Nice photos of Yamaha Twin
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beemerdons
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After 35 years, this is still my all time favorite Yamaha Twin! They were such sweet motos; RD400!
wheatonFJR
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I was expecting bewbies of a umbrella girl....
ionbeam
2 FUN
Continuing the thread hijack on a Friday ---> I had a 'tweener which was built for less than a year in between the older RD and the new square block RD. Kick start only. Kick it right and it was a one kick runner, miss that first kick and it would take a sweaty half hour to get it to run. It was really fussy about the points too. It was very light and zippy, the kind of bike that lets you use all the tach and all the gears while you ride the bejesus out of it in a way that you can't ride the FJR on the street.
beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
Alan, I was aware of the XS400, but I saw very few of them in California where I lived in the 1970's. Do you still have it? If so, you have a real collector's item!
ionbeam
2 FUN
You didn't see many of them because they were really rare. I gave it to my brother. (insert long story) he rode it without knowing the frame was broken. The frame separated on Rt 95 at 75 mph in the middle of heavy rush hour traffic... not wearing gear, but did have a helmet. No skin remained on much of his body. 100% trashed, unrecoverable bike. Shortly after he healed up he bought lots and lots of gear then bought his first brand new 0 miles motorcycle. He has lots of stories from escapades on that bike, the bike was a real enticement to do bad things on the public roads.
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Neil San Diego
One of "...those guys..."
My favorite also! I had a 78 silver model for a short time...After 35 years, this is still my all time favorite Yamaha Twin! They were such sweet motos; RD400!
Nice photos of Yamaha twin?
Or, I mean ........2.
Speaking of oil burners.....
Beemerdons, I hear that in high school, ShinyPartsUp was nicknamed "two-stroke". ...And he didn't even ride a bike.
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Or, I mean ........2.
Speaking of oil burners.....
Beemerdons, I hear that in high school, ShinyPartsUp was nicknamed "two-stroke". ...And he didn't even ride a bike.
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chuck502b1
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I had one just like this one with lowered bars, expansion chambers and other farkles. It was stolen from my apartment when I was in college. Drove all over town for two days looking for the bastard and fortunately for me I never found him. I wanted to kill him.After 35 years, this is still my all time favorite Yamaha Twin! They were such sweet motos; RD400!
beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
Well Mick, if two strokes is all that it took for ShinyPartsUp, a guy just has to work with what he has got, he can't do any more!
PREMATURE!
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