Wanted RD350LC

The DX was only the 250 then? the 400D was wire wheels?

 

With twin disks. Unusual for a 250.

I remember seeing a brand new 350LC for £695 when the YPVS came out. I
wonder where my Stan Stephens tuned, Rickman faired 250LC is today...

 

Hog said....

Nope

No RD250 or 400 was designated DX, only the D suffix was officially
used. DX is a UK generic term used by fuckwits to describe any Yamaha 2-
stroke that they haven't a clue about.

The 250D and 400C had either cast or wire wheels, both were used through
their production runs. I've seen both examples on original UK bikes and
I've owned examples of all variants. All 400Ds had cast and all 250Es,
with the exception of 100 silver bikes parallel imported by Coburn and
Hughes, had cast as well. It was hit and miss as to whether your dealer
got a 250D or a 400C with the right wheels to suit your preference. Wire
wheel versions are rarer and more sought after.

Personally I prefer the wire wheels as the rims are shitloads lighter
and the bikes turn in much nicer than cast wheel models.

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I thought I was doing well because I knew what model the electronic
ignition came in.

BTW, the exhausts were different on the early 350LC as well as the tie
bars. You can tell by the colour of the paint blob on the inside of the
exhaust hanger...

 

Gyp said....

Contrary to common belief and despite owning fucking loads of them, I
wasn't ever much of an LC fan until I bought the last 350YPVS I owned. I
don't know anywhere near as much about them as I do the aircooled stuff.

 

Curious, Flemmings in Glasgow sold me a 250 which they classed as a DX and
it said this on the log book. Wire wheels and F&R disks.

I'm sure they had the legend Cast Iron moulded into them. Indeed I would not
be surprised if were spheroidal cast iron, such was the weight in them.

 

Oh good. Would you like some part numbers..? Or shall I just mention
that the 350LC had an anti-chatter o-ring and different cush drive in
the clutch basket.

Gyp - not as old as Lozzo

 

Hog said....

There are fuckwits at dealers too. I quote official Yamaha blurb and
suchlike when I speak of model designations. Your 250 would have been a
250D then if it had f+r discs and wire wheels.

I'd not seen a bike's model designation listed on the V5 until recently,
they always bore the legend "2-wheel motorcycle" in the bit that states
the model.

It only takes a few half-witted dealers to get it wrong, and you've got
a whole generation of 17 yr olds believing it's something it's not.

'Asahi Casting Company' IIRC, no mention of cast iron in any of the ones
I saw, and that was more than a few, though you'd have thought they were
made from it.

 

My error, it was the invoice now I think more about it.

 

Gyp said....

IIRC it also had a different primary drive ratio, but was
interchangeable with the 250 if you used both gears.

....and not as sexy either

 

Steve Parry said....

It would help if the cunts had a clue though. Yamaha never made an
RD250DX, they made a D model, but not a DX. It's the one thing about
owning an RD250D for so long that really pissed me off. Thick cunts
automatically assume that if it has a disc brake, then it's a DX. No
matter how much you argue the toss with the retarded twats they always
insist they are right, I gave up arguing in the end. I think 13 years
ownership of the best original, standard condition RD250D in the country
kinda qualifies me to know better than them.

Personally, if the trader can't be arsed to learn about the products
he's selling, then I can't be arsed to buy from them.

 

<dons anorak>

The RD400 was the first Jap bike to be sold in the UK with cast alloy
wheels as standard.

 

RD200 wheels were cast iron, and had the legend cast into them.

 

Err, don't think so. The back sprocket was two teeth smaller on the 350
but that's it in the gearing department.

For certain values of sexy ;-)

 

If you want a "classic", you've got to pay top dollar.

 

You know for years I've been telling everybody that I had an RD400DX. 78 on
a T plate with alloys and rear disk. So what was it just a normal D?. I
feel cheated, can I sue anybody?

 

I knew I'd seen it somewhere! I shoehorned an RD200 disk front end into the
AS3.

 

I'm confused now.

I've always thought I had a 400E, but because of the snippets of info
above (and I've been into the garage to check) it seems I have a 400F.
Dog legs, tick; Red wheels, tick.

So when was the F imported. Looking at the registration documents
mine was registered in April 1979. I picked it Easter weekend IIRC.

I do remember that when I went to the shop to but the one they had in,
it'd been sold to a mate of mine (who then raced it) and I ended up
haing to pay more because there'd been a price increase. £900 or so I
paid. Gawd that's a long time ago.

 

mups said....

If it had factory fit electronic ignition then it was an E model. A 'T'
plater could be either a D or E.

 

Big Tim said....

It goes by frame number, not just by those two points. If your frame
number starts with 1A3 330... it's an F model. If it starts with 1A3
110... then you have an E. Lots of white E's ended up with red wheels
and dogleg levers cos the red wheels did look much better.

I had two of the first 400F's to be imported until last May, one was
registered on a 'T' plate in November 1978 and was frame number 1A3
330123, the other was registered in March 1979 and was frame number 1A3
330400.

HTH

--
Lozzo : Old enough to know Champ
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
http://www.glfuk.com/ for MJK Leathers in the UK.