RD REISSUE: A YAMAHA R3 ENGINE POWERS THIS RD350 TRIBUTE

Post by **weeksy** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:40 am

https://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-r3-rd350-tribute

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:15 am

Cool idea. But the fairing kills it.

Post by **ChrisW** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:17 am

Yorick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:15 am Cool idea. But the fairing kills it.

Yep - seems a bit of a case of 3D printing for the sake of it.

Post by **Supermofo** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:30 am

Yorick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:15 am Cool idea. But the fairing kills it.

That

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:38 am

It's a YPVS 350 without the best bit, the engine.

Post by **mangocrazy** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:41 pm

Fuck off with yer RD350 tribute. The only thing that remains is the frame (and even that has been buggered about with), and that was hardly the original's biggest selling point. Call it anything you like, but it's not a tribute.

And it'll be heavier than the original.

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:46 pm

mangocrazy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:41 pm Fuck off with yer RD350 tribute. The only thing that remains is the frame (and even that has been buggered about with), and that was hardly the original's biggest selling point. Call it anything you like, but it's not a tribute.

And it'll be heavier than the original.

Can't work out why it's RD350 Turbo.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:46 pm

Just noticed the gearbox sprocket is in a very odd place, that's going to squat like feck when you accelerate (and try and saw through the swing arm)

Post by **mangocrazy** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:54 pm

Yorick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:46 pm
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:41 pm Fuck off with yer RD350 tribute. The only thing that remains is the frame (and even that has been buggered about with), and that was hardly the original's biggest selling point. Call it anything you like, but it's not a tribute.

And it'll be heavier than the original.
Can't work out why it's RD350 Turbo.

Because the power output from the R3 lump was so asthmatic, they had to bung a turbo on so it could drag its sorry arse off the line. More complexity, more weight etc. etc.

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:57 pm

mangocrazy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:54 pm
Yorick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:46 pm
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:41 pm Fuck off with yer RD350 tribute. The only thing that remains is the frame (and even that has been buggered about with), and that was hardly the original's biggest selling point. Call it anything you like, but it's not a tribute.

And it'll be heavier than the original.
Can't work out why it's RD350 Turbo.
Because the power output from the R3 lump was so asthmatic, they had to bung a turbo on so it could drag its sorry arse off the line. More complexity, more weight etc. etc.

I didn't read the blurb

Post by **The Spin Doctor** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:01 pm

Err. Why?

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RD REISSUE: A YAMAHA R3 ENGINE POWERS THIS RD350 TRIBUTE

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