A few of my bikes

[SnowyTupwood]

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Zx9R F2. Bought new, got written off by a run away car when six months old, then turned into something far more interesting. Been all round Europe on this old girl, unassuming, comfortable, still bloody fast. Underated.



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350lc/YPVS race bike, built from a pile of bits and a rolling chassis that had been in a shed for twenty years

Started off like this:

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TZR250 2MA, my original race bike in it's new clothing

Started out like this, only the forks and wheels survive from the original bike!

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RD350LC/YPVS Race Bike and enough bits to start another one! - RD350YPVS Race Bike - TZR250 Race Bike - ZX9R - ZZR1400 project - DRZ400SM - RD400 - TS100 - TY250 - More info @ www.waveracing.co.uk or www.ypmrc.co.uk

[Tim..]

Nice

Any more build pics of the LC?
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Project builds: My VFR400 nc30 build thread + Honda Britain Rep VFR + What? Another VFR +Project 'cos I want one' + V8 coffee table
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OCD - Helping to bring the standard of my bikes up and make me slowly go mad since 1999

[Drake]

what he said^^

MOAR LC
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was: derbi senda, aprilia sx125, nsr250 mc16, cagiva mito, cb600 hornet now: mk1 bandit, KR1S, landrover series 3 light weight 2.5 petrol, 5speed box

[SnowyTupwood]

Unfortunatly i didn't take many, it was a mad rush to get it ready for the begining of the season

But this is how i got the rolling chassis, it had been crashed at Lydden in the 80's then left in the back of a garage

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Just about got it in one peice with borrowed pipes and unfinshed tank for the YPM stand at the Ally Pally show

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Managed to blow the engine up at Oulton, so i bolted in the motor I'd bought from a fellow racer that morning and went out on it, I'd bought the engine knowing it was tired and needed a rebuild, still did ok but it was seriously down on power.

Rebuilt the original engine and at Brands GP it all came together and I got the first LC in the top ten for quite a few years

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It's been through quite a few changes since the original build, the engine is now Bob Farnham tuned and fully sorted, and two seasons of racing have taken it's toll on the cosmetics.

Pat Herron, who can ride a bit , got a second on it in the Paul Hogan memorial race, which cheered me up no end!

This is what happens when you rev a powervalve engine to over 11000 rpm!

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RD350LC/YPVS Race Bike and enough bits to start another one! - RD350YPVS Race Bike - TZR250 Race Bike - ZX9R - ZZR1400 project - DRZ400SM - RD400 - TS100 - TY250 - More info @ www.waveracing.co.uk or www.ypmrc.co.uk

[Welshd1k]

nice lc! ever tought of putting it on a ypvs chassis? or getting a stiffer swinger? heared that the lc swingers twist alot :O
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Current >Cb600fx hornet, ns125rk90 21.7bhp@wheel<
Sold >,zxr400 h2 (33bhp kit) rd350 n1 rd350 lc2<

[SnowyTupwood]

I've got a YPVS as well that's under construction atm.

It's a combination of the swingarm and the swingarm frame pivot that induces the most flex on the LC, I can't brace the frame under the regulations but I can change or brace the swingarm

We ran some rudimentary stress tests and came to the conclustion that the stiffer aftermarket swingarms would transfer the stresses to the swingarm piviot and onwards to the frame. So hence the bracing between the rear swingarm triangle. It was an attemp to equalise the flex a bit more. The standard unbraced swingarm is very weak and you can bend it with your hands!

I really wanted to build and race an lc, having felt I missed out back in the day, putting the YPVS engine in was an attempt at easier power and more reliability. I ran a standard engine for the first season, managed to get it near the power limit of 59hp on the Bemsee dyno with just carbs and pipes
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RD350LC/YPVS Race Bike and enough bits to start another one! - RD350YPVS Race Bike - TZR250 Race Bike - ZX9R - ZZR1400 project - DRZ400SM - RD400 - TS100 - TY250 - More info @ www.waveracing.co.uk or www.ypmrc.co.uk

[400bandit]

Mate, that's as cool as penguins piss!

Love it.

Joe
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Current Bikes 650 Honda Bros, VTR1000 Firestorm // Past Bikes: Sachs Madass 50/110cc - Bandit 400 - FZR750
(+ a XS650 in lots of pieces in my garage and other places...)

[SnowyTupwood]

Thanks Most people seem to like it

This is the current project:

F2 powervalve, Bob Farnham motor, RGV250 seat, no fairing.

Just got a long list to sort out inc. wiring, pipes, carbs, clocks, radiator, rearsets etc.

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Instead of racing my self this season I'm going into team management.(means I can have a beer or five on Saturday night now )

This is Doug Edmondoson at the Boxing day Plumb pudding race at mallory on my TZR, he'll be riding the bike this season and hopefully making a big dent in the Clubman Cup championship

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RD350LC/YPVS Race Bike and enough bits to start another one! - RD350YPVS Race Bike - TZR250 Race Bike - ZX9R - ZZR1400 project - DRZ400SM - RD400 - TS100 - TY250 - More info @ www.waveracing.co.uk or www.ypmrc.co.uk

[Blau Zedong]

What's the spec on the motor in the LC?

The YPVS / LC combo has always been something I liked, being that I find the YPVS pig ugly and the LC one of the best looking Jap bikes ever.

Shame LC's are too expensive these days, even for heaps of shit.
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[SnowyTupwood]

The motor in there at the moment:

Bob Farnham 'Sean Emmett' tune on 31K Barrells, stock F2 bottom end, crank has TZ flat cage bearings, Bob's one piece reeds in stock cages, XS750 clutch with three TZ750 springs

Martin Johnson Hydroformed pipes with DTR TZ end cans

Keihin PWK28 (ex KR1s) Carbs

Stock F2 stator, shaved rotor and F1 CDi, stock F2 powervalve controller

It would make a lot more than out 59hp ceiling if we did some exhaust port work, but the idea was to get it to drive out of corners. Works very well The engine is about as much as the chassis can cope with realistically

I agree, the powervalve is a bit of an ugly and heavy beast, the LC is much prettier
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RD350LC/YPVS Race Bike and enough bits to start another one! - RD350YPVS Race Bike - TZR250 Race Bike - ZX9R - ZZR1400 project - DRZ400SM - RD400 - TS100 - TY250 - More info @ www.waveracing.co.uk or www.ypmrc.co.uk

[Blau Zedong]

[SnowyTupwood]

RD400

I've got one of those as well! Stan Stephens fast road tuned, 420cc on Allspeeds. Far too much engine for the chassis without a doubt

That's on the project list for this year, haven't ridden it for at least 8 years

Back to the LC engine, it's all about drivability, although it's a race engine it would make a hell of a road bike! It will pull from 5000 then gets a real shove on over 9000. The hp figures don't really tell the story of how it goes. You can easily over port two strokes, the pipes and carburation is more important to how the bike performs and drivability more desirable than peaky top end power IMO

Cheers for the comments
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RD350LC/YPVS Race Bike and enough bits to start another one! - RD350YPVS Race Bike - TZR250 Race Bike - ZX9R - ZZR1400 project - DRZ400SM - RD400 - TS100 - TY250 - More info @ www.waveracing.co.uk or www.ypmrc.co.uk

[Welshd1k]

the ypvs is ugly ?? nah!!! the n1 / lc2 is stunning the f1 / n2 /f2 is butt ugly!

damn i miss my ypvs shouldnt have sold them all
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Current >Cb600fx hornet, ns125rk90 21.7bhp@wheel<
Sold >,zxr400 h2 (33bhp kit) rd350 n1 rd350 lc2<

[SnowyTupwood]

[Welshd1k]

each to their own id love another lc2 or a n1 i did have 2 of each 4 years ago >< wish i never sold them biggest regrest i ever have

i dont find the lc that nice might be my age tho (im 22) i love the 31k's and the kr1s
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Current >Cb600fx hornet, ns125rk90 21.7bhp@wheel<
Sold >,zxr400 h2 (33bhp kit) rd350 n1 rd350 lc2<

[SnowyTupwood]

Ah, beauty is always in the eye of the beholder m8, just as it should be. I've got a m8 who's mad about GT380's for some reason, I think they were bloody awful back in the day and probably still are, but he's convinced they are the dogs nuts. He's got four of them Each to their own as you say
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RD350LC/YPVS Race Bike and enough bits to start another one! - RD350YPVS Race Bike - TZR250 Race Bike - ZX9R - ZZR1400 project - DRZ400SM - RD400 - TS100 - TY250 - More info @ www.waveracing.co.uk or www.ypmrc.co.uk

[Carvel]

LC looks awesome

Any pics of the 400?
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2002 Aprilia RSV1000R, Cbr600Fs, Mk1 B12, Vfr400 NC30...

Matt B: I can deal with crushed nuts to beat Ollie.

[SnowyTupwood]

Unfortunatly not m8, lost all the last rebuild pics when my old pc hard drive died

It's a 400D on an S plate, I'm the third owner, matching numbers, guiglario seat, tomaselli headlight mounts, LC front guard, cut down rear, Allspeeds, rear sets, Micron brace, I've owned it since 1989 after buying it off a m8. Did have Dream Machine paint, but that needs doing again now and the stickers were wrong anyway It's proper old skool and it's going to be staying that way!

I will be rebuilding it after I've sorted some bits out, but it won't be until later in the year, too much to do, too little time
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RD350LC/YPVS Race Bike and enough bits to start another one! - RD350YPVS Race Bike - TZR250 Race Bike - ZX9R - ZZR1400 project - DRZ400SM - RD400 - TS100 - TY250 - More info @ www.waveracing.co.uk or www.ypmrc.co.uk

[rgvitch]

Great collection of 2T bikes

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[rgvitch]

looking good on the LC...on track as well

[SnowyTupwood]