04-02-2014, 03:57 PM
(03-19-2014, 12:10 PM)Scoobynut_imp Wrote:(03-19-2014, 11:47 AM)redbirds_imp Wrote: What a great find. Those Yamaha RD's were awesome bikes. My brother had one and he rode it everywhere. Reliable too.
I'm hoping this one will be too. It'll only be a fair-weather rider really, I don't plan on piling too many miles on it.
I'm hoping this one will be too. It'll only be a fair-weather rider really, I don't plan on piling too many miles on it.
I have many pleasant "RD"memories myself. Maroon '73 model was dear to me. Just about all of my group had an RD350 and/or later had an RD400. Buddy of mine tricked out a 350 and ran mid 13 second E.T.'s in the quarter mile. That's as quick as a stock CB750-Four of that time. They were very quick bikes for their displacement.
As long as the rings didn't stick and the gaskets and seals are good, there isn't a lot of stuff in those old two stroke motors to break, no valves, cams, camchains, etc, one reason they were so reliable.