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Try plastic, I used metal and was careful. I could get under it and kinda pop it off.

Here is my vintage street ride. Yes they are not up to todays standards for sure! Don't feel bad for everybody behind you, fuck that. I get so many thumbs up it's not funny. I thinking of putting some chambers on it but stuck on the stock look and really not wanting to mess with jetting. Fun to putt around on though. 2 smokes forever!

Yes, Most likely the rust doing it. The foil should not be harder than the chrome. What I have done in the past if it is bad is hit it with WD40 let it sit a few hrs or even overnight. seems to loosen it up. Then take a flat blade screwdriver or a scraper. The edge needs to be good and flat and scrape off the large pcs. of rust. I try not to let the tool go past the rust area and just work on that a little and pop it off. Otherwise you will scratch it with the tool. Then with the foil keep flushing it to get the large chucks of rust off so it will not damage the rest of the chrome. when there is less rust you can get more aggressive with the foil. Yes it is time consuming. By the way, COOL BIKE!

Yea, best thing is foil and coke or dr. pepper. I have heard vinegar also but have not tried it. Then some type of polish/ simichrome to finish. Steel wool will always end up scratching chrome. The RD's and other Jap bikes had cheap chrome bits and rust easy. My RD400 was pretty well taken care of and still had rust on it.

Looks a little different. Hopefully it is as good as the airmoto. Seems a lot more people bought the airmoto? I currently have a microstart compressor however it requires the bike battery, but good enough for now. Keep us posted on it's performance.

Interested in those lights and they were 68 bux on amazon not 44. damn inflation!🤔

The Airmoto compressor is a pretty good unit though it costs more than the others. Friends are pretty happy with it. On the XR 27-29 psi would be good. 13-14 fine for the dirt.👍 EDIT: When I ride my dual sport on the road I'm usually never over 21-23 PSI.

mine is doing the same thing

Hopefully you remember the old screw setting, just put it back for now. It should be lean not rich from the factory, so it is weird it will not start with the choke on. You will most likely need to put 500 or so miles on it to loosen up the motor and it will idle a bit higher. If it is still a problem you may have to go up a size on the pilot jet. Looks like a fun camping bike!

Oh well.........

If They are not sold I will take them for my wife. May be a tad big but that way she can put a liner on first in the cold. Let me know. Thank, John

Nice find! Best off cleaning it up best you can and keep it unrestored as it looks very original. Other than that, dig in deep and rechrome everything. Japanese chrome was shitty in the 70's. Here is my '77 rd400. a lot of fun around town. So many people want to talk about them. I always wanted one in Highschool. After getting one and owning a Blackbird I just shake my head. Oh the 70's.

Are the peg inserts the later model? may be interested.

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