one for the 80s two stroke fans

[adventure steele]

Hey everyone thought a few people might like this clip of my RD250LC the other week hopefully have some more to post when I get my ancient mac working right haha still sussing the best upload settings out from my GoPro Hero 6 that I've just got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-MesMawus

[daveuprite]

Lovely clip. There's nothing quite like a good RD on the pipe.

I have a little hybrid tucked away in the workshop that really needs to get out more.

She's a Stan Stephens tuned 350YPVS motor in an RG250 frame with slabside GSXR suspension and other weird bits here and there. About 60bhp and weighs 130kgs...

[adventure steele]

beautiful cheers for posting up great to see some other two strokes

Ive been running my rd250lc as a daily rider

[qcnr]

Ohhhh ring a ding ding ding....
Lovely bikes

[minkyhead]

great clip sums up why every boy wanted one ..the two strokers killed the provisional licence set up ..probably just as well rd 250 lc 350 s back in the day ... unfortunatly this little girl is now 36

69936d7c3fa59c4892749e81ab066751 by minkyhead56, on Flickr

[adventure steele]

Cracking pic I love looking at the period ones,

It's mad how reliable the LC is proving to be after I rebuilt it. Love the handling to My perfect bike to be honest apart from the amount of two stroke she drinks

[daveuprite]

It's my little pet love: 80s and 90s 2 strokes.

My first proper size bike was actually a 1979 RD400 which I pimped and ported in my bedroom until it became almost unrideable. No power at all until 7000 RPM and then a stupidly slender 1000 rpm manic powerband. Basically I f*cked the bike.

Then an RD350LC, then a 350YPVS, later on an NS400 Honda, a couple of shit KHs and a nice KR1S. Four strokes took over for a while and then I rediscovered an RD350LC2 and mucked about with an RGV250 too. Friends got RD500LC and RG500s which I rode and loved but then the racing took over and it all went R6, R1, GSXR, Fireblade and some Bimota exotica etc... But l still love those period 2Ts to this day.

One overlooked bike that I owned briefly before foolishly sold on was this, and I recommend it to anyone who likes something mad and bad:



TDR250. If you can find a good one, or if you're happy to restore it, then buy it, thrash it and enjoy a bike that is about to make £500 per year.

[Earwig]

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My Baby in front of the daily rider and then load lugger in the background

Baby is 1970 BSA Bantam B175 ... couple of tweeks and should be back on the road having langwished in a barn since about 1980 (hopefully in July)

[SHarper]

One overlooked bike that I owned briefly before foolishly sold on was this, and I recommend it to anyone who likes something mad and bad:



TDR250. If you can find a good one, or if you're happy to restore it, then buy it, thrash it and enjoy a bike that is about to make £500 per year.

I had two TDR 250s, brilliant bikes they are in my top three handling bikes I’ve ridden, surprised a lot of people on big fours. There’s one for sale in SMC Sheffield, but they want £7,000 for it!

[daveuprite]

There’s one for sale in SMC Sheffield, but they want £7,000 for it!

Yeah they're good, but maybe not that good.

Two stroke prices have gone a bit mental. If you have £5 or £6k sitting in a bank account, then turn it into an RS250 Aprilia asap. They will double in the next 5 years I reckon. As to proper 80s/90s race bikes, well it's already gone mad. You need about £50k to get a genuine race RG500 with history, and if Barry Sheen once sneezed on it you can triple that.