Monday, April 12, 2010

Glory Days

We've all got things that cue memories of more innocent times. I was rolling through Southern indiana yesterday when I came across one of these for sale:




Mikesbo sends this:

This thing was in excellent condiion. That exhaust had its twin on the other side. Based on that and condition, I'd say this guy is probably making a wee bit more than stock, which means it'll go like stink and then some.

Yamaha moved the engine closer toward the front on the RD400 to try and tame the unintended wheelie proclivity of the RD350. My first bike was the grand-daddy of this one, the YDS3.

15 comments:

Wendy said...

From the beach to s. Indiana?  My condolensces.

Wendy said...

...still better than Ohio though.

Bill said...

Those old two-strokes were real crotch rockets.  And that's got expansion chambers... oohhh... future organ donors of America.

Mikesbo said...

The C4 is still my favorite Corvette. The ones that followed were all faster, but this one looks the best to me.

Mikesbo said...

At least this one has brakes. The earlier ones used drums...

JACIII said...

This particular model is, to my eye, better looking than any to date.

Michael Maier said...

Whereabouts was ya rollin'?

JACIII said...

Found a deal on Santos Mahogany flooring on Craigslist and went to scarf it up.

Anonymous said...

I was asking sos if you found any cool roads you could clue me in. I've not trekked around the southernmost parts of Indiana yet. I usually stick in the Nashville / Bloomington areas.

Anonymous said...

<span>I was asking sos if you found any cool roads you could clue me in. I've not trekked around the southernmost parts of Indiana yet. I usually stick in the Nashville / Bloomington areas.</span>

Michael Maier said...

<span>I was asking sos if you found any cool roads you could clue me in. I've not trekked around the southernmost parts of Indiana yet. I usually stick in the Nashville / Bloomington areas.</span>

MichaelMaier said...

Crap. That was me. I hate all these different programs.

I got some great new tires on the bike and I'm trying to figure cool places to go.

EP said...

Yamasucks is abetter name. Honda rules.

EP said...

The thing that Honda figured out that neither Yamaha or Suzuki never figured out was the fly wheel and the cam. Both yama and Suck made power bandwith pretty much uniform while Honda made tractors at low RPM's and racing bikes at high RPM's. That was the 70's though, along time ago in a place far far away.

EP said...

I sold all my other bikes, but still have my 1974 Honda XL 350. And it starts on the first kick every single time.