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I've always liked black with white accents.

LMFAO Good one neversaydie

No wrinkles/orange peeling going on. You might be seeing some case damage that I have on bottom half of the clutch section (right hand side of the picture). Got the top half of my case stripped. A little more cleaning and it'll be ready for painting.

Throw an '82 RD350 LC (4LO for us colonials) motor in it. It will look great and bend that frame. Lol

We Canadians don't want to offend anyone, so we fly our flag in the garage. Lol. I have one out the back yard too.

It'll probably take you more cranks to reach the max pressure if you have the butterfly's closed. Do a test for comparison. I'll put money on no difference in pressure open vs closed

Nope. The only time you get pressure is on the compression stroke - all valves are closed.

Looks pretty good all across the board.

Like my head!! Lol It's kinda patriotic with the reflection of the good olde Maple Leaf. Didn't notice until I posted the pic

Get an old classic like Feliks and I have. Relatively easy to work with and modify if so desired. Plus, it's always great to keep these classics on the road.

Started to paint my engine yesterday. Primed and painted

Sorry about the slight hijack Stevec. All applicable points that apply to 2T's

+1000000000 Only OEM for head gaskets.

If it was a head gasket problem, you should have also seen coolant spewing out your overflow tank.

Hey Flip, I was thinking about the knife edge, but there seems to be a big debate on the RZ forum over it. A lot of the more expert tuners are saying that the knife edge was the NOT the way to go. I had always thought it was better. They are saying that a rounded edge is better. I just left it rounded as I wasn't ready to commit to the knife edge - I can always knife edge it later. Harder to put material back on than it is to take off. I also need a 90 degree grinder. I need to get in the areas where the ports enter the cylinders. Just need to clean more of the casting flash better. Good tips though.

Why do you want to go up 3T on the back - just cause the chain isn't tight? You'll gain more torque, but lose some top end speed.

Good idea, since these old bikes never came with hazard flasher capabilities.

Got em mocked up. I've added the bullet connectors on the ends. I was thinking about installing a switch to the +12v. This will enable me to change the flash pattern at the push of a button.

Got em mocked up. I've added the bullet connectors on the ends. I was thinking about installing a switch to the +12v. This will enable me to change the flash pattern at the push of a button.

The glossy decals are a good contrast to the flat black background. Makes the decals stand out. That's cool.

Now those pics look like I was expecting. They rock man!!!! The surface that they are applied to, looks 'flat' (i.e. not glossy). Did you do anything to it, or was that so the decal showed up black a little better?

That's a cool build. Kudos for the work that you've done so far.

They look niiiice. Which ones are going where?

Pics man

When the revs rise and fall without any throttle input - you have an air leak. Air leak means that you have a lean condition. Lean means that you don't have enough fuel to cool the piston. This will cause heat build up. A 2 stroke has to be leakdown tested after rebuild. You can never be guaranteed that a rebuild was successful until you know it was sealed properly.