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let me have a lookaround. Gut feeling is to make one yourself

@@motobrikerestorations1354 Thanks

hilarious

It cracks me up. See the video of the rd50m ride... it does the same thing ...but even funnier

how very dare you......🧝‍♂

I hear you...

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I remember in the day I was on my 250 super dream, wishing I had the X7 250 SUZIE. ENVYING those guys on their LC250'S.

@@articfox1066 A 400 superdream has always been on my wish list

He who can't be named pressed the pedestrian crossing button... then crossed after the lights changed. Bottom line, second coming isn't happening this year

getting home from work and not dying was always my starting point. I was commuting on a 40 yo bike. See earlier video just have after it was fnished when I 'belted' it a bit more

Hang on...I was doing over 60 down country lanes...how fast do you ride yours?

The other person who replied clearly rides like a muppet

@@andrewpatter1943 gets their knee down from their armchair

My thoughts where, iv never seen one under 5000rpm, well done, all of ours where in the red most of the time, lol

Thank you!!

agreed

not yet.

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agreed

Totally agree with your sentiment but these are perfect safe. If they get caught they tear off.

It depends what you want to do, Restore bikes for fun, restore bikes for money, restore bikes for nostalgia. I sit in the middle of the first two where I restore bikes to 'keep my hand in' as an ex marine engineer. My wife lets me do it if I have a zero cost..i.e. I can sell the bike for what I have in it. Like any bike the cub has a market, its market is full of poorly restored or older models so if you are going to do it and sell it, it needs to be correct. Do the research, join every facebook forum about them.I really want to do a round headlight C70 or similar just so I can have a play with its gearbox. The problem is the condition f bikes for sale. A single break in the leg guards can make a bike impractical to restore. A moped/scooter covers a lot of bikes. From a fs1e where you can get every nut and bolt, thorough to Ns50 melodies which if anything is missing ( beyond simple internals such as pistons and externals such as carbs you really are looking at donor bikes. Good news is there is a shed load of them. My recomendation to anyone thinking of restoring abike is to do what you are suggesting, pick something eaily for which there is lots of informaton and cost if it all goes wrong shouldnt break the bank. Take your time, go for originality, and enjoy. The best part of restoring bikes was my father/son rides and more lately husband wife rides. There are so many local 'meets' who only accept mopeds/scooters ( my 70 odd year old ex sand track racing, big bike riding cousin now only runs around on up to 125cc bikes as its more fun)

Great thanks for the reply. I was trying to do it for mainly profit. But I also used to work in Maintenance and would like to keep up and learn new skills. But I could use a 50cc moped for transport,also. My Dad had the Honda Cub 50 I have seen a nice Yamaha Passalo in great cosmetic shape. But engine was like a tractor. The parts seem available but not orignal Yamaha bits..​@@motobrikerestorations1354

@@astafford8865 In which case you have to be highly selective about your projects. FIzzies, rd's nearly always make money... matching numbers only. But there time in the sun is coming to the end. The next 'big thingis the TZR's nsr's, rgv's and ks1's. Select modesl only a NSR250 MC16 is worth a tenth ( yes tenth) of the price of a NSR250 MC28 but they cost about the same to restore for example.

I like it. Used it a number of times now.

More I use the lathe, the more I like it. Its already paid for itself

I'm a plodder.... see me rd50 vid if you want to see me giving a bike the bifters!

I sold it about 4 or 5 years ago to pay for 2 new projects

Plus I was not an experienced biker. I didnt pass my test until about 4 years before this video was made.

No, tampoco creo que la contrapunta pueda descentrarse

Sì, la torretta può ruotare. Ma per le torniture coniche non basta ruotare la torretta, occorre angolare l'intero carrellino superiore, in modo che l'utensile avanzi in diagonale... Comunque anche questo è possibile. Se sul gruppo slitta fai scorrere il carrellino superiore tutto all'indietro, sotto la guida si scoprono due viti a brugola che, allentate, permettono la rotazione del gruppo. Per l'angolo, in mancanza di riferimenti precisi, meglio usare un goniometro 🙂

Finished off last 10 years as Chief Engineer on a dive support multi role vessel. Before that for 12 years I sailed on VLCC, VLOBO, product tankers, LNG and LPG. Coming ashore I started as superindent becoming global marine manager for a large international well intervention and drilling company. The last 10 years to retirement I was Marine Technical Authority with a large multinational oil and gas company. For 15 years I had the No1 returned Marine engineering website ( google search returned) which led to a number of things like several books based on the content and being interviewed as SME on BBC TV and Radio. I have done talks at many venues on such as DP systems, safe navigation in Installation 500m zones, Risk profile changes caused by alternately fuelled vessels. Currently authoring new industry guidance on Installation/Ship collision avoidance for OEUK ( yes despite being retired). OK that my cards on the table...lets hear yours.... I wont bore you with the work I have done on safe lifting operations but if you have read the IMCA documents you already know it

@@motobrikerestorations1354 Mine? m/cyle tinkering since 1978. Your CV is more impressive on paper but not technically on that Rd400 video! Have you still got it?

@@bananabrooks3836 I have no idea what you are talking about... ask me a technical question... tomorrow though... I am going to bed. Or watch some of the other videos. I try to pass on any knowledge I have gained over the years.. If you are asking am I a technical expert on RD400's then you have me there.

@@bananabrooks3836 You will definitely be more competent on these, and probably most bikes. I started doing this not long after coming ashore as I missed the satisfaction of actually fixing something. Like most marine engineers I can do most things...just not particularly well. My most recent project was fixing the variable speed drive of a valve grinder for the chap who does the cylinder rebores for my bikes. I am finishing off the restoration of my rd350lc ( second time around as I have had it that long); then It needs to be sold to pay for paintwork on a Honda NSR250 MC 28 and a Suzuki GT550 (engine rebuild for that first, nsr already done) Wifes shouting at me to get to bed.

@@motobrikerestorations1354 l think equilibrium has been achieved, bon voyage.

i think your right

I think the rd 50 tank will sit a little more back and does not have the 'tag' at the back for securing it which the original rx100 has. I think if you are comfortable with welding you could make it fit

It was less than a month, maybe 2-3 weeks

There is a weird knocking coming from the gearbox; I have taken it apart and pretty sure its nothing serious. Thats been the only issue over several hours now. I would certainly recommend it

Thats a great question. And the poor answer is maybe. There are designs where teh tool fits ina holder that fits ina solt on the tool stock and then can be raised and lowered using a screw thread on the top. You can then have seneral tools in these tool holders making swop out really quick. Have a go at shimming. I probably made it look difficult but once you have done it once its really easy and you have the shims already cut.

@@motobrikerestorations1354 Thanks man. What do you use for shim stock? Just some thin sheet metal?

There are lots of these on amazon and ebay and I have never bought a bad one. you will likely need to by a couple fo kits to get alll the sizes but compared to the cost of a new loom its well owrth it This is the last one I bought www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DNSKRCG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@@motobrikerestorations1354 Brilliant, thank you and have a good weekend 👍🏻

This is completely true. It can lead to high combustion temperatures and should be avoided. Its such a long time ago I think I did it as I wasnt sure the pupe was working. I havent fdone it since

@@motobrikerestorations1354 I holed my gt 250 piston doing same ,

@@tbeardmore1 iI got lucky.

Thats sounds a pretty good price.

@@motobrikerestorations1354 yeah I'm happy with it, but the one you bought was on for £799 I think, but all things considered the lathe I have is a little bigger for needs anyway.

For the wiring you pick on the stop button. This as well as isolating the supply preventing start when the x-switch is activatedcreates an e-stop so it doesnt autostart when the x-switch resets

@@motobrikerestorations1354 ok so would I put the power into common and wire up normally closed or normally open, to the off switch??

@@guerillagardener2237 totally agree with you. I have never owned one of these hobby lathes and thought they would be tiny. Its very unlikely I will every need the extra size. The primary use with be fabricating small parts for the bikes I restore

If asked the question knowing what I know now would I buy it the answer is yes. I still recommend the safety features I added. Plus I may fit a digital read out as there is a lot of play in the bed- I dont use it enough currently to justify the cost but when we get in the summer I will much more- my garage is like an ice box at the moment. There are some well informed videos on this lathe if you have a trawl around which all end up mainly positive. It has started a clicking noise from the gearbox that caused me to strip the whole thing apart. I didnt find anything wrong, I think its the gears jumping into re-alignement every so oftern

@@motobrikerestorations1354 I’ve been searching around and looking at loads of different mini lathes unsure of if I should pull the trigger on one and after seeing good reviews of the customer service on Amazon for this one and hearing it’s pretty good I’ll probably be purchasing it with tooling tomorrow or Thursday.