After riding my DT125RE from 17 to 21 I decided to take my full test and get a bigger bike. I knew I was going for a 2 stroke YPVS and so fell in love with the rd350.
I found one locally that had been restored by an engineer over 2 years and got it for a very good price. At some stage I plan to build one from the ground up and do it in the Blue that is on the cover of the manual but for the time being this is a joy to ride and would reccommend the rd to any DT fan looking to move up to a bigger bike. They are still relativly cheap and if you ask me, extremely under rated by todays riders. I honestly cant think of another bike I would swap it for.
Nice bike mate, i bet thats rapid! I can't wait to get my hand on one of these beasts! I'm hoping to get an older model and doing something like this to it:
had a go on a few 350 lc's and powervalve's my mates owned. good bikes ,but i went newer (kr1s then 3 rgv's) would love one of those engines in dt though...
like this too
reminds me of an old skool version ofone of my all time favourite bikes,the sdr 200
like riding a whippet on coke.....
-- Edited by FunkeyMunkeyDavid on Friday 20th of July 2012 09:02:15 PM
Jesus, they may be 350's but not to my taste personally! Been at brands hatch for the weekend and these were racing over the 3 days. Would love one of these bad boys!
I'd quite like one of the older LC's, maybe a 4LO blue and white but the cost is extreme and I love the YPVS.
-- Edited by AndyYam on Sunday 22nd of July 2012 09:04:29 PM
my mates all had lc 2/350lc mk1 power valve f1 and f2s after they past there tests i had to be the odd one out and got a gpz 500 .eventually got a f2 and was not that impressed then got a f1 totally different beast till i blew it up now after years of bikes now going back to the good old two stroke pop pop pop BANG..
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old enough to remember air cooled dts and had one !
Have never really tried it against other bikes. I've ridden with the kettle club so GT750 2 strokes and it faired well against those. but they are 10 years older.
A real comparison would have to be against a 1986 4 stroke. I've ridden with a friend on an R6 and as you'll expect, it absolutly rinses me.
All i can tell you is that it's great fun and is standard. Theres loads out there that fit V force reed blocks with spacers, have stage 3 tuned engines, micron GP exhaust pipes etc etc. I think some of them put out 75-80 bhp.
For the money the cost (at the moment) they are an absolute bargain and would reccomend to anyone. I rode a kwak er6n for my test and hated it. My 350 2 stroke, i love!
when i passed my test back in the 80s all my mates had 250/350lc, mk1 ypvs, dt 400,rg 250, x5 and me i got a gpz 500 .when i finally got a ypvs mk2 (gunmetal gray/red)i was not that pleased with it i could not understand what all the fuss was about got rid of that and got a xtz 750 then had a mk1 ypvs the one with a little headlight fairing and @uck did that go not had a bike for three years so back to the good old two stroke ;)
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old enough to remember air cooled dts and had one !
lol, you've posted that already! What did you find was different about the F2 to the F1 then? You sure it wasnt the bike itself as opposed to the model. I'd be suprised if they went backwards. Not yet ridden an F1 though.
