2 Stroke Street Bikes

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Edited Date/Time 7/29/2015 5:51am
I'd like to have one of these...







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scott_nz 7/6/2015 1:56am
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h&m_cycle wrote:
I'd like to have one of these... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/05/96855/s1200_kawasaki_h2_750_1972_wiring_diagram.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/05/96856/s1200_lllllllllllllll.jpg[/img]
I'd like to have one of these...







I was watching Formula 1 the other weekend, and they said that Vettle had an H2 as his pit bike, pretty bad ass,
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rallendude 7/8/2015 12:29pm
7/8/2015 12:29pm
I have a buddy that just found a one owner '74 Yamaha RD200 two-stroke that looks immaculate.

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APLMAN99 7/17/2015 2:01pm
7/17/2015 2:01pm
h&m_cycle wrote:
Yammie RD350 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/12/97466/s1200_VZnsb.jpg[/img]
Yammie RD350



I think that's an RZ350......
BUTCH WACKER 7/17/2015 7:15pm
7/17/2015 7:15pm
h&m_cycle wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/12/97467/s1200_H2_13_zpsw2lcgjzi.jpg[/img]


Man.... that is beautiful!
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Crash82 7/20/2015 11:47am
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h&m_cycle wrote:
Yammie RD350 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/12/97466/s1200_VZnsb.jpg[/img]
Yammie RD350



APLMAN99 wrote:
I think that's an RZ350......
Yup pretty sure RDs weren't water cooled.
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APLMAN99 7/20/2015 4:31pm
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h&m_cycle wrote:
Yammie RD350 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/07/12/97466/s1200_VZnsb.jpg[/img]
Yammie RD350



APLMAN99 wrote:
I think that's an RZ350......
Crash82 wrote:
Yup pretty sure RDs weren't water cooled.
There was an RD350LC, and that may be one, but the frame sure looks like an RZ to me.
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h&m_cycle 7/20/2015 9:09pm
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APLMAN99 wrote:
I think that's an RZ350......
Crash82 wrote:
Yup pretty sure RDs weren't water cooled.
APLMAN99 wrote:
There was an RD350LC, and that may be one, but the frame sure looks like an RZ to me.
Yeah, that was pretty stupid of me... The only Street Bike I ever owned in my life was a RD 400 1977...

It's in this thread http://www.2strokeworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=26001.0
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7/21/2015 8:37am Edited Date/Time 7/21/2015 8:41am
APLMAN99 wrote:
I think that's an RZ350......
Crash82 wrote:
Yup pretty sure RDs weren't water cooled.
APLMAN99 wrote:
There was an RD350LC, and that may be one, but the frame sure looks like an RZ to me.
Depends which country it's from. North America, it was labelled as an RZ, everywhere else it was an RD.

(so everyone is right! Wink )

I loved my '77 KH but in all honesty it did have many bad flaws and the (air cooled) RD Yamahas were seriously better bikes. The watercooled RD250/350 were just another HUGE step forward.
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indy_maico 7/21/2015 10:15am
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APLMAN99 wrote:
I think that's an RZ350......
Crash82 wrote:
Yup pretty sure RDs weren't water cooled.
APLMAN99 wrote:
There was an RD350LC, and that may be one, but the frame sure looks like an RZ to me.
I don't think the RD350LC had power valves.

I had an RZ350 back in the day though, and for some reason the cases look different to me on this one.

Or maybe it's just because these aren't black (?)
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APLMAN99 7/21/2015 3:47pm
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Crash82 wrote:
Yup pretty sure RDs weren't water cooled.
APLMAN99 wrote:
There was an RD350LC, and that may be one, but the frame sure looks like an RZ to me.
PalerBlue wrote:
Depends which country it's from. North America, it was labelled as an RZ, everywhere else it was an RD. (so everyone is right! ;) ) I...
Depends which country it's from. North America, it was labelled as an RZ, everywhere else it was an RD.

(so everyone is right! Wink )

I loved my '77 KH but in all honesty it did have many bad flaws and the (air cooled) RD Yamahas were seriously better bikes. The watercooled RD250/350 were just another HUGE step forward.
I think the RD350LC was a bit different than the RZ350s, though. The frames were definitely different, at least on any that I've seen. The bike in this thread had the new "linkage style" mono-x rear suspension, while the RE350LC models had the "original" monocross style rear suspension with the triangulated swingarm. Here's an example of an RD350LC.



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h&m_cycle 7/21/2015 6:14pm
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APLMAN99 wrote:
I think the RD350LC was a bit different than the RZ350s, though. The frames were definitely different, at least on any that I've seen. The bike...
I think the RD350LC was a bit different than the RZ350s, though. The frames were definitely different, at least on any that I've seen. The bike in this thread had the new "linkage style" mono-x rear suspension, while the RE350LC models had the "original" monocross style rear suspension with the triangulated swingarm. Here's an example of an RD350LC.



Had to save that photo... damn....
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APLMAN99 7/21/2015 6:57pm
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My first Yamaha 2 stroke was one of these. This isn't the exact bike, but same year (75), color, etc......



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APLMAN99 7/26/2015 7:56pm
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indy_maico wrote:
Definitely NOT a chopper, but look at this RD400 by Roland Sands http://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-2-stroke [img]https://kickstart.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/yamaha-two-stroke-rsd-1.jpg[/img] [img]https://kickstart.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/yamaha-two-stroke-rsd-2.jpg[/img] [img]https://kickstart.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/yamaha-two-stroke-rsd-3.jpg[/img]
Definitely NOT a chopper, but look at this RD400 by Roland Sands

http://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-2-stroke





I think I need a few tissues to clean up with after that. ....
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J.F.S 7/27/2015 2:22pm
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The best one I´ve ridden by far is a Suzuki RG500 Gamma. That was as close to road racing you could get back in the day, awesome ride.
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J.F.S 7/28/2015 2:47pm
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h&m_cycle wrote:
https://youtu.be/lniZg9NoTnw
Yup, that is about right, I had troubles too keeping the front wheel on the ground with that thing, I felt like friggin Kevin Schwants riding that bike Smile
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markit 7/29/2015 5:51am
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This was one of my bikes for 20+ yrs till it got tore down for a rebuild and i lost most of it moving, It had 5 or 6 Daytona trips on it and many hrs of fun! I had the Basonie (sp) chambers and larger carbs, found our what squish was with it to.

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