V11UK Posted October 16, 2005 Posted October 16, 2005 Two strokes - remember them? At the Classic Mechanics Show in Stafford today the Yamaha RD Club celebrated the fact that the RD range is 25 years old this year. Suddenly I feel very old .
Martin Barrett Posted October 16, 2005 Posted October 16, 2005 I've still got my RD200DX in silver in my mums garage. I don't know if it would run, I'd imagine that the crank seals are all perished. I also robbed a few bolts off it for my XJ550. Cracking little bike. Progressed to it after passing my test on a 100cc single. Though if I rode one now would think it wasn't.
V11UK Posted October 17, 2005 Author Posted October 17, 2005 Oooops I forgot to state that the RD LC's are 25 years old this year. Some nerdy anorak on another site has just pulled me up.....
Guzzirider Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Hmmmm...memories of Yoof...Ashman Boots...Top Tek helmets....paddock jackets....hanging outside the Wimpey Bar tring to impress girls with your bike....no speed cameras...jumpers for goalposts etc etc etc. Guy
Guest Nogbad Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Bunch of old farts... 63504[/snapback] What do you expect with V11 enthusiasts?
V11UK Posted October 17, 2005 Author Posted October 17, 2005 Oi! we resemble that remark Jaap . I guess most of us are in our forties and can (just about) remember the 1970's when we started riding bikes. Aye, them were the days..........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Totally off topic, at the show yesterday was this rather nice Ducati:
Orson Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 a friend of mine had an RD 350 but it didn't do anything for me. I was too young to ride then so, my recollections might be different if I had been able to ride it. now, another friend had a Honda 450 parallel twin of some model or another with some modified pipes. When he got out on the highway and opened 'er up...it sounded like a REAL motorbike Very distinctive to. We knew it was him before he ever came into view
Guzzirider Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Bunch of old farts... 63504[/snapback] I have a mental age of 18 actually
Admin Jaap Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 ...hesitantly confessing mode on... I started with a Yamaha 2-stroke too, a DT 400 1-cylinder off road. ...hesitantly confessing mode off...
badmotogoozer Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 My youth... I have trouble remembering last week... Rj
pete roper Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 The RD350LC is, without a doubt, one of the most important motorcycles ever built. Regardless of whether you like stink-wheels or not it has to be admitted that they raised the Fun-Per-Unit-Of-Currency bar to previously unheard of levels. I even tried racing one back in the early '80's, with precisely ZERO success I might add . If I could find one now that hadn't been bashed, crashed and thrashed to within an inch of it's life I'd snap it up in a trice!!!!! Pete
helicopterjim R.I.P. Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 I had a couple of Suzuki T20's - the original X-6 Hustler. What a blast. I raced one for a year and managed a 1st, a 2nd and a couple of 4ths. It was also fun racing harleys and stuff on the street. They never expected a little smoke generator to be so fast (up to 60 mph at least). It was the first bike I ever had that would do stoppies. I did my road test on my race bike - complete with noisy expansion chambers and no kickstarter. The examiner was a little confused with me having to bump start the bike.
soloNH Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Gladly joining this Old Fart thread. I was bitten by the 2 stroke craze with a friend's purchase of a 69 Kawa H1, found myself on a new 73' 2 years later. Within 2 more years and 2 accidents later (not too serious, one from demon alcohol and the other from a pick up truck) she was ready for some serious mod's. Thomaselli clip-ons, Koni shocks, home made rear sets, sweet chambers and fresh paint I was ready to eat more Triumphs, HD's and Nortons. Just had to be V E R Y Smoooooooth. Those Yammy's were another story all together!
V11UK Posted October 18, 2005 Author Posted October 18, 2005 My first bike - New Suzuki GT125 27th June 1975. A pleasant enough machine that took me all over the place in all weathers. It didn't have the performance edge that Kawasaki's and Yamaha's offered but it was a good introduction to motorcycling.
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