I thank you for this informative video! Especially for showing the crankshaft! Now I know what tool I need to make to rebuild my crank and that I could play with the connection rod types without large problems, as long as I take care of the cylinder height... Will a Suzuki AX100 connection rod from China work (for a road bike up to 25/30 hp)?
I would love to do pretty much this exact thing with my RD200. Would you ever be interested in selling the finished crank or doing this to my crank? If not would you be able to make the cylinder spacer for purchase? My plan for the bike is just to race around on roads. Currently the bike is all stock I ordered expansion chambers for it and am waiting for those. I know that it would be cheaper to leave it stock or buy a rd350 or 400 but the bike came from my late uncle in a box of parts.
Hi great video and information. I've just bought an RD125 all in pieces with a complete RD200 engine The biggest issue for me is trying to find RD200 Carburetors as thete like gold dust What I've come up with is to buy a matching pair of complete Suzuki gt185 Carburetors in great condition Someone said they were same size as RD200 Carburetors which they are but the part which push fit inside the reed block rubber adapters is very tight, So I've mill the carbs and they now fit perfectly I can't find original or new pattern Carburetors anywhere in the uk. On ebay Are you using new Carburetors and if so could you please help me to buy a pair for my RD200 engine, You would think you can buy Carburetors nowadays for any vintage bike, I intend to port mine also and hopefully the gt185 Carburetors work, You will be surprised how many people born in the sixties had fizzes, rd50 rd125 and RD200, I had also the rd250 and rd400 although they seem to be very heavy, The next step is to try to find a pair of Microns but in original good condition they fetch over £1000 its crazy, I did have a lovely Suzuki X7 250 and saw some original Microns for sale but price went from £100 to £900 and I refuse to pay that, I will either use original exhaust and perhaps buy new expansion chambers for around £500 for the pair. But its Carburetors which seems to be the biggest issue especially in the UK.
Would love to see / hear more on this
I thank you for this informative video!
Especially for showing the crankshaft!
Now I know what tool I need to make to rebuild my crank and that I could play with the connection rod types without large problems, as long as I take care of the cylinder height...
Will a Suzuki AX100 connection rod from China work (for a road bike up to 25/30 hp)?
Yamaha once made a TA125, a engine based on the same bottom end. The close ratio transmission could be useful, but probably hens teeth now.
I would love to do pretty much this exact thing with my RD200.
Would you ever be interested in selling the finished crank or doing this to my crank?
If not would you be able to make the cylinder spacer for purchase?
My plan for the bike is just to race around on roads. Currently the bike is all stock I ordered expansion chambers for it and am waiting for those.
I know that it would be cheaper to leave it stock or buy a rd350 or 400 but the bike came from my late uncle in a box of parts.
Hi great video and information.
I've just bought an RD125 all in pieces with a complete RD200 engine
The biggest issue for me is trying to find RD200 Carburetors as thete like gold dust
What I've come up with is to buy a matching pair of complete Suzuki gt185 Carburetors in great condition
Someone said they were same size as RD200 Carburetors which they are but the part which push fit inside the reed block rubber adapters is very tight,
So I've mill the carbs and they now fit perfectly
I can't find original or new pattern Carburetors anywhere in the uk. On ebay
Are you using new Carburetors and if so could you please help me to buy a pair for my RD200 engine,
You would think you can buy Carburetors nowadays for any vintage bike,
I intend to port mine also and hopefully the gt185 Carburetors work,
You will be surprised how many people born in the sixties had fizzes, rd50 rd125 and RD200, I had also the rd250 and rd400 although they seem to be very heavy,
The next step is to try to find a pair of Microns but in original good condition they fetch over £1000 its crazy,
I did have a lovely Suzuki X7 250 and saw some original Microns for sale but price went from £100 to £900 and I refuse to pay that,
I will either use original exhaust and perhaps buy new expansion chambers for around £500 for the pair.
But its Carburetors which seems to be the biggest issue especially in the UK.