Yamaha Rd350 Cafe Racer

By guest writer Tom Stewart. Hard core café racers are generally built for show and go—there aren’t many built for daily commuting and long-distance touring. But this air-cooled Yamaha RD350 B, purchased new in 1975 by the late British racer Howard Lees, didn’t stay in standard trim for long. As an engineering under-graduate teenager, Lees…

Yamaha rd350 cafe racer. Cafe Racer TV approached both Lossa Engineering and Garage Company before filming season 2 and asked the well-known custom bike builders to collaborate on the construction of a unique cafe racer, both teams jumped at the chance with the guys at Lossa providing a Yamaha RD400 frame and the team at Garage Company provided a Yamaha RD350 engine.. The bike was then built in 2 distinct stages with. Yamaha Rd 350 Transformed Into A Neat Cafe Racer Tasteful 2 banger twinline yamaha rd350 return of the cafe racers twinline motorcycles sleek yamaha rd350 custom bike exif tasteful 2 banger twinline yamaha rd350 return of the cafe racers sick rd yamaha rd350 cafe racer bikebound. Whats people lookup in this blog: Yamaha Rd 350 Cafe Racer Seat Hand-made solo cafe racer sport seat for Yamaha RD250 RD350 1973-1975 This is a completed seat and its ready to install on your bike Fitment: Direct replacement of your old stock seat. 1970-1972 Yamaha RD350 R5 DS7 solo cafe racer seat CODE: S5080. $189.00. $75.00 shipping. Watch. Black Flat Brat Seat Cafe Racer Vintage Cushion Saddle For Honda CB CL Yamaha SR (Fits: Yamaha RD350) $29.69. Free shipping. or Best Offer. Watch. Cafe Racer Seat Pan Retro Hump Custom universal for Yamaha RD350 XS650 SR400 500. $90.94.

Yamaha R5 Cafe Racer by Zanutto Engineering-The Yamaha R5, introduced in 1970, was the first of Yamaha's new generation of two-stroke parallel twin "giant-killers" -- a design architecture which would evolve into the RD350, RD400, and even the liquid-cooled RZ350/RD350LC. Lee… Locky’s Yamaha R5 RD350 Cafe Racer- Bringing this 2 stroke Vintage race bike back to life. by Tom / Monday, 19 December 2016 / Published in Bike builds, Bike customization. Some bikes give their owner’s a certain air of character, other bikes only gain character from their owners. In the case of Locky, the latter is definitely the case. This RD350 Cafe Racer is one of several put together by Nate. It features a Benelli Mojave tank, Yamaha XS650 dual disc brakes, shaved heads, hydraulic clutch conversion and a meticulously built exhaust; each header pipe is made of 20 welded sections before connecting to the hand formed expansion chamber and finally the custom made silencer. Yamaha RD 350 cafe racer project – two strokes of genius The Background. 2 years back we saw the first cafe racer from Motoexotica and it gave a new directions to cafe racers in India , today we see this bike doing the same, yes it has a dashboard made out of 20 layer carbon fibre , suspension from super-sport motorcycle and 21st century.

I know a couple of people who’ve owned Yamaha RD350s, and both remember the 1970s air-cooled twin with great fondness. I bet they haven’t seen an RD350 like this one, though. Called “S2RD”, it was built by Tony Prust of Illinois-based Analog Motorcycles. (If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Prust also built the lovely… Yamaha R5 Cafe Racer by Zanutto Engineering-The Yamaha R5, introduced in 1970, was the first of Yamaha’s new generation of two-stroke parallel twin “giant-killers” — a design architecture which would evolve into the RD350, RD400, and even the liquid-cooled RZ350/RD350LC. Lee […] Est. 2006 Return of the Cafe Racers is the world's premier cafe racer focused website. We publish regular features on custom motorcycle builds, riding gear reviews, how to guides and event coverage from around the globe. If you're a fan of cafe racer motorcycles and style then you've come to the right place! Yamaha RD350 Cafe Racer: Builder Interview • Please tell us a bit about yourself, your history with motorcycles, and your workshop. My name is Greg B Tomey from Valencia, CA, and I am a motorcycle nut who grew up racing amateur motocross and desert in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Everything from 80cc to open class, with owning as many as 50 bikes.

For Sale: Speedy Siegl Racing is selling this Yamaha RD350. For price and details, contact Isaac Siegl via email . Introduced in 1973, the Yamaha TZ350 would revolutionize the 350cc GP class, a production road racer offering a 60 hp liquid-cooled twin-cylinder engine and lightweight chassis. 1973 Yamaha Rd350 , 73 Yamaha RD 350, bike is in good shape, motor was freshly built. .040 wiseco performance pistons. Looking to sell to get a bigger bike. Very fun and quick $4,500.00 8143193902 Yamaha RD350 YPVS Cafe Racer: Builder Interview • Please tell us a bit about yourself, your history with motorcycles, and your workshop. My name is Peter Abelmann from Western Germany. I am into motorcycles since I was 16. This was in 1986. I almost drive only Yamaha two strokes. Last year (2017) I published a book called “Yamaha-Zweitakt. Est. 2006 Return of the Cafe Racers is the world's premier cafe racer focused website. We publish regular features on custom motorcycle builds, riding gear reviews, how to guides and event coverage from around the globe. If you're a fan of cafe racer motorcycles and style then you've come to the right place!