I used to have an RD 350, around 1975. It got lifted into the back of a pick-up truck when I was walking 3 min down to a reservoir from the parking lot,...
Hi Chris Search the messages on our Yahoo site. This has been discussed before. The quick answer is not a good idea. On searching craigslist with Google. To...
Good day List, I am using a Yamaha RD200 2-stroke for a drop in conversion. This is the largest RD engine that is electric start. I chose this engine for the...
I'm a Berkeley fan and a motorcyclist. I just want to say that the Yamaha RD series was one of the best ever made. These bikes are getting harder to find. I...
Good point for everyone. I doubt there will be many in this group choose this wonderful motor because they do not have any electric start motors and to...
It should be a great conversion. Heck, if Al Wagner can run all over the country with a 4 stroke Honda 200 I am sure the RD200 will do at least as well. I...
Randy, Are you saying the Yamaha KZ series actually had an electric starter? I searched until my fingers were blue in the face and could never find anything...
The latest Cycle World magazine has the good news of new electric start 2 cycle engines. It seems to me if we're not going to be stock we may as well use the...
... Randall, The KZ series bikes which Randy refered to are Kawasakis, not Yamahas. They have electric start and range from a 200cc air-cooled single to the...
Dear Bill, I must be a late bloomer ! but would appreciate a copy of your newsletter C D. Have had my Berkeley for 44 years! Has an almost running Honda 400...
Hi Bill, Any pictures of your project to show? I'm in process of choosing engine and are many others. Any help on your choices and installation would help us. ...
Yes, I was referring to the Kawazaki, not the Yamaha. All of what Dave is saying is true...with the exception of electric start on the 500 and 750 2-strokes....
OK-- most of us aren't going to have a shot at a rare, imported motor. But as the initiator of this Q-thread, which I began because I had the Yamahas in the...
The KTM engines aren't so rare, since this Austrian brand is a major player in the realm of dirt bikes. I look at E-Bay now and again for 250 cc dirt bike ...
... Electric Start unit construction 2-stroke motorcycles less than 525cc known to be available in the USA:- Suzuki GT185 Yamaha RD200 Both are twin carb...
If you want to read slightly more about the RD200 engine, see message #4008. By the way, in my previous message when calculating increased engine capacity I...
Good day List, Yamaha RD200 Suzuki 185gt, 250gt and 550gt This is the quick list of 70's Electric start Japanese bike engines common in the US that could work....
I think the 4 or 5 recent responses should give you the list you are looking for, Chris. As you can see, the list is really quite short. The biggest issue is...
Bill, I did receive the CD. Its great! Many thanks, Jim Lichter Bill Barkley <team2motorsports@...> wrote: Good day List, Here are the folks I mailed...
Hi Dave Was there a liquid cooled version of the Yamaha RD200 sold in the UK and was it electric start??? TomC To: Berkeley-USA@yahoogroups.com From:...
To combat the lack of electrical output with the Suzuki GT500, I installed a 10Wx6Wx8H battery between the rear mounter fuel tank and the fenger well. The wire...
Bill, Thanks for the CD of the Newsletters. Its people like you that keep this site and the club going.I owe you for this information Thanks again. John Carey...
... No, only the air-cooled ones. There was an earlier designation 200 before the 'RD', but the only real difference was in the styling of the petrol tank &...
Let me also add my thanks to Bill-that was a very nice thing you did for the rest of us. Eric ... Bill, I did receive the CD. Its great! Many thanks, Jim...
Bill, Although quite drastically over-powered, there is at least one Berkeley in the UK fitted with a Suzuki GT750 water-cooled triple two stroke engine. It is...
Dave, The Suzuki you are thinking of is the 1964 model T10. This had electric start, produced 21 b.h.p at 7000 r.p.m. The second Suzuki I owned,.I haven't seen...
Folks if anyone has been trying to reach me I cannot send or receive emails as my server decided that they were not going to offer that service anymore - they...
Thank you kindly for the cd. It arrived while we were away at Microsouth. Look for My Classic Car sometime after Feb 09 for coverage of the event. Dennis Gage...
Did I get this q onto the board2 weeeks ago and miss any answers, or push the wrong button and dump it? Want to know what mag has/had the article on hand...
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