I made it in to work on the newly-rebuilt #RD350LC Still running her in so it was a stately ride rather than a mad thrash. #Motorbike

The bike is being put together a lot faster now I have Stinky managing me. #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #RD350LC

It looks like there's not much left of it, but this bike is actually more complete now than it's been for months. Everything shown is now fixed and assembled correctly, and once I have the parts for the wheels, I can actually finish building it and get it on the road! This poor bike has been bodged and broken over its 43 years until it was in the sorry state I bought it in. There was no part of the bike that wasn't wrong in some way. #RD350LC #motorcycle #vintage

The engine is back in again. This is progress. Anyone want to read an incredibly dull story about temperature sensors? #RD350LC #motorcycle

Fresh from the oven. Filling the house with the wonderful aroma of baked VHT paint. My barrels are re-lined, skimmed, painted, and ready to go. #RD350LC #2Stroke

What Dorrit doesn't know about #RD350LC engines isn't worth knowing. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats

I've got my re-sleeved barrels, pistons, skimmed head, and new crankshaft back from PJME. Yay! Now to start putting Elsie back together. #Motorcycle #RD350LC #2Stroke

"Shouldn't there be a belville washer on the water pump drive?" Dorrit helping out with the engine work. #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #RD350LC #Motorbikes

Dinner is served. #RD350LC #motorcycle

The clutch is supposed to just fall off when you remove the crank case cover, yes? #RD350LC #Motorbikes

Got the brakes fixed at last, so I took her out for a spin. Rough as hell and she won't rev above 4,000. Then the clutch went about 5 miles from home and I had to ride the rest of the way without it. Luckily you don't need the clutch to change gears on a motorbike, but it was a problem when I had to stop at a roundabout. I had to push it to a slope where I could get enough speed up that it didn't stall when I slammed it into gear. The fun of having a 43 year old bike. #RD350LC #Motorbike

I love #3DPrinting for making life easier. This piddly fiddly little metal circlip goes on the fuel line of the carbs on my #RD350LC in an almost impossible to get at spot. Now I can (hopefully) get it clipped on without having to dislocate my fingers.

Today I found out that my #RD350LC has a stripped thread on the brake caliper, and none of the lower engine bolts were done up more than finger tight. Good job I found out before I took it out for a ride. Now I'm going to have to check every bolt on the bike. Sigh.

The definition of optimism - selling a rusty bolt for twice the price you can buy a new one for. Oh, and the new one comes with a nut. #Optimism #Motorbike #RD350LC

I just bought 822 quid's worth of motorbiking gear in preparation for the bike arriving on Tuesday. OK, it's a 125 scooter, but you dress for the slide, not the ride.

Also, looking out for the right RD350LC for me to do my mid-life crisis in style. The gear will be a bit more suitable for that,

#Biking #RD350LC #Hooligan