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Marketplace => eBay Finds => Topic started by: bishboy on November 29, 2013, 01:53:01 pm

Title: RM400 engine $200
Post by: bishboy on November 29, 2013, 01:53:01 pm

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mindarie/parts/suzuki-rm-400c-1978-vmx-motor/1032875071 (http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mindarie/parts/suzuki-rm-400c-1978-vmx-motor/1032875071)

Title: Re: RM400 engine $200
Post by: BAHNZY on November 29, 2013, 05:04:13 pm

The most important part of unobtanium is missing.   ::)
Without it (or at least a serviceable one) it a great price for a set of gears.

Title: Re: RM400 engine $200
Post by: Davey Crocket on November 29, 2013, 05:38:53 pm

I should have  3 x RM370 Rods and 2 x RM400 N/T Rods soon, hopefully by Xmas...all for sale. 8)

Title: Re: RM400 engine $200
Post by: bishboy on November 29, 2013, 06:20:46 pm

I don't know a lot about this model, except that I rode one when I was 14 (my bike was a YZ125) and it scared 3 colours of shite out of me :o

Is it the clutch cover that's hard to find??  There is one on US evil bay at the moment.

Title: Re: RM400 engine $200
Post by: Davey Crocket on November 29, 2013, 06:24:39 pm

The rods are the hard part to find.

Title: Re: RM400 engine $200
Post by: BAHNZY on November 29, 2013, 08:08:49 pm

The conrod is shared between the 370 & 400 and there not hard to find, there impossible. The last one on e-bay (no bearings or pins) sold for $640 USD and that was 6 months ago, haven't seen another since. There is an engineer in Sweeden that will x-Ray your old rod, bore both ends of the rod and press in a sleeve made of kryptonite then shot peen the piece and resize back to original all for the princely sum of $350 USD. Add freight and bearing, pins etc and your at $500.

If someone gets a company like hot rods to do a run, then sign me up for one. I have a mint restored 400C that I'd love to ride but I don't want to destroy the NOS barrel and piston that is fitted.

Title: Re: RM400 engine $200
Post by: VMX Andrew on November 29, 2013, 08:32:51 pm

I have noticed about 12 months ago that Pro-X have started making a rod kit for the 84
Honda CR500RE because they were nonexistant too.
Maybe if you get a heap of people hassling the company they might start making them for that bike as well ? 

Title: Re: RM400 engine $200
Post by: oldfart on November 29, 2013, 08:58:49 pm

There is a guy on USA ebay site that sells  Rm 370 400 rods that pop up every now and then ;)they seem to fit  plus KX 250 as well  from memory ....