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Offline MRieck

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Red Golden Rods
« on: April 28, 2013, 09:11:23 am »
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Offline voxonda

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Re: Red Golden Rods
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2013, 01:08:13 pm »
Maybe re-anodised? Never seen other than 'golden' rods.
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Re: Red Golden Rods
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2013, 06:22:28 pm »
"we know what happens then"  ;D seems like maybe this guy won't be donating to the RC project bike.

It's a bit like showing a picture of a bike for sale... in the middle of a smoky burnout, not a great sales pitch.
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Re: Red Golden Rods
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2013, 07:03:16 pm »
I noticed those on e-bay as well.  I just checked the 84 RC catalog, and they are still golden!  Perhaps a customer had a hard on for red and convinced RC to have his set anodized in red instead of one of the several variations of shades of gold.   I have done a good bit of looking and researching and have yet to see a red set as well.

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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2013, 07:27:38 pm »
Judging by the description...as Brent referred to....they were not to happy with the product. ;) And thank you guys about not seeing any red ones....I often think (and believe) I'm losing my mind but is it that bad?? ;D ;D What's up with the .025 off? Come on Frank......you want to answer. ;) ;) ;D
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Re: Red Golden Rods
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2013, 09:33:58 pm »
 A good friend of mine also had problems with the golden rods. Torqued them down and they wouldn't spin on the crankshaft, tried many bearing sets with no luck. Checked them with a mic and found them to be out of round.   :(   
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Re: Red Golden Rods
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2013, 10:36:45 pm »
They listed them for XS11as well, I think a different color.

I brought it up here before, and Mike pointed out that although listed, did not mean they were actually made.

Speaking of, anyone ever see an RC Turbo kit for a Z1 ?)
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Re: Red Golden Rods
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2013, 03:15:55 am »
In the 1984 catalog, RC offered turbo kits for KZ900/1000, Suzuki 750/1000, and Yamaha XS 1000.  Not certain how long before 1984 they were available.

But otherwise no, I have never seen those cast RC specific heat barriers on a turbo before.

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Re: Red Golden Rods
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2013, 07:06:56 pm »
There were some stroker RCs on EBay a while back that were a different color.
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