Correct me if I am wrong but I rwad this somewhere, that the Japanese spec RD350 had a 40bhp output with disc at rear as well.. but taking our roads into consideration, we got a 30bhp RD350 which was still a widow maker in India

@zainulabideen4578

11 ай бұрын

You're right....

@RRR-fg7fj

10 ай бұрын

Yes. And suzuki, Kawasaki, jawa were all launched their motors initially with 350 cc and later converted to less powered motors

@sudeepraj9788

10 ай бұрын

International RD Model is totally different comparing with Indian RD models! few components of HT version engine model are identical ! LT version was detuned model.. Due to lack of sales! Moreover RD never came with Rear disc, they Only came with front Disc for international models!

@viseshgopal

10 ай бұрын

40bhppppp??? Faak bro.. That's dominar territory 😮😮

@keithmelling8530

5 ай бұрын

Rd350didnt have a disc at the rear. That was the later RD400.

As a 20s kid in the era of power & looks i still fall for this Real Gem The RD 350🫠❤️

Mahi and RD350 ❤ His love for RD is expressed through his eyes when he talks about it. ❤

2 strokes are exotic machines with a soul and need to be admired for their simple and ferocious performance, especially if tuned well.

I'm in my 40s and I remember my Dad's friend had one and he rode Kochi to Mangalore in the late 80s/ early 90s on the RD on the same DAY.

It was a brilliant bike back then way ahead of its time, and it did have a seperate 2 T oil tank on the side which used to pump oil in, but after some time it stopped working and one had to mix oil with petrol, with 20 ml per litre of petrol as recommended back then. I owned one in 1988, enjoyed it, used to give around 8 or 9 kmpl.

11:20 That sound 🔥

@girishd5075

11 ай бұрын

❤👌 👌 👌

3:20 that sound of Rx 100 , no bike can beat Rx 100 in terms of sound quality ❤️

@teamspirit5186

10 ай бұрын

Dude listen in real life and RD350 sounds way better than RX.

@chandler-bing

9 ай бұрын

I know for sure you haven't heard a rd ever in real life

Strell always brings something special 🔥

Damn, that numberplate ! The owner's a legend !

Loved this video. Do more of these .. just pure bike appreciation

You are truly remarkable, being both modest and an incredibly talented vlogger in the motorcycle world.

Just stumbled upon your video and thank you for those fly-bys. I had 3 of them at one point and enjoyed every ride, long, short, sun, rain. The only problem I had with it was the stupid grin it left on my face which remained long after I had stopped riding. Cheers and great content!

The joke when i was a kid in college was that the RD350 was the only bike that accelerates faster than it brakes 😂. Had the good fortune of riding both low torque and the regular one that made 36bhp..

that's the bike you don't need horn. you know it's coming even before you see it. can't believe strell hasn't seen a 350 for so long. it's a common sight in most bike gatherings in Bangalore. especially tomorrow August 15th. there are quite of lot of them in Bangalore

Hi Strell, nice vid thanks! Nostalgia is what I feel seeing this bike. Back in the 80's this was our dream bike & easily outperformed all bikes around. I was a student & owned a Yezdi 250- we used to race everything like bullets, old BSA's, Rajdoot 175?, Later Ind Suzuki, Yezdi 350 (twin), RX 100, Bajaj Kawasaki. You are correct roads were not wide & racing came with risks & accidents. My friend owned one & a few more were around our city. It did not do well because of low mileage & used to return 9-13 kmpl (these were the higher powered versions- 30-38 bhp). The 26 bhp ones returned around 20-22 kmpl. I think the 38 bhp one's had much higher top speed than 120 kmph. Wish a modern retro version of this comes out sometime💭.

My childhood dream as a kid of 80s…..the exhaust sound releases adrenaline……I had rx135 though

Had many Japanese 1973 RD 350's in Zimbabwe in early 80's. They produced 39BHP and we used buy the ex police bikes, fix them up, fit expansion chambers and race them. BHP well up again from that and well over 200 kmh achieved.

Feeling more Proud owning RD350 ❤

My father used to ride one. such a beautiful motorcycle.

Magic of 2 stroke engine..😊😊

This motorcycle was far ahead of its time

I hope one day I'll have the opportunity to ride this legendary machine...

This is not a machine It is an Emotion

I also not even born that time. Legendary bike wow ❤️👌👌

Thanks for reviewing this bike😊😊❤

I was lucky to inherit one from my grandfather , old man had the whole collection rx 100 135 175 and 1985 32.5 Rapid Death 350 FUCKING LEGEND

For folks who are looking for reference, a good comparison is the maruti 800, that was roughly 38-40 bhp. This bike's sound was mesmerizing, rest I never got to ride this but it was a dream.

Timeless Beauty 😍

That sound❤

@strell this was unexpected ❤️❤️ thanks 😍

@iamstrell

11 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it 😊

I luv the number plate that says MEN❤️‍🔥

Yamaha itslf is emotion for bike enthusiasts

RD350 🔥

Amazing roads

Today’s kids are running towards GT 650 no doubt it’s good but the way RD 350 gives that vtech like power after 4000 rpm and the feel from 2 stroke is legendary !! Ah !

RD 350's sound is ❤

😌RD350❤️‍🔥

Rx 100 flyby🔥🥵

This was the speed 400 kind of competitor for slower enfields

16:05 beautiful sound, awesome downshifts, and your voice "show some love in the form of likes and comments" Loved it❤️👌👌👌 I'm happy to own it (I don't have Rd350 😂😂, I have FZ) Yamaha ❤

born to leade aheads of hundreedzzzzz🥰😍😘😘🥰

🔥🔥

Strell, please do a video on the riding gear you use. Particularly footwear. Thanks

Broiii ❤️💕

my dad owns a RD350 and he loves it but its soooo though to maintain because theres no spare parts and most of it has to be custom and imported parts have high mark ups so if you are planning to buy on e please do know tht you would need a few lakhs just to maintain one .

Imagine a fact that 30 bhp limit was crossed until recently when KTMs and RE650s came in Indian market...!

RD means Raging Death! It has caused so many fatal accidents and earned this name.

❤

@Strell i need an unrestored RD .Could you help me ?

Plz more vintage bike ride like yezdi shotgun

These motorcycles were in the category of "WIDOW MAKERS"

Back in the days, RD stands for Rapid Death😄

Wow Hosur to shoolagiri road

N250 touring review please

Awesome Bro! Where Did You Get This From? | Still Remember When This Bike Was Launched In Mumbai, Total 7 Bikes Were Sold, Out Of Which 6 Bikers Died The Very Next Day. So This Is Not For People Who Just Twist The Throttle Wildly, If You Are Taken Over By OCDC (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) Easly, Then Ride This, There Is No Need Of Prayers To Experiance God, People Will Pray You Coz You Might Have Turned Into God.

ആശാനെ 🫶❤️

@strell which camera do u use?

@iamstrell

11 ай бұрын

Gopro Hero 10

First two wheeler in india that have turn indicators Rajdoot Yamaha 350

ahhh a mallu finally!

can anyone advice, from where to buy this bike now, anybody selling

A request, ride a well maintained bs3 Duke 390 after this, share your experience, and differentiate between the riding experience of the two.

BTW are you getting the parts in india? I was struggling to get parts and it was very very expensive to maintain

@clementjoseph1443

10 ай бұрын

genuine used parts available but expensive.

Is this Nithin's Beautiful Machine ???

Those talking about power on this bike completely ignored the weight of a 2-stroke bike. The reason it was so fast and called a widow-maker was the power to weight ratio and then the lack of balance under breaking. Stopping something so light without any electronic aid or proper balance will most likely result in tires skidding. I think that must have the reason for them stop racing this bike against higher CC modern 4 strokes. The chassis and balance wasn't there to handle it. Yes you could race it in straight line but that's it. I always dreamt of finding one overhauling the insides of engine and putting it into a powerful chassis but with new laws making petrol with high ethanol content mandatory unfortunately 2-stroke will just be a show piece for future gens.

@clementjoseph1443

10 ай бұрын

Yamaha introduced the RD350 in 1973 and didn't built it for very long before stopping production in 1975. The very powerful two stroke engine that made the RD350 so famous also meant the end of it due to EPA regulations. HISTORY - It is a modified version from 250cc to 350cc. The biggest change between a 250cc from Yamaha and this 350 was a charge in port design. They moved the reed valves into the intake. This allowed better port timing which gave the RD350 more acceleration, a bigger power-band, and higher RPM's, compromising the braking system.

@keithmelling8530

5 ай бұрын

The handling on bends was the best of any motorcycle at the time. Thats why it was so successful on the track.

Did you say depreciation?

my father owned a rx135.

what the milage?

I had once seen this bike in red colour at a classic bike rally and the owner had fitted twin disc brakes at front and a rear disc also. I can understand why he did that . See Rajdoot manufactured this bike in India but they intentionally omitted the front disc brake and that was a brutal fatal Cost cutting measure which made it unsafe for India as we never had known such brutal 2 stroke powerful motorcycle which resulted in the bike being called as Rapid death 350 or The widowmaker by enthusiasts and Auto journalists alike as people who owned this bike also met with fatal accidents. One of my father's friends in college tried riding the bike aggressively out of excitement and crashed it in a stationery truck but before that he did a power wheelie accidentally and then crashed it in the truck while trying to stop it . This incident had a impact on my father who came from a middle class family and he never rode a motorcycle ever as he just saw one of his good friends almost die in front of his eyes. This incident led him to dilike motorcycles to such an extent that it took me many years to convince him so that i could buy a used bike atleast. Bikes were literally banned in my family. And now hopefully i am getting to buy a used bike after 5 or 6years of struggle this week mostly. Wish me luck guys . Because I am going to need it now more than anytime ever.

@shadow_realm47

10 ай бұрын

What're you gonna buy bro 👀🙊

Next rx 100 video?

Isn't the Kawasaki h2 was called widow maker🤔

@Dr.arian18

11 ай бұрын

In India

'72 R5-C pioneered Rd's there top speed was only 115mph.

Rapid death ❤

What's the location sir

59 sec left

12:07 SYMPHONNYYYYYYYYY

Not for faint hearted?? I rode this bike when I was 21 yrs old from 1993-2001 for 6 yrs, and sold it for 8000rs in 2009

Hey. Im from viet nam

@clementjoseph1443

10 ай бұрын

hello

A bike from Yamaha by plonking the 250 cc engine and RD 350 type bike may do well .

@sharathvasudev

11 ай бұрын

r3 or mt03. may be you want classic design.

Need ur help buddy. Need the benefit of ur experience. What is a great roadster whixh comes closest to giving me the comfort of riding a bmw 1250gs on our wonderful Indian roads and highways ( of maharastra.. Which has The best roads in the world cause the politicians rather transfer road budget to their personal wallets instead of using it to make roads)

Just install red rooster exhaust in this.

Ith kannda ithene patti smsarich orap ahn avn oru vandipranthan ahn nkil romancham vann irikum sure

First 😌🖐🏻️

Have a face reveal video.

bro not rajdoot it was actually yamadooth 😂 (was that a pun ?idk take or leave it)

85hp??? From a 350cc?? Seriously ? And a 220kmph

@clementjoseph1443

10 ай бұрын

85 hp to be corrected very much. Only talks!

Thanks to old people any speed over 30 kmph is too fast next to racing

@888pixel

6 ай бұрын

wow😂

😂

Oof

5:36 Incorrect over exaugurated information about the "Widowmaker". RD 350 was never called the Widow-maker by Americans, Cringe Indian's copied the term from Americans who used "widowmaker" for mostly H2 750's or the XJR 1000+ cc's. RD350 was released in 1983, Its just that our country was poverty struck to import actual Widow-Makers such as H2-750's etc.

@virupakshawalla5734

5 ай бұрын

Your a child obviously 😂. You definitely didn't drive on 1980s Indian roads. Some of the Ox carts had speed limiters on them for safety 😂. Anyone driving one of these in early 80s India was taking more risk than a 1000 cc bike in America. Someone nearly killed me on the back of his Rd 400 in UK in late 70s, the bike that supersed the 350 there. They were fast. 150 odd kg (both of us under 60kg ) Don't mock the name, imagine the death rate was higher here on Rd 750 than on any bike in West 😂 Rd 400 44bhp but rods with tarmac

Europe spec tank ? Get your facts right Very poor reprsentation of RD350 facts

Hindi bolne me sarm aati hai kya?

Man, your just repeating the same sentences again n again n again!.. You could really improve your review frankly.. No offence ✌

I hope one day I'll have the opportunity to ride this legendary machine...

❤