SOME QUOTE I GOT FROM THE INTERNET, VERY THOUGHTFUL; Copy & paste je la..hehe;
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i would say if you have decided to get a cool looking, awesome sounding, “superbike” to enhance your personal appeal.. ****** OFF! this onez not for you!
but if you are looking to purchase a genuine 350cc twin pot, twin exhaust “Giant-killer” that outruns 600/700cc bikes, sounds like a rabit pitbull on rampage, and makes it to 160kph’s like an ethereal ride through all of 6 gears.. then you’re all set mate!
but you dont buy a Yamaha RD350 and be done with it. The process never truly ends. It begins somewhere, but never ends anywhere. Its a continuous part-time job for you. It begins with ‘building’ your yamaha 3fiftee and then continues forever till as long as you want to ride the blue smoke beast. Its a constant journey of sourcing rare spares, overlooking unreasonably regular expenses and learning to talk to your bike
you need to understand even before you buy a 3fiftee that she aint someone born yesterday. its probably gonna be a machine, well past her prime. prob more than 12 years old, for the one you get your hands on.
give her the respect an ol timer deserves. understand the fact that she runs today for you, not coz it needs to, but coz you want it to. So the onus of keeping one running is on you.
every time she stalls, dont ****** yell at her! dont ya dare ****** cuss at her! Smile. tell her “aww..cmon sweetheart.. what now?”, then shut up and haul her 180kilo self to the nearest reliable mechanic [or put it on a bloody tempo truck and take her to your “own” mechanic] and treat her like you would pamper your girlfriend, even when she is being unreasonable!
thats how you keep a yamaha RD350 man!
so lemme tell ya what! go fish for a screwed up 350! look for one, that has absolutely no damage to its chassis. look for lack of dents on its bodywork. look for maximum original spares on it. haul it over to a reliable known 350 mech/garage.
get a chrome + chassis paint job done on the whole bike. go hunting all over town lookin for whatever spares she is missing.. no matter how rare they are or hard to find.
get your hands [or your mechanic’s hands if he is trusted] on a good cylinder kit. You’d most likely get used cylinder and pistons. They are ok as long as your trusted mech vouches for them, and they have run 1000-1500k at the max!
Get a new battery, hunt for a new battery charger! see if you can find a company original battery charger, or settle for Honda Activa chargers, they seem to work.
get a new Wiring set for the bike. change the whole damn set. Costs approx rs 200-250 man! get new tank lids/kick stands/kick lever/ instrumentation/switch-gear or whatever needed!
BUILD your own 350 man! you’ll end up spending some 20-25k on it this way! Run-in the new cylinders and pistons yourself, and then mate, you’ll have yourself a true 25k Yamaha RD350! you’ll know your babe inside out then, and you’ll have the upper hand when having to deal with road side mechanics in case of an emergency
