I was given a number of RDs the best 2 76/77 are of the 400 variety. One of which would be considered good to excellent condition with a title the second fair to poor has no title.
The 350 in my evaluation is trash and i am turning that over to another party to hold onto for parts.
The good/excellent condition bike, almost excellent has acid stains on nice solid chrome stock pipes.
Should I re chrome them to keep the bike completely stock? Or should I go the performance route and do chambers? Chambers might be actually be cheaper than the re-chroming. I will have to check. I would think stock would hold more value on resale of this vehicle.
I honestly cant say I want to keep the bike and will probably just repair the nice bike and sell the set.
The crank is suspect for rebuild, it holds pressure on a crank case pressure test up until push up or down on the end of the crank at the magneto taper than promptly leaks. At minimum seals and outer bearings will be needed. I have ordered a full gasket and seal kit. I have considered doing the crank myself, but am concerned about getting this correct on my first attempt without onsite guidance? I have a press but no experience + would need to have spacers and blocking made up for the process.
Who actually rebuilds these things now and if you send them out are they true when you get them back through the mail? No shop around me does anything of this sort.
Yes I have bike 2 but this was clearly not maintained and the crank would not initially turn in the bearings until it sat in wd40.
In spares i received 2 fresh cylinders "in need of paint" and a set of unused wiseco pistons which are noted to be fit to the cylinders. Other than the pistons everything looks stock.
This thing even has a period utility rack and crash bars with alternative foot pegs.
NADA pricing looks a bit crazy. Are those prices for real? Nada is usually good for the 90s and 2000s bikes I have been playing around with.
OK, Who pays 10g for this stuff? 1976 Yamaha RD400C 400 Standard Equipment, Prices & Specs
I have to consider actual value. I don't want to throw away money on a bike I cant say i will keep but don't want to be a wezel dick "see 1974 Honda CB200".
The 350 in my evaluation is trash and i am turning that over to another party to hold onto for parts.
The good/excellent condition bike, almost excellent has acid stains on nice solid chrome stock pipes.
Should I re chrome them to keep the bike completely stock? Or should I go the performance route and do chambers? Chambers might be actually be cheaper than the re-chroming. I will have to check. I would think stock would hold more value on resale of this vehicle.
I honestly cant say I want to keep the bike and will probably just repair the nice bike and sell the set.
The crank is suspect for rebuild, it holds pressure on a crank case pressure test up until push up or down on the end of the crank at the magneto taper than promptly leaks. At minimum seals and outer bearings will be needed. I have ordered a full gasket and seal kit. I have considered doing the crank myself, but am concerned about getting this correct on my first attempt without onsite guidance? I have a press but no experience + would need to have spacers and blocking made up for the process.
Who actually rebuilds these things now and if you send them out are they true when you get them back through the mail? No shop around me does anything of this sort.
Yes I have bike 2 but this was clearly not maintained and the crank would not initially turn in the bearings until it sat in wd40.
In spares i received 2 fresh cylinders "in need of paint" and a set of unused wiseco pistons which are noted to be fit to the cylinders. Other than the pistons everything looks stock.
This thing even has a period utility rack and crash bars with alternative foot pegs.
NADA pricing looks a bit crazy. Are those prices for real? Nada is usually good for the 90s and 2000s bikes I have been playing around with.
OK, Who pays 10g for this stuff? 1976 Yamaha RD400C 400 Standard Equipment, Prices & Specs
I have to consider actual value. I don't want to throw away money on a bike I cant say i will keep but don't want to be a wezel dick "see 1974 Honda CB200".