The_RD_350

The RD 350 Before we had any clue about the myriad dangers of triple cheeseburgers, saturated fat, unburned hydrocarbons and street-going two-strokes, there was the RD350. Dirty, foul-mouthed, deliciously quick and relatively affordable, it was (is') a Giant Killer for the ages. Back when gas and thrills were cheap, the RD's minimalist approach was more suited to eating up twisty pavement than straight stretches. "The RD was a cult bike if there ever was one.". All it takes to initiate membership is that velvet shriek. Once you know what it could do to a perfect road on a perfect morning, nothing else was even close. The Yamaha RD (Race Derived) 350 is the BEST bike that ever came to India. Escorts got this baby here during the early- to mid-1980s, but unfortunately (if predictably) it was not a sales success. With the majority of our riders’ obsession with mileage, the RD’s stupendous (for its time) performance was largely ignored. And what a pity that was, for ultimately, during the early-90s, Escorts had to stop production of this bike here... The bike essentially belonged to the late-70s/early-80s. The glorious era of ring-ding-ding two strokes. The version that came here was considerably dumbed-down (no alloy bike, rd350, rd-350, rd, ride, performance, just, it’s, ever, acceleration, riders, quick, pick, perfect, mileage, machine, even, better, about, yamaha, very, versions, turn, tremendous, time, since, road, right, rider, really, race, power, off, nothing, meet