Reader rides! Some really nice customs RD Cafe's

Murray Pawluk sends in some of his builds! Nice stuff! Sorry Murry, I've been waaaaaay slow getting back to this board.

Awesome "reverse cylinder" RD350 Street Tracker!

Over the years you hear folks talking about doing this mod but you rarely ever see it done. Well Bill Holden went out and did it. There is a LOT of love in this build. Really slick bike Bill!This one definately gets the "radical" post tag.

Here is my latest fab project 73 RD350 Reversed cyl Rz swingarm 16" Harley wheels CB350F tank XR seat Custom exhaust Made up in the Great White North Enjoy !! Bill Holden

Wickedly nice RD 350 street tracker!

I'm blown away at how well that seat works on this bike! Really well done!

I love this bike..

I followed the build thread for this bike for quite a while over on the 2 Stroke World Forum and today I got an e-mail from Ben Alameda with these fantastic pics! I'm a huge fan Ben! Thanks Much! He writes in:

Hey there, Love the blog I always follow up on it every week. Here are some pics of my custom 1973 rd350, I hand made all the aluminum body work and fenders from scratch. I also designed and built the pipes myself from stainless. The front wheel is a highly modified motoguzzi eldorado hub which was machined heavily, I added airscoops to both the front and rear drums. I also reinforced the frame with gussets. -Ben Alameda

What a beauty. I've tried banging out a few panels over the years and this sort of skill is almost god given. I don't often get envious but this is one of those times. Just superb!

Stunner of an RD350 Restomod.

From Ted Brecheisen:

Great blog site! I submitted some pics of my 78' Honda Hawk bobber July 2010, thanks for posting and good words. I know that a lot of the bikes that are on the 2-stroke blog are modified to radical so I thought it might be of interest to see a stocker. We found this great 1975 RD350 in excellent condition hiding in a service department of a local Yamaha dealer. As is typical, money was needed by the owner so we provided $$. Only a few things are not original. The ignition was replaced with an electronic version from Vintage Smoke, and hi-output coils from HVC Cycle as well as the front master cylinder. This is a rider and these changes make it a pleasure to ride. Everything was taken apart and cleaned or buffed. Even the "orange peal" in the tank close up is original. That was the way some of them came in 75' as Japanese paint standards were not very good. Thanks

A really sweet RD350 custom build.

That swingarm alone is just the bomb... Congrats to torqu3e from the 2 Stroke World Board!

I just love a clean RD350...

When they're well sorted I think that they're one of the best looking bikes around.  For example..

I mean damm that's nice..

Sweet little RD350 from the recent Riding Into History Show in St Augustine Florida

Wicked little RD 350 drag Racer.

 Robert  Ritchey sent in the gorgeous RD drag bike and promised me some build pics soon.  I can't imagine how much fun this would be to take down the strip.  Nice build there Robert.

Stunner of an RD350

Wow That's nice!  Thanks to Aimee Kurt for the pic!

1987 Rajdoot. India's version of the Yamaha RD350

I lifted this straight off a post over on the 2Strokeworld.com message board. Thosew brakes on the spoked wheels are the BOMB!  Gaurav, if you have any more pictures of this bike or any build pics I'd love to see them!  Thanks!

1987 Rajdoot Yamaha RD350 customized by Speedwayz in India

It is stage 3 ported (done by Mr Sumeet Mehdirata - my tuner and the owner of Speedwayz in India) with rz single petel fibre reeds, yamaha cdi with yamaha r1 coil, xs750 speedo & tacho, carb mod kit with k&n filter, hayabusa hydraulic clutch, hayabusa front disc setup, yamaha r1 rear disc setup.
Currently running on TKR pistons with high compression rings.
Soon i am going to install the zeeltronic vcdi kit and spec 2 chambers.

Thanx
Gaurav 

Reader Ride! Outstanding Stretched and Cafe'd RD350

 That's a ballsy build. First non drag racer I've seen stretched out that far. Looks great though! Thanks For the pics!

Richard writes in:

My name is Richard Weslow and here is some pictures of my bike. It started out as one big mess in my basement but with the help of some good friends Kurk Schwengel and Mark Snyder we put together one exciting ride.We moved the pivot back 6 1/2 inches fabricated mounts for a lower link and used a after market Fox mono shock for the rear. Vintage Ducati seat ,hand foraged rear sets, Avon Lynex fairing hand built space framing. And for the motor we did the Harry Barlow race porting with 32mm carbs and moto carrera pipes plus a few other tricky things.This bike just full on flys Hope you like the pictures