1980 Yamaha RD 375 LC

[Maccapacca]

I'm 98% of the way to finishing the LC so here's the before and afters. The pictures really do the talking

Before

Here's a good mate who kindly stripped the frame down to a box of bits

After

Still got to refurb the front calipers and bleed brake lines. Needs running in and setting up properly.

 

[Diddums]

That is stunning

 

[The_Abyss]

Great job.

 

[Lopéz]

Beautiful!

 

[Rilot]

Awesome.

 

[BUDFORCE]

Hah so cool.

 

[Fireskull]

Amazing work!

 

[Yaayuh!]

It's just bloody brilliant @Maccapacca

 

[tom_e]

I actually had a dream I owned this the other night it's a work of art!

 

[thedoc46]

nice job. how hrs do you reckon you spent all in all ?

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Very nice. Can you feel any fork flex under hard braking?

 

[JamesRJ]

Stunning job !!!

 

[Maccapacca]

nice job. how hrs do you reckon you spent all in all ?

100 hours at a guess. Mostly researching, the Haynes manual is useless. Modern forums and Facebook groups are excellent resources for information and advice.

Very nice. Can you feel any fork flex under hard braking?

It's not for riding you know there are some with fork braces and steering dampers. The fork brace does nothing but add weight, the damper apparently is quite effective so that may be a future addition

 

[dholdi]

Very nice, wish I still had mine but like most at the time it got nicked.
The 250's benefited from a brace more as they only had the single front disc.
I had a damper on mine and it does make a difference, blagged it from one of my prody racer friends at the time.
Those front calipers don't look like the originals ?

 

[Maccapacca]

Very nice, wish I still had mine but like most at the time it got nicked.
The 250's benefited from a brace more as they only had the single front disc.
I had a damper on mine and it does make a difference, blagged it from one of my prody racer friends at the time.
Those front calipers don't look like the originals ?

Lol yes one article I read said they've all been stolen at least twice

Calipers are off an r1, well they are blue spot twin pot calipers found on many yamahas. Can't you tell with my sharty photograph with the r1 in the background

 

[Rilot]

Lol yes one article I read said they've all been stolen at least twice

I can well believe it. Mine was one of them

 

[Yaayuh!]

*looks at my bike*
You piece of ****.

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Wow, love it. Great attention to detail, and it looks so clean!

 

[Scort]

Amazing transformation, looks stunning now - as does that R1; love that model!