Thank god it was only the camera disaster. Oh the sound, every single time I hear 1 second of an RD250 with spannies it it takes me straight back. Thank you once again for allowing me to travel back in time to the early 80's, it makes me feel 17 again, young, stupid and addicted to the smell of two stroke oil, so many blasts through the countryside at 8,000rpm with "me mates". "Them were the days".
I tried all sorts to the sound of the exhausts, taped a Bluetooth mic to the number plate, hung the camera upside down off the indicators but it was too distorted to use
I had a RD400DX in the exact same colour with I bought new in 1979 although I ended up repainting it back gold in the JPS Lotus colours. I recall the first time a friend took me on the back of his RD250 and the massive increase in pull as it hit around the power band at around 5000 rpm. Loved those bikes.
Exactly" I was waiting for the engine to burn a hole through the pistons, I can't stand it when you want to watch and listen to a certian bike vid and the vlogger spends the first half moaning about go pro's or their incompetence in filming, but to head line the vid as a disaster is tantamount to trade description fraud, welcome to the age of virtual reality we're the blured lines are tipping the unreal into our reality!!! I'm just glad I lived it rather than watching it and believing I have just done it in the real world? I don't know what's more annoying klick bate or the fact I'm participating in it, I will have to get the h2 out more often I think and put this phone down, luciphers device, just to clarify not the h2 although I'm not to sure 😅
Not a bad stretch of road, but to be honest some of the lesser roads around here could do with some work. Roll on local elections when they tend to get repaired!
Great sounding engine mate . Well done its sounds fantastic . Every thing worked out in the end for you and i am so happy for you. Greatjob now enjoy it . 👍👍👍👍
Normal glitches for early Spring rides; tuning your camera settings, fettling your carbs, tweaking tire pressures, checking your oil pump for flow, etc. Most importantly, getting used to riding the RD again! She sounds good. Nice to see the weather is coming around. Looking forward to seeing more videos as we head towards Summer. Have fun, ride safe.
@@RepairandRideout Learning is the key to staying young and mentally sharp. Never stop learning. Bikes, cameras, or whatever interests you. Your channel is very entertaining and informative. The French scenery is cool too. Always fun to watch.😊
@@RepairandRideout Haven't seen all the vids on the RD but I've enjoyed all the ones I have watched and I reiterate, you've done a great job mate. Lovely bike.
@@fizzyridertoo It is, been here since 2004. We're just south of Carcassonne. Brexit has meant a lot more paperwork but nothing to prevent you from moving over.
looks like a fun ride ! Have you been checking the plugs for mixture ? Dont worry about missing videos , I sure all of us are staying tuned and hoping the issues are sorted , but above all enjoy and stay safe !
I'll follow up with how it's running and issues that I have. Having to keep the revs in check (I'm doing my best) makes it a little difficult to hear and feel on the road how cleanly the engine is revving. I will open the next video with how the plugs look, thanks for the idea
@@RepairandRideout myself I'd be going 10 miles then checking ;-) . Very wary after the last disaster but she must be pulling well and I dont think you had that misfire/weakness that lead to the rebuild ?? Still , damm good work and I'm looking forwards to the next episode 🙂
This model of RD250 is burned into my memory, even the colour !.. My younger brother had one which he bought just before he was 17. Obviously he hadn't yet passed his test, but he'd been fettling the carbs and asked me to take it for a test run.. I agreed, but unfortunately he forgot to mention that it had a slow puncture in the front tyre, which proceeded to go almost flat on a long sweeping corner at speed !.. It was definitely 'squeaky bum time' and I still don't know to this day how I managed to keep that bike on it's wheels.. I trundled it home for the last mile or so on it's barely inflated front tyre and gave him the rollocking of a lifetime !!.. On the upside, he had got the carburation absolutely spot on and the bike ran really well !..
I love that story, I'm so pleased the bike brings back 'happy' memories for so many people. If your brother can remember how he set the carbs up, that would be useful to know
@@RepairandRideout I greatly doubt he'll remember now, it was almost exactly 40 years ago and I know for certain that he's been nowhere near any bike, never mind an RD, for 35 of those years !.. To be fair he was only 16+ years old so it could well have been a lucky accident.. rather like me surviving the bl**dy test ride !..
Looking and sounding great mate . When you say hesitant do you mean at 4k revs on half throttle cos it sounded like my old RD350B did when you did that .The only way I could cure it was to go back to standard exhausts, mains and filters although I left the boyesen reeds in ! I'm sure you will sort it cos you're much more competent than I ever was 😀 looking forward to next one cheers and good luck👍
@@RepairandRideout if you have fit the expansion chambers and not altered the carbs at all I’d go up a couple of sizes on the main jet for a start and work from there
Fantastic, just make sure its not running lean, it sounded like the revs were hanging a bit when coming down the revs, i think thats what they do when running a bit lean, did you upjet for the pipes? my 350lc had allspeeds i had to upjet by one size to run a bit richer to be on the safe side, lovely bike you've done a cracking job
@@RepairandRideout That's quite a jump on the mains! I had 350LC which was highly ported and run a set of 'chambers' I went from 190 to about 320 on the mains which is a huge jump, I doubt that you need to go quite so large on the mains. having said that its best to be too large and work you way down. Personally I'd also ask on the forums, someone will be able to guide you. To me it does sound a bit 'gurglely' i.e rich but is hard to say because I don't know how far the throttle was open so there is no way of knowing which fuelling circuit was in use.
+30 mains is enough then one notch up or down on the needle clip if your not happy with midrange pick up, raise needles by lowering clip one notch, more fuel, lower needle, less fuel, to much hesitancy or burbble midrange is to much fuel, limp or lack of power responsiveness bag of wind not enough fuel, yours sounds good maby a tad rich, wich dosent hert whilst running it in re-avaluate it after fully reving it out after run in period, you can get a good idea at any revs at normal running temprature, if you maintain those revs for a minute say 4-5gear or all or any, then cut the engine wilst simultaneously dipping the clutch till you come to a stop, then check plugs , dry light brown good. Make sure ignition timimg is correct needs retarding at least one degree if skimming heads checking squish clearance tolerances as well.
A no cost tune up is to take out head gasket for sealant and install 2-3 barrel base gaskets, it raises the exhaust, & transfer ports by 1/2 to 3/4mm which gives a slight gain in revs & power for free 😉 if you do this in conjunction with no air filter and box, put some wire gause over carb inlets or rubber sleeves, bend back induction reed valve stopes 2mm each, take out baffles,better still race pipes at a cost though, with' a extra +5main jets on top of +20's, you have a bargain basement road race tune😮
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Thank god it was only the camera disaster. Oh the sound, every single time I hear 1 second of an RD250 with spannies it it takes me straight back.
Thank you once again for allowing me to travel back in time to the early 80's, it makes me feel 17 again, young, stupid and addicted to the smell of two stroke oil, so many blasts through the countryside at 8,000rpm with "me mates". "Them were the days".
My thoughts exactly. A disaster would be the bike blowing again. Action cam failures are just par for the vlogging course ;)!
I tried all sorts to the sound of the exhausts, taped a Bluetooth mic to the number plate, hung the camera upside down off the indicators but it was too distorted to use
Looks awesome sounds awesome that’s 2 stroke sound take me back 51 years to when I was 17 and had my YCS5E 200 Yamaha 😂
You can't beat that sound, quite like the smell too!
I had a RD400DX in the exact same colour with I bought new in 1979 although I ended up repainting it back gold in the JPS Lotus colours. I recall the first time a friend took me on the back of his RD250 and the massive increase in pull as it hit around the power band at around 5000 rpm. Loved those bikes.
JPS black and gold that was an iconic colour scheme
No seize or rattling nonsense means no disaster. Looks and sounds lovely.
So far so good!
Exactly" I was waiting for the engine to burn a hole through the pistons, I can't stand it when you want to watch and listen to a certian bike vid and the vlogger spends the first half moaning about go pro's or their incompetence in filming, but to head line the vid as a disaster is tantamount to trade description fraud, welcome to the age of virtual reality we're the blured lines are tipping the unreal into our reality!!! I'm just glad I lived it rather than watching it and believing I have just done it in the real world? I don't know what's more annoying klick bate or the fact I'm participating in it, I will have to get the h2 out more often I think and put this phone down, luciphers device, just to clarify not the h2 although I'm not to sure 😅
Just the noise brings me out in a cold sweat and PTSD 😂.
All that was missing was the reek of 2 stroke!
Sounds just perfect!
As Millyard would say 👍👍
Thank you
Sounds lovely, really takes me back to my youth!
Me too
Rd sounds fab looks like it was running sweet great job 👍
Thank you
Er something missing 🤔 no potholes 🤣🤣
Not a bad stretch of road, but to be honest some of the lesser roads around here could do with some work. Roll on local elections when they tend to get repaired!
Great sounding engine mate . Well done its sounds fantastic . Every thing worked out in the end for you and i am so happy for you. Greatjob now enjoy it . 👍👍👍👍
Thank you, Spring is here and summer is just around the corner!
Normal glitches for early Spring rides; tuning your camera settings, fettling your carbs, tweaking tire pressures, checking your oil pump for flow, etc. Most importantly, getting used to riding the RD again!
She sounds good.
Nice to see the weather is coming around. Looking forward to seeing more videos as we head towards Summer.
Have fun, ride safe.
Thanks, I'm learning as much about cameras & sound as I am about RD engines!
@@RepairandRideout Learning is the key to staying young and mentally sharp. Never stop learning. Bikes, cameras, or whatever interests you.
Your channel is very entertaining and informative. The French scenery is cool too. Always fun to watch.😊
Lovely bike mate, well done. Takes me back a few decades 😂
Thank you, pleased you enjoyed the video
@@RepairandRideout Haven't seen all the vids on the RD but I've enjoyed all the ones I have watched and I reiterate, you've done a great job mate. Lovely bike.
Sounds crisp. I think I better tune my RD400. I experimented with my camera and found faster frame rates look the best. Around 60FPS.
Thanks for your advice, I've been playing around with the camera and think I have found better settings now. Next big challenge is improving audio
@@RepairandRideoutsticking small piece of foam on the speaker works I've seen on some videos
Very satisfying sound
Pleased you enjoyed it
Seems to be running great 👍
Umm, not quite sure yet, it's a bit hesitant at some throttle positions. I'll follow up with plug colours and any subtle changes
Sounds great well done. Great country side too 👍
Thank you, pleased you liked it. The countryside is lovely around here, great for riding
@@RepairandRideout Is that France? I'm hoping to move there myself next year. Anything I need to be aware of or did you move pre-Brexit?
@@fizzyridertoo It is, been here since 2004. We're just south of Carcassonne. Brexit has meant a lot more paperwork but nothing to prevent you from moving over.
looks like a fun ride ! Have you been checking the plugs for mixture ? Dont worry about missing videos , I sure all of us are staying tuned and hoping the issues are sorted , but above all enjoy and stay safe !
I'll follow up with how it's running and issues that I have. Having to keep the revs in check (I'm doing my best) makes it a little difficult to hear and feel on the road how cleanly the engine is revving. I will open the next video with how the plugs look, thanks for the idea
@@RepairandRideout myself I'd be going 10 miles then checking ;-) . Very wary after the last disaster but she must be pulling well and I dont think you had that misfire/weakness that lead to the rebuild ?? Still , damm good work and I'm looking forwards to the next episode 🙂
This model of RD250 is burned into my memory, even the colour !.. My younger brother had one which he bought just before he was 17. Obviously he hadn't yet passed his test, but he'd been fettling the carbs and asked me to take it for a test run.. I agreed, but unfortunately he forgot to mention that it had a slow puncture in the front tyre, which proceeded to go almost flat on a long sweeping corner at speed !.. It was definitely 'squeaky bum time' and I still don't know to this day how I managed to keep that bike on it's wheels.. I trundled it home for the last mile or so on it's barely inflated front tyre and gave him the rollocking of a lifetime !!.. On the upside, he had got the carburation absolutely spot on and the bike ran really well !..
I love that story, I'm so pleased the bike brings back 'happy' memories for so many people. If your brother can remember how he set the carbs up, that would be useful to know
@@RepairandRideout I greatly doubt he'll remember now, it was almost exactly 40 years ago and I know for certain that he's been nowhere near any bike, never mind an RD, for 35 of those years !.. To be fair he was only 16+ years old so it could well have been a lucky accident.. rather like me surviving the bl**dy test ride !..
@@jjrider6758 🤣
Are you using any other camera apart from insta 360
Thanks for your question. Only my iphone, but that's mostly for workshop filming
Looking and sounding great mate . When you say hesitant do you mean at 4k revs on half throttle cos it sounded like my old RD350B did when you did that .The only way I could cure it was to go back to standard exhausts, mains and filters although I left the boyesen reeds in ! I'm sure you will sort it cos you're much more competent than I ever was 😀 looking forward to next one cheers and good luck👍
I'm going to try and hang on the the all speeds if at all possible
Chamber stutter. You can move it around but it can’t be tuned out.
@@gk73man51 good to know as think I have been chasing my tail at times
@@gk73man51 Thanks👍 iv,e learnt something there and boy did i try to get rid of it ! ☹
click bait title .. Then you proceed to waffle on about not alot for a long time ..
Sounds like it needs more fuel low down
I am wondering if the needles need moving up a notch?
@@RepairandRideout if you have fit the expansion chambers and not altered the carbs at all I’d go up a couple of sizes on the main jet for a start and work from there
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Fantastic, just make sure its not running lean, it sounded like the revs were hanging a bit when coming down the revs, i think thats what they do when running a bit lean, did you upjet for the pipes? my 350lc had allspeeds i had to upjet by one size to run a bit richer to be on the safe side, lovely bike you've done a cracking job
I've gone up on the pilots from .250 to .275 and mains from 115 to 160. I am wondering if 160 is too much?
@@RepairandRideout That's quite a jump on the mains! I had 350LC which was highly ported and run a set of 'chambers' I went from 190 to about 320 on the mains which is a huge jump, I doubt that you need to go quite so large on the mains. having said that its best to be too large and work you way down. Personally I'd also ask on the forums, someone will be able to guide you. To me it does sound a bit 'gurglely' i.e rich but is hard to say because I don't know how far the throttle was open so there is no way of knowing which fuelling circuit was in use.
+30 mains is enough then one notch up or down on the needle clip if your not happy with midrange pick up, raise needles by lowering clip one notch, more fuel, lower needle, less fuel, to much hesitancy or burbble midrange is to much fuel, limp or lack of power responsiveness bag of wind not enough fuel, yours sounds good maby a tad rich, wich dosent hert whilst running it in re-avaluate it after fully reving it out after run in period, you can get a good idea at any revs at normal running temprature, if you maintain those revs for a minute say 4-5gear or all or any, then cut the engine wilst simultaneously dipping the clutch till you come to a stop, then check plugs , dry light brown good. Make sure ignition timimg is correct needs retarding at least one degree if skimming heads checking squish clearance tolerances as well.
A no cost tune up is to take out head gasket for sealant and install 2-3 barrel base gaskets, it raises the exhaust, & transfer ports by 1/2 to 3/4mm which gives a slight gain in revs & power for free 😉 if you do this in conjunction with no air filter and box, put some wire gause over carb inlets or rubber sleeves, bend back induction reed valve stopes 2mm each, take out baffles,better still race pipes at a cost though, with' a extra +5main jets on top of +20's, you have a bargain basement road race tune😮
Air cooled two stroke