1976 Suzuki RM370

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Building this bike for my Dad. He’s had the bike for about 15 yrs.










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hbdesigns913
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Thanks to Tom Morgan for sleeve and crank rebuild






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SWEEEEEET!

Has it been hard finding parts?

The Shop

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FWYT wrote:
SWEEEEEET!

Has it been hard finding parts?
Not too bad. Luckily for me dad has been collecting parts since he bought the bike. It has a 78 rm400 swingarm which he had already. I ordered a set of vintco air shocks for it which are out of stock. But all in all its been pretty smooth
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Awesome👍
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hbdesigns913
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Thank you Dubya USA. Wheel set turned out great!
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NICE! Keep the progress coming.
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11/30/2022 8:22pm

Sweet bike! I had a 1977 RM 370A and that was such a fun bike to ride back in the day it would Wheelie for ever, one of those I would have liked to have back of 20 I have owned over the years.

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Here’s a little update. I’m having the backgrounds re-printed because the yellow didn’t match. Waiting on the vintco air shocks. The shocks on the bike are temporary. In the process of fabricating some parts to make the rear brake work with the 78 swingarm. 

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Sweet, I had Klemm bore and port mine, just got new cases for it and all new gearbox, crank and kickstart parts.Now I need to clean and paint the frame and reassemble.

hbdesigns913
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Sweet, I had Klemm bore and port mine, just got new cases for it and all new gearbox, crank and kickstart parts.Now I need to clean...

Sweet, I had Klemm bore and port mine, just got new cases for it and all new gearbox, crank and kickstart parts.Now I need to clean and paint the frame and reassemble.

Awesome! Post pics of it 

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This was the bike to own in '76. If you have never ridden one they are light, handle decent and produce ridable, enduro like power that outshines the 125 and 250.

 

You Dad is going to love it.

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12/19/2022 9:14am

Great job on the bike!

Is the ignition coil zip tied on?

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Great job on the bike!

Is the ignition coil zip tied on?

No It’s bolted with a bracket I made. I put a piece of rubber between it and zip tied that. I didn’t know what to expect as far as vibration. That is a NOS mototek ignition my dad had. 

 

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 Hoping Santa brings my shocks 

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Shocks came in today. 
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Awesome👍 My older brother had one, great bikes….

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hbdesigns913
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rm3705I would say it's done. Just need a chain guard 

 

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 rm3706

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Outstanding job!

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Awesome!

I did a 77 RM250B a few years ago....you can see in bike check here.

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Really like that brake stay arm!

If you or your dad rides this, I would really like to hear what you think about those shocks.

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