RD Indicators lot

We purchased this lot of indicators, 7 in total. Everything genuine and complete, except one red lens. And two more genuine Rajdoot indicators will be coming soon. So there will be 9 now ;)

Enjoy the pics

Seat restoration - Work in progress

The genuine Yamaha seat was starting to show its age and

the seat pan was also starting to rust.

So, we took the seat apart to find a lot of rust . The seat pan was cleaned of all rust and then painted with red oxide primer. Also, the genuine seat trim was polished :)

RDDreams complete CDI kit

Another eagerly awaited component has arrived , and will hopefully put all troubles of ignition away forever. It is the complete kit, including the wiring etc.

New Parts in the Inventory

And this is the inventory itself. Except one box, all other boxes contain RD parts.

RD Stockpile..

Like NOS Cranks - The two best parts in the inventory.

These two cranks, are simply beautiful. I took them out from their 'oil baths'( they remain safely submerged in oil all the time) today for a quick photosession.

Both cranks are totally original , never been split apart in their lives, and are good to go as it is. But i might never use them in the future RD build. Will keep them just like this, just to look at them. ;)

Enjoy the pics!

The third crank in the pic needs a rebuild, which might happen soon. :)

Cleaning the lower crankcase ;)

Had a go at cleaning the lower crankcase today. It has turned out real nice. All the bearing surfaces are nice and true. Have a look

This bit of grime needs a de-greaser which i presently don't have. Will do it in the coming week.

Cleaning up the carbs

The carbs have been lying idle for many years. And a lot of varnish was deposited inside them. Took a day to clean and removal of black paint from just one carb . About 10% work still remains, since i ran out of Carb Cleaner. :)

All the internals of the carb are packed in a small box. Thats why you see the insides of the carb empty.

All the internals of the carb are packed in a small box. Thats why you see the insides of the carb empty.

Barrels getting ready for Sand Blasting

Securely masked up the barrels so as to prevent the sand blasting doing any damage to the cylinder bore.

They'll be done in a few days.

Cleaning of the Barrels

The RD barrels after the cleaning of exhaust port and transfer ports firstly with 80 grit and then 400 grit Sandpaper,diesel and finally with carb cleaner.

Cylinder Base gasket was scraped off with 80,400 grit sandpaper and then with Mother,s Mag&Al polish to smoothen up the surface..Here,s the result

The Next step is to get the outside of the Barrels Sand-blasted and Painted with High heat black paint,with capable of withstanding upto 600 deg C.Plus polishing of the fins edges with sandpapers and polish.

My RD350 parts inventory.

These are all the parts that i have right now. The inventory still lacks a lot of critical spares, but they are on their way :)

The Very Rare Rajdoot decal with the original packing.

The rear fender is a straight US import. The ones available in India are too bashed up to even bother about using them. The headlight dome and lens is Rajdoot.

The chain cover you see here is also US import. A real solid part. The baffles are not OEM , but will do the job. The kick stand , yet again is a US import.

These are OEM Rajdoot clutch plates , pressure plate, Clutch bell. The carbs are the Mikuni VM28's. Genuine and the ones which originally came on the RD. They are in excellent shape, the ones found nowadays are mostly butchered.

The stator is genuine Rajdoot one. Although i don't plan to use it ,since i've already ordered the RDDreams RD350 CDI Kit but it's a pretty nice part to have anyway ;).

Also you'll notice there is a complete rebuild kit of the OEM kill switch found on the Rajdoot 350.

THIS is a beautiful standard crank. It has never been split apart. Still all original, including the bearings. All the tolerances are in-spec as per the Yamaha manual. It has run about 5000km.

New parts arriving soon

An almost unused complete transmisson is on its way from US.

Also, coming along are cylinder heads, kick lever assembly,complete tachometer drive unit. AND , the RDD RD350 Digital CDI Kit.

Will be posting pics shortly!

Here are a few pics of a brilliant crank that i have. A similar NOS RD350 crank is already on its way to me :)




Here is a set of US Spec barrels on standard bore. They have only run 4000km's and have plenty of life left in them.