Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

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Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#1 Post by graham heise » Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:26 am

Gday race fans. I have been buying and refurbishing parts for a restoration of my 83 rz350. Today i picked up the frame and some of the body work from the painter. ( unfortunately the rz350 decal will need to be redone as the lettering should be angled italic). I've been nickel plating bolts and refurbishing, forks, calipers etc. I hope to build the bike close to original as possible except for a few changes such as chambers. Here's a picture of what i picked up today. Image

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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#2 Post by graham heise » Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:47 am

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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#3 Post by Whymee » Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:15 am

Mmmmmmm... Looks delish! A great start!
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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#4 Post by Evans Ward » Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:53 am

Looking super nice Graham! Great work!
84 RZ350-Toomeys,SCR milled head, stk 26 carbs,300 M, 35 P, stock regrooved needles AS 2.5 turns out,stk air box,Banshee reeds Zeel non-progr CDI,TSRL Program YPVS,alum rad,R6 shock,GV emulators w/RT springs,fork brace,Shindy steering damper.
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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#5 Post by graham heise » Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:48 am

Season greetings everyone. A little bit of progress on the rz. Installed new tapered roller bearimgs in the headstock and mounted the swimg arm with r6 shock. Still working on front forks and calipers. I have the engine on the bench, plan to remove and replace crankshaft tommorrow. Image

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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#6 Post by graham heise » Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:01 am

G'day race fans. It's been a while. Working away and other things have kept me from working on the rz. Home for a while now, I've made some progress. Full refurbish of forks, lots of cleaning. Engines on the bench with cylinders installed. I have spent allot of time looking for the parts for the bike that i pulled apart 7 years ago. Didnt help that i borrowed parts for my other rz along the way. Picking up some body from the painter tommorrow, that will sper me on

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#7 Post by graham heise » Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:02 am

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#8 Post by graham heise » Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:03 am

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#9 Post by graham heise » Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:18 am

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#10 Post by nokturnal » Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:43 am

Looks great. Should be a fun ride judging by those ports...
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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#11 Post by Evans Ward » Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:21 am

Fantastic work there Graham!
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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#12 Post by 85RZwade » Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:57 pm

Nice progress, Graham! Did you do the port work yourself?
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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#13 Post by graham heise » Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:18 am

85RZwade wrote:Nice progress, Graham! Did you do the port work yourself?
No mate. An old tz tuner by the name of Karl Zegers ported the cylinders and made the chambers to match. I have run them before and they perform very well.

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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#14 Post by L.B » Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:52 am

You know someone in Oz building pipes Graham?
Very nice work,makes me want to build mine...
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Re: Aussie 83 rz350 restoration

#15 Post by graham heise » Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:32 am

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