1980 Suzuki RM400T rebuild

[eelracing]

Those builds are looking sweet Pete but you better get your skates on as J.O. is in April.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Those builds are looking sweet Pete but you better get your skates on as J.O. is in April.

I'll be there Bro! Even if I've gotta ride the SR with it's 250 engine in it...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Ohhhhh yeah.

[Slorider]

I think that'll be too much black and look like crap, apart from that looks good

totally agree with this guy,what isit with young fullas trying to make old bike's look like modern ones (colour&graphic wise).......theirin lies the spoiler,nice bike build otherwise apart from those shocks which would look not quite at home on me old xr

[Drew]

,what isit with young fullas...

You hear that Pete? You're a young fulla!

[Crasherfromwayback]

totally agree with this guy,what isit with young fullas trying to make old bike's look like modern ones (colour&graphic wise).......theirin lies the spoiler,nice bike build otherwise apart from those shocks which would look not quite at home on me old xr

Lol. Hate to tell ya this mate...but those Fox Factory Shox and Forx are period correct items. I know this...as I was there *at the time*. And the black swingarm was period correct on the works bikes. The rims are purely my preference. But it's a race bike...not meant to be a show bike made back to original std condition. I've had plenty of those. Like this one...

[Slorider]

cant fault that-exactly how classic's are meant to look,appropiatly colour co-ordinated for the era......were you the guy who sold a white yz 465 a few months back?,that was quite a gd buy and so was an air cooled 84? Rm 500 I had my eye on in colemans,disc front,ohlins rear quite tidy&colour/accessory matched too & only 4k-another bargan!......pays to save for a 'rainy 'or is it 'dry' day.

[Crasherfromwayback]

cant fault that-exactly how classic's are meant to look,appropiatly colour co-ordinated for the era......were you the guy who sold a white yz 465 a few months back?,that was quite a gd buy and so was an air cooled 84? Rm 500 I had my eye on in colemans,disc front,ohlins rear quite tidy&colour/accessory matched too & only 4k-another bargan!......pays to save for a 'rainy 'or is it 'dry' day.

Yeah unfortunately the 465 was mine. Should've been worth quite a bit more than the $2800.00 it went for...but such is the state of things out there! I also parted with this semi recently... wish I didn't have had to...but needs must!

[eelracing]

I also parted with this recently... wish I didn't have had to...but needs must!

You utter utter bastard...why the fuck did I not get first dibs!!!???

[Crasherfromwayback]

You utter utter bastard...why the fuck did I not get first dibs!!!???

Sorry Bro! If I thought you'd ride red I would've offered it to you first! But it had to have been one of the sweetest RZ's in NZ. It cost me a fucking fortune to get it to that stage. I still want one...but will maybe get a 79 KX250A5 first/next.

[eelracing]

I'll ride anything two stroke mate,i'm not fussy.But don't tell me how much you sold it for,if it's anything near the YZ's price.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I'll ride anything two stroke mate,i'm not fussy.But don't tell me how much you sold it for,if it's anything near the YZ's price.

Thank fuck it wasn't mate.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I think I'll make it in time you slimey Eel.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Had Carl at Cemeck Engineering in Petone make me a sweet cable clamp as I didn't want to butcher the Fox Forx...he also made me a new axle in stainless. Does great one off work for a very reasonable price. About to do the final push and finish the fucking thing!!! Going from the stock 36mm carb to a 40...will clean the cyl up...so it should run like a raped ape. Using titanium fastners where I can.

[Drew]

Carl at Cemeck Engineering

Mofo is a clever bastard, and by crickey he does good work!

I didn't know what to expect when I first walked into his workshop, and possibly wouldn't have had him undercut the gearbox on the RF if I hadn't been told he was so good. The random stuff stacked to the ceiling would be great fun to rifle through over a week, just to see what's in there.