A mate gave me this.

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Im going to spin em around for you mark. It annoys me too.

Gday binge, the black carbs are standard on the earlier air cooled 350 bikes.

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here ya go mark.

[350guy]

Very impressive!
Are you going to go with them standard pipes or expansion chambers?

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Thanks 350 guy.. For now I'm going with these. they came in a box of parts.
Look home made but i think i can tidy them up.
Not sure if I will use that motor now. I have a few others to choose from. Might build another one more race orientated .

[350guy]

Wow, they look massive!

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A little progress. Fitted the tank , seat and made a little foam infill between them. Im to fat to fit in the normal gap between tank and seat.
Also tidied it up the top triple.

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A bit more. Rearsets fitted, swingarm and shockies, new steering lock etc.
Slow and steady.

[bigal]

Looking good there

Did I spy a H1 on your pics

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Aug 11, 2019 10:58:36 GMT 1 bigal said:

Looking good there

Did I spy a H1 on your pics

Good eyes, there was only the edge of it in a pick.
heres the whole thing. restored it a couple of years ago. things not been ridden lately.needs a new oil pump.

[oldbritguy]

What an amazing collection of bikes you have there and that air cooled 350 is coming on great.

It will be nice to see it next to the standard one when finished.

John

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Aug 13, 2019 0:19:29 GMT 1 oldbritguy said:

What an amazing collection of bikes you have there and that air cooled 350 is coming on great.

It will be nice to see it next to the standard one when finished.

John

Thanks John, Will take awhile. Unless I sell another to fund them.

What child to sell?? ha

[Ozhammer]

Selling a child to fund a resto eh? Now there’s an idea....😂

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Only just seen this... another fine job taking place in your shed, Ken! Your enviable collection keeps on growing.

[fatty]

A crakin start there mate

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A bit more done today, steady as she goes.
Nose cone on and tacho in place. Bit of tweaking to do.

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ok, an update however so small. Found a tin of primer and some bog.
So i glued the clear headlight lens into place, bit a bog and primer.
i think it came up great. gunna have a crack at painting it myself down the track. cheers boys.

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ok, fitted an old steering damper. not sure what type. was covered in rust when i got it.

Possibly an old kwaka.

[veg]

What’s bog mean? Over here it means toilet or as you lot call it a dunny.

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Oct 15, 2019 4:27:17 GMT 1 veg said:

What’s bog mean? Over here it means toilet or as you lot call it a dunny.

Body filler.

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Oct 15, 2019 23:18:33 GMT 1 @ken007 said:

Oct 15, 2019 4:27:17 GMT 1 veg said:

What’s bog mean? Over here it means toilet or as you lot call it a dunny.

Body filler.

Sometimes a rough looking car can be called a bogged up heap of sh#t.
Or sometimes you might go to the toot for a bog. haha. Plenty of similarities between the old dart and the great southern land.

[84rzrider]

Beautiful work!

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Thanks 84 rzrider. I think im a better photographer than bike builder. Anyway , just painted a couple of bits, wsill hang them up and tuck them away till i decal and clear them.

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heres the tank , ready for clear.

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I have a new healty respect for painter / panalbeaters.

[chrisg]

 Did you paint the engine cases or powder coated?  Lookin' good.

[hoist1]

To me these are right up there with the best race replicas of all time , if not THE best , but then I’m biased. Back in the day when the 400 was all the rage, I could so easily have gone in that direction but wanted an RD with that magic number. I think it was watching them do the business at Brands Hatch against big 4 strokes in the early seventies. Love seeing bikes like this in parades if not racing.

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Thanks fellas.

Chris, I just painted the engine cases with full gloss enamel out of a spray can.

Hoist, my main regret with this will be I couldn't afford the proper TZ sized tank. This was a $50 tank and maybe 6 inches shorter .

They sure did punch above their weight. Genuine TZ's here in oz are really collectable and expensive.

[hoist1]

I think the long tanks are better for or if you need to stretch out a bit. I did mean the rd350 when production raced but I think whatever the class the 350 yams are great, TR3 being one, and as it’s air cooled is not a million miles away from the reed-valved RD. A mate did a race on a butterfly blue rd250 against TZs at brands on the Indy circuit, leading off the line and for a lap or so, was televised as well. Might have been one of his first races as he was still wearing a novice jacket, I remember the commentator saying so and so is in the lead but I don’t think he’s going to be there for very long, he did finish 6th though. And I think he was on Avon speed masters of all things.

[hoist1]

Sorry all to witter on just a bit more about this but it was good to see the production racers that didn’t have aftermarket fairings on as you could see exactly what they were. Modern super bikes can be all colours and they don’t stand out for being a kaw or yam or bmw. In the 70s it was obvious if was Barry ditchburn or Dave potter in green or yellow. Going back to the 350s and in this case TZ, a rider local to me held the outright 350 ( international, not club ) lap record at brands for a while . Last I knew he was still doing something like classic Spa on one and must be well into his 70s.

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Pipes finished. Well sort of. Might add another 5 or 6 inches on the end.
The headers arev from the original pipes and the rest was from a home made set.