rd 350ypvs F?

[zxrypvs]

Just Finished my winter project, before it's winter again.
Decided to buy a ypvs just like the one i used to race at north glos and pembrey etc back in the day.
Started out with a F2 in need of a tidy up, so strip down and sandblast & respray the frame and an unused centre stand to match, good start.[/img]

Problem, stand bolts & spring look crap, paint & lacquer them, still look crap.
Am i really going to renew every part i bolt back on or be disappointed ( and bankrupt )

then i saw this on e bay
At least this way i can keep the anoraks off my back i thought.

found this pic on the forum, flintstones indeed !!

So its back to the sandblasters ( more money) and start all over again.
flintstone needs a new stem in the yokes and the shock mount reinforcing, plus the fairing brackets welding on,
frame started life as a grey import RZ 250, and a bracket for the shock reservoir.

after a long time and more cash the rolling chassis stage has arrived.

Next job total engine stripdown just to clean it !
exhausts in really good order except roadrash on both end cans so out comes the angle grinder!!
get some adaptors welded on, tyga cans all the way from across the globe and there you go.



This is how it turned out

















all that was needed was jetting up and it's good to go.
feels quite stiff front and back but before i can really evaulate the bike i first need to pass my bloody test!!

Hope you like it cheers
before anyone says i did a good job big thanks go to John & James Buckingham who basically did all the tricky stuff while i made the tea !

[mellow]

Nice job m8 ;D
Wot bike are the forks/swingarm from?
At a quick glance looks like an F2...Then an F1 ;D

[nikfubar]

Nice job M8, very
The only thing I would say though is the cans look like you reversed it into a wall & bent them


Mick
The swingarm & forks are from a ZXR400

[LC'Adam]

Really nice that is mate!!

I like the look of the up-swept pipes and Tyga cans, just personal preference I think

[kennyroberts]

i really like the look of the two styles combined, it works, but i really think you should take those forks off ...........................and let me have em!
top marks !!!

[Deleted]

hi like the bike can u tell me what paint u did the wheels with cheers andy lewis

[scott]

very nice m8,i really like that

[zxrypvs]

same paint as the rest of the bike. it's the old lacquer that does it !!

interesting comment on the pipes, well i like em and they sound wicked .

[Norbo]

I like the look of them from behined as they look nice and hi livel and they are diferent . But im thinking the best thing about them is gowing to be the ound . and i expect the runn well with them having the F2 chambers with the cans fitted .

[zxrypvs]

cheers mate,
Your dead right about the cans, they have a good cackle on tickover and pick up nice.
raised the jetting about 10% and it seems to run fine.
really needs a good trashing to iron out any probs,
and to remind me that it was a long, long time ago i was a tearass !!

[Gunny]

WICKED!!!!!!

Love the pipes , the shot from the back showing them is my fave there.

[lcowner]

do like the pipes

[scottie58]

so do I!

[zxrypvs]

Hey just passed me f...kin test !!
Lookin forward to riding the thing
any ride outs,track days etc coming up in the spring ?

[zxrypvs]

here is an update after clocking up a thousand miles or so
as you can see we now have gianelli pipes thanks to e bay. Having spent the first few miles trying to sort out the badly slipping clutch and learning the hard way about pattern head gaskets !! and having a puncture of all things i was proceeding carefully along the road when the noise level increased dramatically, looked back to see a coach just straddle my precious silencer as it bounced down the road !
i retrieved the damn thing and returned to the guy who had made the adapters and explained the situation !! He repaired it and, though a bit scratched, i was back on the road.
A few hundred very legal miles later a visit to the Paington bike night seemed like a good idea, it's about 90 miles each way so i loaded up with spare oil, spanners,Allen keys etc (and about £60 for petrol !) all good, no daft riding and all below the speed limit
very impressed not seen so many bikes in the same place for donkey's years !
Got a few admiring glances before the return journey. up the dual carriageway, steady 95 or so and , what's that racket? same silencer gone again !! well bolix i thought the fukin thing can stay in the fukin hedge .
anyway the new pipes are much more peaky and though quiet on tickover they are much louder than before, also they do look a little like standard.


I am glad i decided to use the bike and though it is heartbreaking to get it covered in shite it does make you smile every single time

[crash]

well done!nice bike..

[twostroker]

pukka job , love the front and rear ends

[fatfastroger]

Are you pleased with the new pipes - quite rare they are
Nice bike though !

[bigal1]

great job and another got back from the dead

[zxrypvs]

reluctantly for sale
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-ypvs-f2-350-lc-hybrid-special-track-project-classic-/251214979119?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3a7d94602f
if your interested

[leaky]

Shame.... but great bike and good luck with the sale .