Bry rides the 1982 Yamaha RD350LC - quick ride review
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2024
- In this video Bry rides the 1982 Yamaha RD350LC (349cc parallel twin cylinder engine) and tells us what she thinks of this 80s two stroke.
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Owned them, raced them, miss them, can't now afford them........
Me to lovely bikes good memories
Same here owned 3 RD 350Lc and 2 YPVS's loved them fun screamers ,miss Castrol R
Amen to that. I always wanted a 250 LC, can't afford one now✌️💜
@@Phil144gbp Ahh, mmm, Castrol R. ✌️😊👍
Great to see you having as much fun as we did in the 80s. I think the Rd series made the decade.
Raced a 250LC, then had a 350 on the road, very fast bike at the time. Unexpected huge wheelie the first night I had the 350 with a mate on the back.... I had forgotten how peaky the motor was and up she came almost to the vertical ! Bit more careful after that, especially with a passenger. Amazed how physically small they are now, I am 6ft 2, I must have looked huge on mine but did I care back then..... ? Nope. A golden era so glad I lived it... and I am still here riding awesome modern bikes we couldnt even imagine would exist one day 😀
Years ago borrowed a friends prody race tzr250 to pick up the pizza we had ordered, with my better half on the pillion. They accused me of trying to lose them off the back - I was trying my hardest to keep the front wheel down!
Bike designers take note. The extended tail piece eliminates the need for the ridiculously lengthened rear mudguards that are needed on modern bikes!
Those are mandated by law in the states.
And a decent seat for the pillion.
Had a 1981 RD350LC the most fun bike I've ever had, rode it summer and winter. Needless to say i regret selling it.
Still got mine, had it since 89, the best bike I've ever had, she finally got it in the powerband!
Had a 250lc after passing my test in 1993. Got a 350lc now . Can't beat the sound and smell of a two stroke.
RD400, long stroke, bags of torque for a two stroke and very relaxing. I did over 30,000 miles on mine and loved every mile.
More Bry and more 2 strokes please!
This made me smile, what an absolute classics machine. I loved mine, allspeeds, boysens, box swing arm, rear sets, clip-on’s, braided brake hoses, steering damper, embarrassing big bikes around corners
one of the lads who lived ten doors down back in the day could hear me fire it up down at his with the allspeeds on
We never got the LC in the US, but we did get the follow on LC2 YPVS. I went from LC envy to YPVS love in 1985. Yamaha gave us jewels with the RD's, LC's, and the YPVS. All fun bikes.
Still have my '85 YPVS. I will never sell it. Miles of smiles.
Thanks Bry for the RD350 video. I was having as much fun as you were, just watching you. Great vintage bike in a small package but worth a try if you can find one. Cheers, Dan ✌️🏍🇨🇦
Nothing like a little two stroke ride to sweeten your day. 😊
1975 air cooled RD350 was my first bike. 🇨🇦 Later my brother owned a RD 350 LC
A mate of mine had one of them in eighties. I went pillion. I was so glad to get off alive
Passed my test on the RD250 , air cooled one , then went out a got a new RD400.
It’s a life time ago, and have had many bikes since then. But they still hold a sweet spot in my heart
great little bikes
I had one in 1982, I still have the muscle memory to knock the footpeg up before kicking it over 40yrs after I sold it.😮
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This brought back memories, I absolutely love two-strokes.
I had two RD350 YPVS and a RD500 YPVS😍
Thank you for showing us all.👍
That was so good. It takes me back to the days of my Suzuki GT 250. Not in the RD's league but brilliant fun.
The RD are wicked bikes loads of fun a very popular bike when I was growing up glad you enjoyed it cant beat a two stroke power band when it kicks in 👍
My only new bike was a 1987 F2 YPVS in Gauloises blue but I also had a 4LO like your's as a winter hack.
The YPVS was the best bike I've had in 39 years and the 4LO was still an experience.
I had two RD400s too.
Like just about everyone else here I miss them and probably couldn't afford them now.
One of the original Widow Makers. Had a distinctive sound when on power. I remember in about 1982 talking with a friend in a car park, hearing one approach, saying to my friend “here comes an RD350” and then watched as he t boned a car pulling out. Certainly a small bore bike that needed a bit of respect.
Got blown away down a dual carriageway on my Suzuki GS550 EFE by an RD350 just left me for dead, never rode one but wish I had, love the 2T screamers had a KH250 and a GT250 ram air great bikes in a great time, now a pensioner on a RE classic 350 😊
The GS 550 would outperform the RD350 all day long - acceleration, torque, top speed - so you must have been having an off day!
Such a lot of fun watching you experience the buzz of an iconic bike made so long ago.Happy riding!
Thanks Bry my best friend had one for a while it brings back good memories of him and the LC… RIP Kai my friend and may you forever smell of 2 stroke mate….
Omg that engine and that sound! These 350s were legendary here in India!
Man, I love two stroke yesteryear bikes!!
i left school in 74 and was brought up on 2strokes had most of them from the air cooled RD200/250 and the bonkers RD400 also the suzuki GT250 and the superlight X7 (flipped the wife off the back of that wheeling away from traffic lights lmao) then the liquid Cooled era came oh so much quicker and the mono shock these handled so much better than the old air cooled, 250LC then the 350LC and px that in for the new 350power valve with the bikini fairing that was the boyo that was, px that in for a new 500power valve when they came out, the 500ypvs i kept till 2 years ago! it sat in my loft for years but my son nagged me for years so i eventually gave it to him with the condition he never sells it and i get it back when he is done with it, The best out of all these by far was the RD350YPVS lighter faster than than 500YPVS but the 500 had the looks and the sound with Stan Stevens pipes on was just OMFG...
I had an 1980 one , it had black allspeed pipes , looked awesome, the powerband was amazing , it was my first proper bike. Loved it wish i still had it.
Passed my test on an RD250 back in 1982. Bought a 350LC a few weeks later...WOW! - Had loads of Yamaha 2-stroke twins over the years. RD250 & 400 air cooled, 250/350LC's, YPVS, you name it...wish I still had them all...I could retire!
I had a 1990 RD350F2 from new for about 5 years, the only reason I sold it was I had replaced all the items that wear out (at 35,000 miles) including the kick start, it was in excellent condition, but I knew that eventually everything would inevitably wear out again (including the suspension bushes, brake discs, fairing fasteners, cables, etc) and I couldn't bear to do it again.
So I sold it, and a 1992 TDR 250 that I had (people go crazy for them, but honestly, after 18 months you'll be sick of the buzzy on/off nature of the power delivery) and bought a low mileage TDM850 that I got SERIOUSLY tuned. Flowed head, Yoshi pipe, Maxton fork rebuild, the works.
I currently still own a 350cc two stroke that I owned before I had the RD, it's a KH250B2 with a S2A (350) top end. A much less capable bike than the RD 'LC, it won't crack the ton, but the triple configuration does give it a wide spread of power, and people (who have never seen one before) get really confused when they see one exhaust pipe on one side, and TWO on the other...
I think the 350LC is as relevant on todays roads as it was then (I have ridden one), a bike that Yamaha got right from day one.
Hi and thank you for your video. I have a 1975 RD350. I love the sound, smell and fun of a 2 stroke! Thx!
Had the 250LC back in 81. Loved. The video bought back great memories, but perhaps there should be an excessive noise warning on the squeals
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So happy that you enjoyed it. I am of an age where these bikes were new when I was young and really impressive in there day I am also lucky enough to have ridden the older generation before the lc bikes and some were tuned to near TZ specs they were brutal to ride with a very narrow power band but such great fun they really brought out the hooligan in there riders they made the Rd lc feel tame. I urge you to seek one out and try it you won't regret it
Have fun and keep it rubber side down
That exhilarating power band was what these little two strokes were all about. I also had a black one and I miss mine to this day. They are now worth a small fortune, if I'd only known!
Hi, love two strokes haven’t ridden one though since I sold my RD350 YPVS some 30 years ago. I remember buying it the day I passed my test and physically shaking after riding home from the bike shop! Do try and ride the YPVS version as it is a step up. I also rode a friends RD500YPVS and can recommend that too if you can find one. One last recommendation a Suzuki RG250 is a must too. Thanks for the video it brought back a lot of memories.
Back in the day, I passed my test on the RD250 LC and then upgraded to the 350LC. Great memories😅
Always wanted a 250 LC (I'd ridden the RD200 DX a few times - my first 'bike' was a RD50DX - then I had a dalliance with Hondas). Sadly can't afford a RD250/350LC now, always thought I would, window of opportunity over.
That sound though, they were such rocketships in the day (the 350's gearbox seemed a bit weaker iirc). Glorious, where does the time go. My older work mentors/mates were telling me (when I first started work) stories of the time they had on their cafe racers; Matchless, Triumph, Norton et al - that was thirty years before for them, now we are 40 odd years away from the time of the RD LCs😲😲😲🤔🤔😲😲
Thanks for sharing 👍😊✌️💜
Hi John here, glad you enjoyed the Yam LC .I had 250, then 350 my 250 felt has fast has 350 .but both good fun in the 80s when I was 20 in 1983, I had a 250 Honda cb250 super dream in 1981 passed my test on it. Now I have a 1982 Honda cb250 super dream 42 year old not fast but nice to ride and nice condition. 😊
i love how you really giving it the beans too ! 2 strokes are so awesome :D
Very sweet old bikes! I have always wanted one.
Normally I don't love the 80's vintage bikes. They started using a lot more plastic and headlights and gauges went from round to square on a lot of 80's models...but that 1982 350 is a sharp looking motorcycle.
Thank you for bring back all those memories. It was 1974 and I was 15y old. My mate just bought a brand new Gold RD350 he paid $1,400 NZD for it on his way home he called in to see me and I took the beast for a ride. No Helmets worn then but a 15y old kid riding a nearly 40 horsepower motorcycle WoW such fun if you didn't kill yourself.
I had a blue & white 250 LC in 1980 and a blue and white 350 LC in 1981 after I passed my test. Great bikes and they still look and sound great today. I had a few years away from bikes in the 90s and then got a Suzuki RG500 as I *thought* it'd be like my 350LC but a bit faster - it was a lot faster as I found out!
Had the YPVS one of these back in the day! Amazing machine….Bry,we love you…🤟🌼
I remember these back in the 80s in Ireland, there was actually talk of banning them due to the amount of fatalities involving them.....having said that would love to get my hands on one now.
The sound and power delivery are addictive, I’m always chasing the magic “7”. I guess it’s may age, but I’d love to see more rides on 70’s and 80’s bikes.
Great to see a younger person enjoying a taste of the eighties! Miss the smell of two stroke and the noise wish id kept mine (don't we all!)
Had an 350-1983 in the middle of eighties. Rode it about 10000km / year. Four fun years 🙂🇸🇪👋👍👍❤️
A mate had a 350LC I LOVED riding it it was so much fun and yes like others said if you had a pillion on it would pick up the front wheel as soon as you hit powerband, even when you were trying not to wheelie. Good times.
If you get the chance have a ride on an 1982 GPz550, I owned one and it was basically the 4 stroke equivalent of the RD350LC.
My first bike was a 1972 rd350 which I bought in 1974. Wicked fast and smoked like a steam locomotive! I'd love to see you review a Triumph 900 Trophy. I owned a 1995 model and kick myself to this day for selling it.
We had a 1967 RD350 and a, I think, 1978 RD400. I was 13 14 years old at the time. My brother was a craneman for US Steel in Pennsylvania. He was able to afford a few bikes. He also had a 750 and an 850 Norton Which I loved. Anyway, the old 2 stroke Yamaha wheelie poppers were the most fun i ever had on a bike. I'd scare the dirt out of many friends riding wheelies thru 1st and 2nd gears. I do have to mention, the old Nortons had the best rides and sounds of any bike to date.
Fantastic
Tried a 1985 RZ250 which was a surprise. Smooth for a two-stroke with more power at low revs that I thought it would have. Made the 1979 CB750 I was riding at the time seem like a ludicrously heavy relic. A lot of fun. This brings to mind the 1982 XT250 I once tried which was unbelievably smooth and torquey... it accelerated up a steep hill from low speed in top gear... most big bikes I have had could not do that.
Had a few of these LC's, two stroke twins, miss them so much, wish they could find a way to bring them back, imagine where this tech would be now if it had lived, two stroke engines make so much sense on a motorbike.
F2 motorcycles still, sell brand new Jawa 350 two stroke twins with expansion boxes. Only 28HP and 5750rpm redline though 😁
I have 3 one with a sidecar.
I do miss my 2 RD350LC and 250LC
but the big miss is my Marlboro RD500LC loved them !!
I can smell the 2 stroke :) Started on the RD250 then the 350LC unforgettable experience.
Good video,
Owned RD's and RZ's in my youth.
Very special character full bikes, love them!
Next maybe try a RZ / RD500.
My friend owned a bike shop and had taken one as a part exchange, low mileage one owner, he encouraged me to have a test ride, 200 yards and a fabulous wheelie later my only question was how much. Wish I’d kept it.
Had a 1988 and it was a hoot… light and flickable with 63 hp… I was amazed how I zipped past the 750s and 1000 cc bikes in the twisties… I also had the 500 but the riding on that was a bit more complicated and really quick with hooligan power… kept the 350 forever but got a rid of the 500 after a year… to bad I sold it when I moved stateside…
Gotta love 2 strokes! I ride TZR250 and RZ350. So much more fun than the big bikes.
I forgot to say, when I was about 14 or 15 I went on the back of a well tuned RD400 and that also did an unexpected monumental wheelie with me barely hanging on ! Feet off pegs hanging onto rider !! Those 2 stroke bikes could be a bit wild.... bikes are much more powerful now but its all very controlled and easy to use. Back then you really rode a bike..... good power but the tyres and brakes were laughable looking back. Still happy days though 👍 I would love an RD400 as an occasional classic ride, they were actually quite nicely tuned in standard trim fast but not mental.
Had a 78 RD250 E..... loved it..... Built a '71 h1 500. Never looked back....... For something modern I restored a shed forgotten aprilia rs250...... Valves are good but prefer my two strokes.... Two strokes live in the power band.
In Japan, it was sold under the name "RZ350" and was nicknamed "750 Killer".
1984 3rd March my eighteenth birthday and I had the best present to myself a one-year-old Mars bar RD 350 LC with microns on it. The insurance was crippling but needs must. I wish that I still had that wonderful Yamaha and my old Red Kawasaki GPZ 750 R 1 that had a Harris 4-into-1 exhaust system TWV 96 X Kwacker reg no and WHD 161 X was the Yamaha's reg no. Both bikes were mega and I would love to have them both again.
I had a 1975 RD-350B so I have some frame of reference for this suggestion - you should find an TM-400 Cyclone motocrosser (I had one and wowser!). If you can't find that, try a TS-400 Apache which was the street version. Despite being similar in CC, they are very different motorcycles.
You've got to love it when someone gets on a bike and has to use the kick starter on an 80s bike then says "where's the foot peg". I remember these and the 250 when they first came out and they brought in the new 250 rule for learners in South Australia. Everybody was buying the 250 and putting the 350, and 400, top end on them to get around it.
I had two of these the second one was stage one production tuned, that made it a much better bike.
Decades ago, when I was 16, I was able to buy a 1969 Yamaha 350 Scrambler. Even though it was an old bike it was in mint condition, with only about 2000 miles. Top speed about 96 mph. Kept it until I was 19. Never had a license (not recommended).
Yamaha used that engine for their banshee 350. The engine alone is legendary!!!
42 year old bike.Would compare very well with today's bikes.The RZ was a bit better,with power valve?If you haven't ridden a 2 stroke you haven't lived.
I had one of the very last ones, M reg 94 with electric start. Legendary bikes.
Where was this filmed, is it South east Kent. RD 350 pure fun.
Bry. Great video. You asked for recommendations to try other bikes. Maybe see if you can find an RD500LC?
Best motorcycle I ever owned .
I was told there was ... 7 Gates of Hell ... when i got mine in the 80's never got it until i hit that number, 7, and it took off ... I thought to myself if this is hell I'm so going there ... was a awesome bike
Fun bikes
Went to start up my tzr250 today to drop it off for an mot - choke lever snapped 😟
Too few young riders get to experience the fun of a 2 stroke power band
Had three of those over the years, last one I bought new and was with the power valve, which I didn't like as much as the earlier one.
Loved my 350LC, one bike I still wish I had. My wife had the 250LC and can remember rebuilding the engine in the living room after she holed a piston! (Still got the offending item). Try a Ducati Pantah 500, my wife enjoyed riding that when I owned it.
350 Power Valve (YPVS) was the true shock to the system, even a later TZR 250 didn't give that same first shock. True nutter was sticking the 350YPVS motor in a 250LC chassis for the lighter weight
350LC was THE hooligan tool of choice back then. Allspeed chambers, straight ‘bars & rear-sets were obligatory along with postage stamp size number plate.
45 years ago my 350 water cooled was a TZ350 G on the road in a YR5 frame with monoshock, TZ bodywork and front end. It ran premix Castrol , had a kickstart and ticked over! Bright yellow and not surprisingly really fast but 25mpg?
what a great video
I had a 79 RD400. Nothing quite like these bikes when they hit the power band and the race tuned ones were even more manic.
Great video and very nostalgic, many years ago I had a mint black F2 Yammy 350 ypvs and I absolutely loved it..Had many since then, 900,600 & recently 3x 500 Honda's.. Recently fancied one of those Suzuki 250 inazuma's as a fun commuter bike so check one of those out and see what you think..thx.👍😁
Oh that’s so lovely! If only they could make them again 😢
Hi, I had Suzuki's X7, I remember the fun I had on that. I wish I had kept it.😂
Try a tuned one. Not as “nice” but crank the mental lever up to 11. I don’t have an LC but I have an aircooled 350 which is pushing out around 50bhp at the back wheel (around 10-12 bhp more than a standard LC) and is quite a lot lighter. Much harder powerband but even less willing outside of the sweet spot 😂
I've rode most of the RD range, all great. Try the air-cooled RD 400 and if you can try the RD 500 but hold on tight 😂
RD 350 is amazing when power band kicks in, front becomes light.
Adrenalin rush.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on a Bultaco Metralla Mk2- especially as you try other period 2 strokes.
go for a 350 yvps you really do not need any more in the uk 85 mph cruising 105 + top end 45 mpg i have had mine over 40 years and 85 ,000 miles fun fun ❤
If anyone wants a 350 two stroke F2 motorcycles in the UK still sells the Jawa 350 brand new. Top end only 130kmh but you can get it with expansion boxes though.
If you can. Have a go on a kitted Lambretta. The ones fitted with Imola, TS1 or RB cylinders are fun.
I have one with a 200cc kit, using a Suzuki piston.
Owned the Rd350LC YPVS in 1985 and later, the RD500LC YPVS, amongst other two-strokes.
Still the most fun you can have with your clothes on, on a twisty road.
More old Yamaha two-strokes please!
See if you can find a RZ500 or likely a RD500LC in your country. A bit heavier but much more power. Also they sound sooo sweet!
LC’s are amazing bikes and guaranteed to put a smile on the face of anyone with a motorcycle pulse. That said, I probably love my RD400’s a little more for their character and dollop of low and mid range power, that means you don’t always have to wring their necks to have fun. Then again, whilst my Kawa S3 doesn’t perhaps have the same amount of outright power, that triple engine is so smooth and has an addictive intake sound and exhaust note. Decisions, decisions, what a wonderful first world problem to have! 😂
I used to have one, my best bike ever, it had a bannana split paint job, i think done in Guildford. Oh and didnt it just love being on the back wheel. Beautiful sound with spannies on it. So miss that bike. Edit. Got A Himalayan now...its suitable for the amount of years that have passed! 😃
Ooh bikes to ride. CBX 1000 and Z1300 6 cyl, KH350/KH500. Laverda Jota, Z900/Z1, Ducati 900ss. GS1000s. Ooh the eighties had some great bikes.
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