grant. Are those stainless air cleaner clips? Did you rebuild it? Lovely piece of work. The fasteners are a nice touch. I remember as a kid drooling after a set of CDS stainless engine case screws. I remember many a happy night spent punching the stock screw heads back into shape as a kid, then having another go at them with an impact driver.
Are those Micron expansion chambers?
Hey John
, Many thanks for your kind words John
Yes, I bought it when I was 18years old, I'm 54 now!!
, I built it up in my bedroom at my parents house back then, it was all in pieces as the chap seized the crank as they used to in those days, well he did run it out of 2 stroke oil(idiot)
, Anyway, I paid £100 for it and built it up much as you see it now really, I went over it again about 20 years ago. When I bought it came with a set of Allspeeds formula 3 pipes, I still have them in the loft wrapped up, those Pipes on it now are called Spec Pipes, I had them made in the last "20 year ago make over", the clips around the air cleaner pipes are the original ones but I had them chromed John, some of the bolts are stainless that I fitted and I just polished them along with the washers as you do in your bordem
(its a sick fetish I have)
,.. It really is a stunning Bike and I do still go out on it from time to time, very noisy,.. smells great as I drop a few capfulls of Castrol "R" in the tank too, it does the same as the Jensen, attracts people like ourselves from that era and is a good talking point
, you never really see or hear the old 2 strokes with the expansions anymore John do you.. Bloody Fantastic.. thank you for your kind words again John