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Well for 35 glorious miles last Sunday my recently acquired RD350YPVS was my own personal time machine as it whisked me back to 1985 in a glorious, fragarent haze of shell 2-stroke oil. This was the first time I had taken the RD out for a proper thrash and the feeling af going back to my youth was only heightened by the presence of my old pal Thumper riding with me on his TDR250YPVS; back in the day we had many memorable blasts on our original Yamaha two-strokes and was an amazing feeling to be out there again on bikes like these. The last time we rode together on 2 strokes was probably back in 86, some 26 years ago. We even covered some of the same roads as we thrashed out towards Lichfield, tearing along, keeping the peaky motors in the powerband and revelling in the light chuckble feel of these waiffe like machines. It was a gusty day and the RD was getting really shifted about, but the suspension was coping ok and the FZR400 calipers on the front do at least mean the brakes work!
What a fantastic little bike, I am so glad I have added it to the fleet…roll on summer!
RD350F1 YPVS and TDR250YPVS…ideal for a bit of two-stroke time travel!
Parked up in Lichfield, just like in days gone by…it could almost be the 1980’s again!!
Is it me or are Weatherspoon pubs getting posher?? Our venue for a ‘light-salad’ in LichfieldGlad you’re enjoying it. Strokers are definitely fun.
Oh, and I like the way your time travel theme had a phone box in the picture, was this intentional?
Back in the day the RD would clear 120mph, but I try to keep it to a bit less than that now. TDR is only good for 95, but plenty of fun can be had still!
Got the RD back at my house now and took for a 6 mile blast this evening, the ideal remedy to a dull day in the office!
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