These bikes defined the greatest time to be growing up, the early 80s. Young ones of today don't know what they are missing.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah for sure, still great to ride today 😎

@imti7593

Жыл бұрын

I beg to differ, Sir. Not all youngsters. 26 year old here. I own a RD 350 😊

@chrisfleming5109

Жыл бұрын

@@imti7593 your less than half my age! You enjoy the 350 but I promise you times are crap today compared to back then.

@imti7593

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisfleming5109 i definitely agree. Keep riding, Sir!

@chrisfleming5109

Жыл бұрын

@@imti7593 don't worry I still have my 2 rd350lc bikes in the shed. Not been started for over 27 years now but still mint.

63 yrs old and had them since I was 20, still love them.

@ProjectMoto

3 ай бұрын

Awesome , they are still so great to ride , always make you smile :)

As soon as you kick started it in this video the noise took me back to 1982. The most fun I've ever had on the road. Cheers for the memories.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you know what that is exactly what it it does to me.. just the sound and smell always takes me right back , awesome 😎

@nicolasetherton2534

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, thanks very much, I love 2 strokes.

In the 80s we all had 2 strokes. It's impossible to say how much entertainment/fun we had on these bikes, racing on the road, wheelies in the town, it made life such a laugh. Mine had allspeeds k&ns rearsets ace bars.. ready to race along the local coast road :)

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah same mate , always had a good laugh , racing about and messing around on these and other 2-strokes , still a god blast now , left a smile on my face , awesome 😎

@Roger_Ramjet

Жыл бұрын

it was being of a certain age as much as the bike itself

I had the rd350lc and loved it … man did I smile when I heard this open up…..

1983 @16 years old I had the RD50MX in the mars bar colours, my mate let me ride his RD250LC , amazing power especially as I only weighed 7.5 stone.

@ProjectMoto

4 ай бұрын

Ha Yeah it was great when your mate let you have a ride of a bigger more powerful bike

Love this, rode a Kenny Roberts edition once. I had a Kawasaki Mach III 400 that took my through more than 7800 miles back in high school. Brilliant, keep after it!

@ProjectMoto

26 күн бұрын

Thanks , the Kenny Roberts edition is a nice looking bike , must of been awesome to have one in school years, thanks

Love these had loads, and I love the way you had to fight to keep it in the power, that's real riding,and made good riders. Thanks for the memories 😊

@ProjectMoto

3 ай бұрын

Thanks , yeah they sure did make good riders , what an awesome bike, glad you enjoyed it

Great to see you out on a nice RD, it’s funny but I think they have come into their own as they allow you to have fun without worrying about the consequences of riding a 200hp bike. For smiles / £ 2 strokes can’t be beat. I’m really enjoying my recently bought power valve, suddenly I’m 20 again!

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah just love riding the older bikes, don’t get me wrong things like Panigale’s are amazing but me personally I alway have more fun and a better experience on lower bhp bikes, you can just ride them harder on the road and your doing silly speeds all the time

@LabRat6619

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you!

I had one exactly like this from 1984>86. Can confirm that the original front brake was hopeless, used to get forearm pump so bad that I couldn't get my leathers off. Still regret selling it but don't miss accumulating points for wheelies, it's impossible to ride any pre-power valve two stroke in a non-hooligan fashion, the power band rush is too addictive 😀

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what it is mate addictive, should be a get out clause when you get stopped, sorry officer but I have a 2 stroke.. it’s an addiction problem I have, yeah I would never of got rid of my 2 strokes , well obviously if I had never of crashed them, blown them up etc 😂😂...😭😭

@karlhoward2737

9 ай бұрын

Yep agree…I had the 250 version….front brake was shall we say…….not very good….single disc…like you, wheelies we’re the norm…both bikes utterly mad….sadly mine came to an end in 1981…drunk driver….ended it and almost me…..loved my LC, had small fairing and scoop…looked so damn good….great commuter bike………hehe…..cheers

Fork brace and steering damper is essential on an Lc. Ahh the memories. Thanks 😊

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah 2 must have upgrades , what an awesome bike still all these years later, so cool , thanks ,glad you enjoyed it :)

My second bike was an Elsie 350,,my first was a Honda MB-5,,such a big jump,,that was in 1985 and I was 18..year later swaped it in for a white/red YPVS,..8 months later got wiped out at 80mph by a Peugeot 205...GAMEOVER, for a year...now I'm 54 and ride an R1

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, it’s great everyone has some story about an rd 350 of some kind, well of a certain age I guess, couple of my mates had the same ypvs , loved em :)

Loved my old RD350

@ProjectMoto

3 ай бұрын

Awesome , Yeah everyone has great love and memories of the RD350, what a bike

Absolutely beautiful! it takes me back to my youth, I had the Aprilia RS250 in the 90s which was probably the pinnacle in 2 stroke development and handling but the 350 LC will always be the most special bike to me.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Cool, yeah I rode a few RS250’s back in the 90’s, these were Aprilia dealers as well back then, I had a few RGV’s and KR1S’s myself.. I do like a 90’s 250 2 Stroke .. but yeah the RD350 will always be a very special bike, still great to ride now :)

@kevinjamesdawes7223

Жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto I'd prefer you to call it an LC the Rd already existed. And as for standing around talking about bikes you've got totally wrong way around. No one talked bikes then they just rode them. Now you have to invent reasons to ride now like ralys and meets. I've been to a couple and I honestly do more miles on mountain bike than bike owners do now and that is a fact I know you prefer to be called bikers but believe me you're not , wild hogs the movie more like and we never termed anyone as a biker because everyone had bikes.The bikes were pretty disposable as was the lc. They either got worn out or crashed out which is why there's very few left.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinjamesdawes7223 oh ok 😂 In that case I’d prefer it if you could reply on the thread of your original comment rather then a random reply to someone else’s comment as it makes no sense to those who enjoy reading comments , it’s quite simple to do and just makes it easier to get the full picture of others opinion and what they are saying etc..oh which is exactly what this is, my opinions and thoughts about a bike and you have yours, both right for each other :) I think you missed the point of the video… it’s just a bit of fun and a look at which is a ‘classic’ bike for some people, amazingly I ride motorbikes everyday and I never go to meets or rally’s .. I’d love to go to one but I always have to turn around as there’s all these people on mountain bikes on the road without a mountain or trail in sight ??😂

I own one of these, a beautiful machine and will keep it forever

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Nice mate , they are still great fun today :)

Hearing / seeing that RD with microns [All speeds]....transports me instantly back to the early 80s as a teenager. 🥰 stunning bike.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s so cool that the sound of these takes you back straight away , awesome 😎

i love love love a rd350, i used to joy ride a bully’s in the woods . he stole it then hid it in a bush and i would hotwire it every other day and ride it and re hide it like nothing happened.

@ProjectMoto

26 күн бұрын

Ha 😂 what an awesome time it must of been , just made getting to ride it better I bet :)

I spent the 80's on RD two strokes and absolutely loved the things. I started in an RD 50M (with a TY80 barrel and piston I believe?) , with Micron, reeds etc and followed that with an RD200 and a 250F. Eventually I dropped a 400 into it, with Allspeeds, Mel lemoto rear sets and flat bars, two/four seat and custom triple red paint. I was barely off the thing and used to double back to get a whiff of the Castrol R. Unfortunately it was stolen from a layby when heading back to Kent from London. I was devastated and replaced it with a race fairing 350LC but it was the air cooled 250/400F that were the purest RD for me. Thanks for stirring up some great memories.

@ProjectMoto

26 күн бұрын

Sorry I didn’t see this comment , sounds like an awesome bike and I bet you had some great memories that I’m glad we reminded you about with the video… apart from it being stolen, one of my bikes got stolen once and it’s a horrible feeling

That’s an absolute beauty👌🏻 I’ve always wanted an LC and if I had the dough there would be one in my garage, and probably a matching XJ650, just because of the styling😉 The 80’s were great👌🏻

@ProjectMoto

3 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s gorgeous, awesome bikes to ride still today ,some Great bikes came form the 80’s

Nice trip down memory lane...I started out with an old, rusty and heavy (non running) suzuki GT550 two stroke triple! Which I completely striped and rebuilt as a full cafe racer.. So I tuned the motor, braced and stiffened it's very rubbery/wobbly frame, put on some mag wheels, box section swinging arm, expansion pipes and took off as much weight as legally possible(?)....which I loved for many years - as it was a mad thing - as only two strokes could be at the time! But then Yamaha launched the RD250 and 350LC the latter being literally everything I wanted the GT550 to be....but the design was spot on and so much lighter! So of course I had to get one ! Both bikes were fab and bags of fun, with big wheelies, grins and bang dor the bucks surprises ...and great fun to tune and tinker with ....never forget the pop pop ringing tones and then whaaaaaaaaaaa on the the power band.....great days LOL.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Ha that’s great it brought back all them memories, it’s the same for me whenever I hear an old, or any 2stroke rally, love the sound, smell and feel of them , they just take you back , will be doing some more different old classics as a few of the guys at the shop and my friends have some, already done some others so have a look through my channel as there a few classic bike videos on there, was good to read what you said and glad you enjoyed it , thanks , appreciate it :)

@meathead365

11 ай бұрын

I had a gt550 back in the day.

A lifetime of biking, of all of them these were the most exciting.

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah what an awesome bike … 40 yrs on still making people smile :)

RD 350LC - 150kgs,... Mad... My RG 500 is 156kg... and there was only 4 years between them, I love LC's Epic screamer bikes

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

yeah crazy, you have the RG500 now? What an awesome bike , love a 2 stroke !!

Are fantastic close your eyes and I'm right back there with my mates I had a 350lc 350n and a tzr250 wish I could get one now and a rd125 as well

Great video! Absolutely, a hooligan bike. Makes me feel like I am 18 again, every time I ride mine.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, same here mate, just the sound and smell is enough to take me back to my younger years .. but riding them again is awesome 😎

Thanks for the video! You said the magic #,,, 115! That is exactly where my 1972 RD topped off. Wow! What a fun bike.

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks , glad you enjoyed it, yeah I guessed they were around that, mind you when I was younger I didn’t really think about it but now I would be waiting for it to detonate 😂😂 yeah it’s still a fun bike to ride all these years later

That sound is beautiful. Can smell it from here. I live in the Lake District and used to race around the tight corners in the 80's. So jealous.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah just hearing a 2stoke makes you remember the smell, such a cool bike still 😎

My mate had one, used to scare the shit out of me when I went in the back lol. I had a little Suzuki TS 100.

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah mate so many memories from these old bikes, and to be fair to them they are still as good today, think they make you feel like they are going so fast as you are always on the throttle , it’s addictive , ah the old TS 100, ain’t seen one of them for a while

Lovely sound with the expansion pipes. A lot like the RD400F I had back in 1979( wheelie machine)! Some people used to put a drop of Castrol R oil in for the lovely smell.

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah sounds awesome , ha yeah a bit of Castrol R always gave a great smell

Thanks for sharing that, I love 2 strokes. I’ve had many over the years and still have a few today. Hope to see more of them in future videos

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, yeah we got a few classic 2 stroke videos coming up :)

Very nice i used to own the Kenny Roberts replica 350lc with the signature across the tank. Me missus always asked why Kenny Rogers had signed it she must have thought i was into country music😂

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Nice mate ,what a bike.. 😂😂 Kenny Rogers 😂😂🎸 🎵

Yeah the forks were crap. I remember getting a bit of a weave on a twisty road at 90mph. So I got a fork brace. That helped. The fork seals were rubbish so were the exhaust seals. I rode my LC from '82 to '96 until the gearbox seized. The powerband was tiny so 85 was the natural speed. I don't know know how I'm still alive because it was a hooligans bike. The cops stopped me regularly. Once my rear tyre blew at about 85 on the M6 near Walsall. To this day I don't know how I survived that. Great times.

@ProjectMoto

9 ай бұрын

Ha yeah agree mate.. you know I love it that all the problems and a near death experience = great times 😂😂 the bike made me do it officer 👮‍♀️ 😂😂

Brings back memory’s for me when I had mine with retro microns on

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad it brought back the memories, what a great bike it was then and still is now

A trip down nostalgia lane. Enjoyed that looking forward to more 👍.

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, was hoping for people to get that feeling from it.. got a few classic bikes coming up :)

Just love the genuine enthusiasm and piss taking. It could be the early 80s. Normal blokes.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Ha thanks .. wish the bike prices were still like the 80’s, yeah we like to just be our normal selves and hope people get and relate to the videos, glad you enjoyed it :)

I loved all my Yammie ringdingers, 79 Daytona 400, 82 350 LC, 83 RZ 350, 1990 RZ 350, all were affordable, all were fast, all were fun, I do miss them so.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah great bikes for the money back then, still so much fun to ride today

2 strokes revving up is the background music of my youth.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Same here mate, if any 2stokes come down the shop everyone one is all over them having a look

Nice one bought back a few memories good old 80s !!!

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they are still so cool and great to ride, thanks, glad you enjoyed the video :)

Would so love one of these, had many back in the day and use to race them with my buddies Kenny Irons and Ray Swann who went on to race in the Pro Am series. Just the sound makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Thanks for the vid, great stuff.

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah was so good to ride one again, it’s sounds so good and is still so much fun to ride

I love the sound of these motors. The first pipes looked incredible, clean welds. We ran Klotz purple bean oil It had that sweet smell. Ain't no day like a sunny day. Enjoy!

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they are so cool , the sound , the smell, still so nice to ride all these years later , thanks :)

Those bikes were in my country👍🏻 they are not in the market now. We miss those bikes rd350

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a shame they are not about anymore..tbh there is not many here, what country are you in?

ONLY way to explain a Yamaha RD350LC is a bike that is always pisssed off only way to explain it when the power band comes in its like its its really pissed off !!!!! love it .. mine was totally standard would just hit 119 mph flat out prone .... once I do mean once got 120 MPH ,,, you could lift the wheel on power at 65 mph and if you were 2 up and were just going into 3rd always at 65 - 70 MPH the front wheel would come off the ground !!!! a Pissed off bike !!!! it took a 750 4 stoke to match it in the day !!!!!!!!!!!

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome , that’s exactly what they are, pissed off! they put you in the hologram mood as soon as you get on them, they are are still so good today, had a blast on it 😎

I loved that,what an awesome bike. I want one.

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, what a bike eh? That’s all you need for a good day out :)

Love your videos! Freaks me out sometimes, sitting on the couch at the end of a long day watching you gents driving on the wrong side of the road!! It is still winter here in Alaska, waiting for the snow to melt so I can ride a bit.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, ha yeah must look a bit different for you 😂 it’s winter here to but we only ever have snow for a day or two

Brilliant I was smiling watching that video listening to the engine note and then the banter top blokes well done

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, it sounds so good, everytime I ride a bike like this it takes me right back , the sound and smell is awesome and always makes me smile , glad you enjoyed it :)

the 75 RD350 was my first bike. I bought it for $300 USD in 1980. I LOVED that bike. rode it hard. got noise tickets from the popo. It was a great bike.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Awesome , wish they were that money now ! Yeah they are still such a great bike all these years later

Thank you very much for an animation of cool RD350. I'm looking forward to it.

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😊

Really gorgeous bike, loved your video, yes I think it does look better in gold.....makes me want to get mine out of the shed......

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks , appreciate it, mate get it out the shed, was so good riding one again , still a good blast all these years on :)

Just subscribed after watching this video, love the banter

@ProjectMoto

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video,Thanks a lot , appreciate it… there’s plenty more on the channel :)

I watched this because I owned a Elsie mars bar but the rest of the video ........I was just laughing so much. I remember The Champions and Jason King. Just brilliant. Anyway I am an English bloke living in the Far East of Russia. There are a few companies in Vladivostok that bring over classic bikes from Japan. I am 60 next year and would love a reunion with Elsie!

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Mate that’s brilliant, glad you enjoyed the videos, it’s cold here now but I’m guessing you get it colder!! Yeah it’s still a fun bike today , had an absolute blast on it , takes me back every time I ride one, awesome 😎

RD350LC 81 out of Rocket Jane and finch Toronto. I live to say that gave it up for Kite surfing in Wasaga

@ProjectMoto

2 ай бұрын

I guess they are both exciting things .. and dangerous I guess

Still miss my old RD 200 twin .... sluggish with a pillion , but it was exceptional solo, at least for a 200 . It had twin crackle pipes on and sounded sweet AF. Regret the day I sold it , about 30 years ago, especially when I tried to trace the bike, I learned through friends that it was written off within a year of me selling it.

@ProjectMoto

11 ай бұрын

Nice , not the part when you found out what happened to it, shame , there’s loads of bikes I regret selling… or crashing 😂

I had one of these in the mid 90’s.. I was on the M53 with my mate on the back, I was doing 85mph and the left pot exploded, skid mark a hundred yards long (and that was just the bike 😏).

@ProjectMoto

11 ай бұрын

😂😂 yeah they can do that , just adds to the excitement 😂

Just the sound gives me goosebumps.

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it does that , just sounds exactly how I remember them back in the day

I had a 1988 Rd350 with 63hp… I loved to zip past the 750 and 1100 GSXrs in the serpentines, just to get smoked on the straight out of the mountains… I am sure they didn’t like the two stroke smell from my exhausts… lol… I loved the acceleration, the sound, the smell and to feel a little like King Kenny

@ProjectMoto

11 ай бұрын

Ha awesome, they probably didn’t like all the 2 stroke oil on their visor either .. and Yeah they give you such an awesome feeling ..

Thanks mate, you brought back so many memories with that video. If only I'd kept my little Elsie instead of selling her for 600 quid. :( But that was 30 years ago, who would have thought?

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it and it brought back memories for you.. well not the memories of how much you sold it for but you know what I mean :)

@ballockybill2277

2 жыл бұрын

I did a deal with my brother for 250 quid back in the 90's . He drank half the money and still has the bike . It's a nice original one too .

@colin20cal

Жыл бұрын

I bought my 350LC new in 82 (Y reg) £1,250 on the road. Still have it in the garage now 41yrs on. Can't part with it 😊👍

@stuartmccloud307

Жыл бұрын

@@colin20cal well done you, you have a fking goldmine there

@colin20cal

Жыл бұрын

@@stuartmccloud307 Not so much so Stuart. Its been thrashed, crashed, bored out to 375cc because of bad workmanship by Stan Stephens back in 1992. Engine and frame doesn't match either. BUT I still love and wouldn't be without her all the same 👍

Nice one ! Two strokes - Love 'em ! Thinking I should have kept my 4L0 .........

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, there’s so many bikes I wished I had kept, was so good to have a blast on the RD after all this time :)

The man himself with a new upload 🤘

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Timo, appreciate it mate :)

That beautiful sound brings so many memories back. Thankyou ❤ ps love ur accent is really cheeky and atractive lol.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

That’s great.. that brings back memories.. and the fact someone actually got once liked my accent… that’s the most attractive comment I’ve had too :)

@christinecrockford1654

Жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto I was born in near Reading and brought up there and lived here in west Dorset 23 years and when I go back everyone sound similar to ur accent, so I must sounded the same once lol. But I think its very atractive kind of cheeky. I loved my bike days when you could ride a 250 with L Plates and the test was once round the block and an emergency stop, the examiner stood half mile away from me held up hand too stop and got told uve past lol. I went thru my time of boring cars. But I now own an Audi R8 V10 spyder that's so much fun. ❤️ from me

Love my RD350, just doing some upgrades as we speak 👍🏻

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Awesome , still such a good bike.. and some nice upgrades make it even better to ride :)

The champions ! Is it a real story 🤣😂

@ProjectMoto

5 ай бұрын

Well you never know when Paul starts telling you a story 😂😂

@markshirley7639

5 ай бұрын

😂🤣 yes they were real people ! I'm a similar age to the old fella so I know it's true 🙄

Thanks friend. Nice. My first bike was a RD 400 Daytona. (very similar) I remember on the test drive I cracked the throttle wide open and almost slid off of the back. It's been 41 or so years but I think I gave about $1500 USD. Good memories.

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah it was so good to re live my youth riding the bike, just brings back so many memories and was hoping it would for other too, good to hear your memory of your first ride, be nice to get one for that money now!!... an RD400 you say?? , was talk of one with someone today so if I can I will get a video on it :)

@paullazarro4295

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto That would be awesome! Thanks!

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

No worries, Have lined up a few classic bikes this summer , should be good :)

The Champions…… Alexander bastion? Wow really gorgeous looking if I remember.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yes I have seen it since and she sure is gorgeous

I had a 250 elsie Kenny roberts replica, brand new it cost me £1200 on 8th August 1982. I loved that bike and wished i never got rid of it . I was clocked by Hampshire police at 110mph on a slight downhill road, mind you I did only weigh 10 1/2 stone back then. If I rode one now it would be lucky to do 60mph. Great video, took me right back to my youth. BTW The champions were Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt and Stuart Damon.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Ha cool , love hearing peoples stories and memories , yeah there’s loads of bikes I wished I still had now.. unfortunately I can’t afford to buy them now again

@6panel300

Жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto I'm the same. The price now is astronomical compared to what they were. Sadly all I can afford are the the memories. Thank goodness for KZread.

Nice one mate, I had the same one in 1885 but mine had Microns, chrome radiator grill and steering damper, lifted the front at will, all the best.

@nicolasetherton2534

Жыл бұрын

1985!!!

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Awesome , yeah so many of these had,and still have a lot of changed parts on them , which kind of makes them ‘original’ as everyone done it,hey are still so good to ride today ..my mate just bought a RD350ypvs

Gorgeous! Sight, n Sound and bet it Smells gorgeous too!. Foxtrot Oscar to Greta and the other 'flat shoe hand wringers'.

Friend had an RD 350 and I had a KH250 triple 😁🤘

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Awesome , you must of had a great time !! I’ve just bought some 2 strokes and my mate has just bought an RD350ypvs :)

I actually got to ride an tz 250 factory race bike it was awesome!!!

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Mate I bet it was , very jealous!!

Back in the day I had a Lindermere tuned 350, the powerband on my bike STARTED at the redline and the engine would then rev to 11.5K RPM. Pistons were good for about 5k miles, the welded crank was good for 7k miles unless I missed a gear which would sometimes break the welds and twist the crank. (A Roy Simmons crank was the only one that would not twist). It was actually down geared from stock but because it revved so much higher than stock it was quicker. From memory it would do somewhere between 120 and 130MPH flat out but it took a hell of a lot of work to keep it running! It was a 'nasty' bike, I wish I still owned it!

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Mate that sounds awesome , loved it years ago that people would try and squeeze everything they could out of there bikes , a bit of a lost thing nowadays, mind you I guess you had to do it more then , there’s so many bikes I wished I still had now , most of them 2 strokes !!

@sidecarbod1441

Жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto Funny you should mention trying to squeeze as much as possible out of a bike, last year I purchased a basket case of a Honda MT5 (don't laugh!), I had one years ago when I was 16, they were the slowest of the restricted 'peds! (Although at the time I did manage to get it to do about 45-ish). Anyway I have fully rebuilt my current 'ped, it's a real 'street sleeper,' it looks totally stock but I have spent hours and hours porting it and doing head work on it, even the exhaust looks stock but inside it is actually an expansion chamber system, it will do an easy 55 MPH on the flat, my aim was to get it up to 60 MPH but it looks like 55-58 is going to be its top speed. Still not bad AND I weight a lot more now than I did when I was 16! 😞 The MT is at the other end of the scale compared to an LC but it was cheap to buy and rebuild. I have other bikes including a Speed Triple 1050 and KTM 300 (2 stroke!) but the MT5 is the one that I have the most fun on without attracting the attention of 'the law'

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

@@sidecarbod1441 mate I had a Kawasaki AR50 when i was 16... well I say 50cc, it had a tuned 93cc kit on it, different carb,exhaust , just about everything.. it did about 80mph 😂😂 but with bikes like this there comes the problem of it being off the road more then it was on the road, certainly left a few other 50’s, well and 125’s tbh far behind in the distance :)

Awesome Vlog

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks appreciate it, glad you enjoyed it :)

Nice bro great video !

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, appreciate it :)

The look when the Kettle owner was asked “What about yours?” Nice bike, by the way. I think. 😊

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

They have a few classics between everyone.. they do seem to worry when I want a ride on they 😂

OH THAT SOUND ❤... I NEAR ON CREAMED ME GUSSET. !!! 🤣🤣...

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Ha I should of put a warning on the video… they have that effect 😂😂

@Tenmilsochet14

Жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto 🤣🤣🤣.. My uncle worked as cheif mechanic for Hamiltons motorcycles on Streatham high road south London for many years and still does at Yeovil Somerset . As a kid I would watch him rebuild engines and would be amazed ". ALL THEM BITS.". suddenly become an engine again 😁.. I would buy the shops old insurance write offs stolen / recovered bikes fix them up and tare around the area nearly killing myself several times and spending many hours in Streatham and gypsy hill police stations.. I did grow up eventually 😁. At 50 my love for these classics is just as strong and thankfully I'll be in a position soon to own one... It'll have to be the Rd 350 tho.!!

Liked that mate 👀👀

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was so good, You would love one of these , 2 strokes are the way forward :)

My favorite KZread Chanel , even though you are soft southerners 👏👏👍🏼

@ProjectMoto

5 ай бұрын

Ha thanks .. appreciate it , I think ?? 😂😂

@markshirley7639

5 ай бұрын

@@ProjectMoto you spelt think wrong ! Fink !! 👍

@ProjectMoto

5 ай бұрын

@@markshirley7639 😂😂 my writing voice is nothing like how I speak 😂😂

@markshirley7639

5 ай бұрын

@@ProjectMoto 😂🤣

Brilliant!

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed seeing the bike :)

I had a RD 80 MX and that thing flew,couldn’t get a Micron or Alspeed for it so we had to ' Modify ' the standard one. Also had a AS 125 Twin. Later on I had the RD 350 LC and I think it was better looking than the YPVS. I’ve recently had to give up riding due to Disability but my last bike was the R6 ( oh boy did the coppers get a shock when I took my Helmet off and they were expecting a young hooligan Lol 😂 ). I’ve had Suzuki and Kwaks but for me it’s Yamaha that were just…. Awesome 😎. The bloke who bought my R6 had a Modern Ducati ( very expensive thing and loud ) and he wanted the R6 as a Day Bike,he did well out of the Sale though because I gave him all my old gear and spares and everything " Bike "…. I had too as didn’t want any reminders if that makes sense 🤷‍♂️. I’m pleased though that the R6 went to a good home and all my old Gear was going to be used by his Son or his Mates. The Bloke rang me after a few Weeks and Said that he is loving the R6 and he still couldn’t get over how immaculate she was and the Garage he used for his Ducati said that he Got a bloody brilliant bike with the R6. There is a little trick with the R6 in making sure that the liners don’t get a problem and that is you need to crank them over a bit without them firing up just to get the Oil moving and priming the Oil pump and getting things moving ( fluids ) within the Engine. I did that with mine because with the older bikes we would always turn them over a bit on the Kick start to begin with without them firing up just to get their juices flowing. Most R6 bikes have liner issues because people jump on em and start them up and roar off,they just need a gentle warm up before you go Nutz ! Always worked for mine 🤷‍♂️. Great Video

@ProjectMoto

11 ай бұрын

Ha that’s great , always enjoy hearing of people’s experiences with their bikes , that’s unfortunate you can’t ride them anymore and had to sell everything, but at least you passed it all on to the new owner and it’s getting used , good advice on the warming the bike up , not many people do , thanks . Appreciate it ( sorry for the delay in replying I’ve been on holiday ✈️☀️)

I'll be doing the same soon on mines, white n blue model,,😁👍🏻

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Nice, the white and blue looks so cool 😎

I had a 138mph 1975 rd 350, I miss it

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

They are still so good to ride today , miss all my old 2 strokes

would love to see u do a tzr250 from a few years later had one! was quicker than a mars bar!! and handled better!

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Well I know someone who is restoring one at the moment so when it’s done il do a video.. actually it’s who owns this bike as well :)

fantastic, the last RD I had cost 700 quid the whole thing was sprayed in galvanized silver called it the silver bullet. It rattled overheated and brokedown fun times should have kept it might be worth a few quid now. Would love a go on 1 just can't find them anymore.

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was so good to ride one again, yeah it would definitely be worth something now, the rattles and breakdowns just add to how special it is to have one of these kinda bikes, just adds to the experience, glad the video reminded you of your days with your RD :)

@ballockybill2277

2 жыл бұрын

Lol , my CG125 is also called "The Silver Bullet" !

Wanted one forever . Then I bought my 97 TL1000s and the rest is history .

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

They are still good to ride today all these years on … oh the TL1000s , my friend had one which I rode a few times … what a bike that was, very raw power, lively on the throttle! it certainly like the lift the front wheel up as I remember!! 😎

@nomasker1360

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto Had mine since 02 lots of mods . Most fun bike ever . Would never sell it .

Great video!! Most fun bike ever & proof you only need 45hp to have a good time, glad you didn't use your ACKSAW on this beauty

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, they are still great fun today and exactly mate, 45bhp is all you need for a good day out! Ha I see it spelt wrong once , they used a H at the start 😂😂

@andrewprice1189

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto Keep up the great work, you have a great balance of proper reviews & boys banter, hope you channel continues to grow

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewprice1189 thanks, really appreciate it :)

When I was 17 you could get HP be out on L plates on the 250 mental,, now you want the standard bits ,, which we removed for allspeeds ,micron ,, jetting kits,,👍👍👍👍☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland brilliant,, cheaper then aswell 😁

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah when I was 17 I had a KR1S 250, was crazy to be let loose on the road on one of them, and like you say now on the classic bikes everyone wants them standard.. to be fair now most the good ones are all standard, all the ones that everyone changed and tuned probably got wrecked back in the day, good times though :)

It's the wrong colour !. I had a white and red one in 1982 with chrome Allspeeds and K&Ns. Great Bikes.

@ProjectMoto

9 ай бұрын

Yeah great bike… I like the white and red more but they still look good in the mars bar

thats really a 70's 2 stroke with a face lift

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

They are a bit different to ride compared to the 70’s RD350, to me more of the next generation then just a facelift , the guys who bike this is also has an RD400 so will have a look at that as soon as he brings it in :)

Used to go with the Witham lads on their Elsies to Chelsea Bridge in the 80's

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, used to go down there myself with a few mates, good days

@alanashley1

Жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto I ride an FZ6 Fazer these days another hooligans bike

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

@@alanashley1 i have an old Fazer 600 i use ...i love it , brilliant bike to thrash around on..er i mean commute ;)

Great bike, too light when you caned it down the road, the front end would go wobbly light. Bike was forever getting me pulled over by the coppers.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they are still great to ride today.. and still still light and wobbly on the front.. oh and no doubt still get you pulled over 😂😂

Stunner of a bike, just treated myself to a Velocity-Moto 900LC......

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Oh ok nice, using the XSR 900 .. yeah they look pretty cool looking like the old RD 😎

These machines didn't have a "power band" they had a "vertical step." If back in the day you rode and passed your test on a mundane 250cc bike (not a RD20LC or a Suzuki GT 250 X7) and decided to get one of these, it was a very steep learning curve.

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah such a jump compared to something like an RD250 , not just in speed really but all round in handling etc, still an awesome bike to ride today :)

Hi great bike can I ask where you got the seat from please and who did the paint work and power coating I am just starting one thanks

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Il ask the guy who’s bike it is when I go to the shop on Monday

I had one in 1985, Microns and Pirelli phantoms, it would wheely everywhere on the throttle, Mars bar colours, 2.5 K on the clock £800 a bargain.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, everyone has so many good memories of these.. wish I could get one for £800 now !!

@nicolasetherton2534

Жыл бұрын

Me too mate.

Yep I had one in the late 1990s b4 prices got silly

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Awesome , yeah they were cheap then , You should of kept it until after the prices got silly

LOL when the old guy approaches. Every time I ride my dads old RD I get old guys approaching me. When I first got my license I thought I'd impress women with it. Nope I impress old guys.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

ha it’s always the way mate… I get the same 😂😂

Not the first hooligan bike, the early Yam 250s were pretty fast. YDS7 was lethal. Probably a bit heavy but it really went. Wasp paintwork. Brilliant.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah maybe, just for me the 350 was a big jump in handling and power delivery compared to the 250 and just made people ride a little different .. all awesome bikes in their day

@kevinjamesdawes7223

Жыл бұрын

Yeh the yds7 front brake needed setting up every week and even then not good. Beautiful bike though. I thought the lc was a bit sad. End of the bike era and start of the tupperware era.

I've not ridden a bike for 35 years and I'm thinking of getting a classic, I'd love an RD350LC but also fancy maybe a NSR250 but haven't got a clue what to look for now days!!!! Fab vid though. 2 strokes will always rule the world

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I do love a 2 stroke myself ! And funny enough I also did a video on an nsr250 , I also own a RGV250 which we have started some videos on and a KR1S which I will have a video on soon.. and a guy here also just bought an RD350ypvs … looks like it’s going to be a Smokey summer for us!!

@blah4306

Жыл бұрын

@@ProjectMoto which would you have out of the 4?

Have one being done up/rebuilt at the moment ...had a few LCs and a few Power valves they are great bike arguable the YPVS is a wee bit better than the LC .....with disc rear brakes better frame forks and Motor isn't as raw ......both nice bikes though

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Nice mate , you gonna ride it much ? Yeah the YPVS was a bit better , a few of my friends had them , still great to ride today

What bike did the garage attendant say he had @5:04? At the lights on your LC in 1985 thinking you're the dog's bollocks and then matey on the new V-Max pulls up alongside you.

@ProjectMoto

Жыл бұрын

He was just a guy filling his car up , he had a 350lc too , yeah the old v-max , was quite a machine back in the day :)

I had a white 250LC not as fast as the 350LC but smoother as the crank was designed for the 250 and they bored them out then to 350. Mine was in Marlboro colours and had a bikini faring which made it much more comfortable to ride at speed and over distance. Had a pair of micron exhausts but went back to the originals. The microns made a lot more noise but it wasn't really any faster with them. I think if I'd had the 350 I might not be here. You could really push the 250 and were in far less danger of killing yourself. the 250 had a top speed of 100 (but easily went off tune like these bikes do) and the 350 a top speed of 110. Not that much difference really. The 250 was much cheaper to insure, better on fuel, and much less likely to get stolen. I've ridden all sorts of bikes but as many people who've had these bikes say - nothing gives you the same usable sensation of speed and buzz. A lot of bikes are faster outright but the 250 is perfect pushed hard on a A road on a nice day.

I bought a Yamaha RD 350YPVS a few years later ,,,,, same kick just had more torque !!!!!! it was standard wait for it im not joking speedo went to 120 ,ph ,,,, I had it at 135 MPH judging where needle was .. work that out

@ProjectMoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah my friends had the ypvs they were better.. as for the speedo it may of been out a bit, I rode an old bike the other day, was saying 80mph on the clock … my friend on a modern bike that was riding with me said we was doing 62mph 😂

oh the memories..had a few of them back in the day and then the ypvs.....we thought we were the shit......well we were lol....

@ProjectMoto

3 жыл бұрын

Mate the RD gives you same feelings when riding it today, was awesome to have a blast on one again, every bit of it just brings back memories :)