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RD400 f ,,,, found in basement


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Well " after a few exchange of words on facebook, My mate mike, tracked his RD400f , that he sold in 1985, still in great shape, all the mods

[ swingarm/ fork-brace/ Lc headlight,] are still on . The bike has a stan stephens tuned engine, Allspeeds . & lockheed front caliper,

All were fitted by him , the bike last ran 8 yrs ago, heres some pics, when we got it home,, we only dusted her down , :jossun:

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Its standard colour for that model, , Yeh and hes over the moon about the find, a bargain at £600. :eusa_whistle: . Exhausts are needing rechromed, , we"l try starting her tomorrow, This was a real giant killer back in the early eighty"s,, the tuned motor , went right off the speedo. mike says he out gunned Z650"s[ exept for top speed] Gs 550"s too, it realy handled [ Lc swinging/ mono-shock. fork brace, striaght bars,] made the swingarm conversion himself,

Kev " he has a KR1S 250 in the stable too. gonna be out next year, squires ,,,? :eusa_think: ,,,

Drewpy did ye get a dictionary for Xmas then?

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Yeh foamy" imagine finding your old bike 27 years later, untouched , its exactly as he sold it, ,,,even the tyres, they seller stored it in a basement,, ,,

And merv " yip it was cheap,,, just because it was a sentimental thing, it won"t ever be sold again,, I even know the guy that bought it new, in 1981., all this came to light on facebook, amazing story, , i"l find pics of it then 1981 - then 1985 , when all mods were done,, :spin2:

1981 ,, New ,,,

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John

I would love to seethe pics. and if tghe guy uses the net maybe he could share his story on the aircooled RD forum please , the guys would love to hear it

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i had the rd250, it had pink wheels, and looked real GAY,

it was a girls down the road from me,she had fallen off it and shit her knickers,

so me being the gent i am ,jumped in and bought it from her,only thinking of her future health of coarse.

well it got sold on and if i had the chance to buy it back i would,

but for now the old mellow yellow meets my every need ,and it only cost me five hundred nicka.

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A good story Blackie,,,,,,,,, with an even better ending

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Good news is ,, we stripped carbs [,At week end,,] all jets ultrasonic "d . And shes Running like a good un, sounds real crisp,, , will post a video up after weekend, as too dark at nights ,, :jossun:

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Yeh" been down at mikes" the Rd is running great,, got some old photo"s will post them up ,, heres one of his V4 lc ,, 1987 this was,,,

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