gidsrz350
L plate rider.
Two-stroke crazy fan
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Post by gidsrz350 on Jun 15, 2020 18:41:23 GMT 1
Hi, I'm busy restoring (complete build) a 1984 Yamaha RZ 350 RR and I'm living in Pretoria, South Africa.
I would like to make contact with other guys in Gauteng busy restoring RZ350's
Please contact me...
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Post by jonw on Jun 17, 2020 1:31:52 GMT 1
Cool, cant wait for the pics. Always love an F1.
I assume this is a JDM model, not a local SA version being an 84?
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jun 17, 2020 8:57:18 GMT 1
Hi, you need to put some pics up for us 😁
Don't see many SA bikes in the UK
Some nice old Ford's coming in though. You guys got a better spec than us
Steve
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brads
L plate rider.
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Post by brads on Jun 19, 2020 12:10:19 GMT 1
Hi, I'm busy restoring (complete build) a 1984 Yamaha RZ 350 RR and I'm living in Pretoria, South Africa. I would like to make contact with other guys in Gauteng busy restoring RZ350's Please contact me... Hi There, I'm in Cape Town.....also busy with a restoration. Mine is a 1983 RD350 YPVS. Hope you're coming right with parts.... When I stripped mine recently there were some surprises. The bores were still original 64mm and the crankcase had never been opened. Even the crank looked good but the good luck didn't last. When I split the cases, I found a tooth broken off from 6th gear! Never seen that before.... |
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gidsrz350
L plate rider.
Two-stroke crazy fan
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Post by gidsrz350 on Jun 19, 2020 14:13:14 GMT 1
Hi Brad,
Thanks for the reply, I'm in Pretoria but visiting Cape Town regularly (normally) as we have an office in Cape Town.
Mine is the '84 RZ350L. I bought mine for R 4000 from a colleague in KZN and you can imagine how it looked, it was abused.
So complete rebuild to the last bolt and nut and because it was so abused the clocks and taillight is missing.
I ordered a taillight from Yambits in the UK which is on its way with FedEx.
My biggest challenge is the clocks but one of the members on the forum is helping me to locate a set.
Engine wise I had to spend a lot of money, new crank assembly, new powervalve, new clutch (basket had broken teeth), bored to 1.0mm oversize.
But I'm looking forward to the end product.
My e-mail is gtbmwgs@gmail.com if you want to mail me.
Regards.
Gideon
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Post by andrel on Jun 21, 2020 19:21:29 GMT 1
Welcome to the forum Gideon and was good to meet you in person. Nice to see a few of my fellow countrymen on here. A lot of knowleagable and good people here to help.
Hope you start a rebuild thread as i think that bike of yours are going to look great once done - compared to how it looks now.
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Post by shaunthe2nd on Jun 21, 2020 22:15:04 GMT 1
Good luck with it. Spent a lot of time in SA for work, Jo'burg, Capetown, Durban and a few trips to Pretoria too, but many moons ago!
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