OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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I guess this one couldn't be more RTTL if it tried.

https://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/y ... d-rd350lc/

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Re: OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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Those forks are going to upset the purists!
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Re: OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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Don't like the bar end mirrors.

Don't like those dopey,titchy indicators.

Don't like the billboard racing numbers,you'd look a right dick on the road.

The main body of the bike is fine,if a tad gaudy.
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Re: OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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That's nice, but the mirrors are shit
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Re: OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:33 am That's nice, but the mirrors are shit
Now you've pointed them out, they do seem to be £14.73 Chinese shite instead of a nice set.
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Nicely engineered and I wouldn't say no. But I'd have to ditch all that tat (and throw a bucket of dirty water at it).

I can feel the powerband from here. Those LC motors had a really obvious dip before they went nuts. I would still lean towards a YPVS motor, they're just all round better and when they hit the powerband, the sky's the limit...



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Re: OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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Square plates? WTF?
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Here's one I made earlier.

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The blue hose is just wrong. Otherwise I could cope :)
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Re: OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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Thats yucky- a proper bitza/ tart's handbag, there's nothing I like about it really apart from possibly the carbs and reed blocks, and it having number boards is just too naff for words- it wouldn't get around a track very well at all with those pipes where they are :thumbdown:
Screwdriver wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:08 am.....................

I can feel the powerband from here. Those LC motors had a really obvious dip before they went nuts. I would still lean towards a YPVS motor, they're just all round better and when they hit the powerband, the sky's the limit...



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But this vid sums up why well set up 2-strokes are so brilliant, just so addictive 8-)
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Re: OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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Tricky wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:05 pm Thats yucky- a proper bitza/ tart's handbag, there's nothing I like about it really apart from possibly the carbs and reed blocks, and it having number boards is just too naff for words- it wouldn't get around a track very well at all with those pipes where they are :thumbdown:
Screwdriver wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:08 am.....................

I can feel the powerband from here. Those LC motors had a really obvious dip before they went nuts. I would still lean towards a YPVS motor, they're just all round better and when they hit the powerband, the sky's the limit...



Not my bike (not really my video either...)
But this vid sums up why well set up 2-strokes are so brilliant, just so addictive 8-)
Try finding a road like that without cars on it nowadays
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weeksy wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:07 pm

Try finding a road like that without cars on it nowadays
They exist, plenty of them both in the UK and mainland Europe - is why I love the longer tours I do so much
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weeksy wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:07 pm Try finding a road like that without cars on it nowadays
Timing is everything,in that regard. This is the number one reason I mostly ride in the early mornings. I can sometime ride for miles without ever seeing another vehicle.
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Skub wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:14 pm
weeksy wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:07 pm Try finding a road like that without cars on it nowadays
Timing is everything,in that regard. This is the number one reason I mostly ride in the early mornings. I can sometime ride for miles without ever seeing another vehicle.
Aye, a good point, but not in November
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Re: OMGWTF – Stu Lloyd Yamaha RD350LC

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weeksy wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:17 pm
Skub wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:14 pm
weeksy wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:07 pm Try finding a road like that without cars on it nowadays
Timing is everything,in that regard. This is the number one reason I mostly ride in the early mornings. I can sometime ride for miles without ever seeing another vehicle.
Aye, a good point, but not in November
No! This time of year I settle for whatever I can get. :lol:
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