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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: JJ on January 01, 2022, 09:31:21 AM
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My buddy and I had a matching blue pair of these back in 1977. I think the MSRP was about $1100 at the time.
Two-stroke, 6-speed, quick and nimble, they were dubbed "The Giant Killer" because they could out run much larger bikes at the time....It was a good bike!
$6,200 now...and still 6 days to go. Someone wants this one badly! Low mileage original... :thumb: :wink: :cool:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-yamaha-rd400c-3/
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unless the giant was an H1.....
Dust in the wind :wink:
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Had an RD 350 and it was FAST, but after an hour or some of my body parts would start to go numb!!
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unless the giant was an H1.....
Dust in the wind :wink:
Correct...and before the RD400, I had one of those 1975 Kawasaki 500cc triples also - aka, "The Widow-Maker" - It almost killed me in an 80+ mph "tank slapper!!"....and the only motorcycle of the 34+ I owned that scared me so badly, I quickly sold it....but in a straight line, it was virtually unbeatable! :rolleyes: :shocked: :huh:
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Correct...and before the RD400, I had one of those 1975 Kawasaki 500cc triples also - aka, "The Widow-Maker" - It almost killed me in an 80+ mph "tank slapper!!"....and the only motorcycle of the 34+ I owned that scared me so badly, I quickly sold it....but in a straight line, it was virtually unbeatable! :rolleyes: :shocked: :huh:
I had one too, weren't as bad handling as people said.
Power hit like a nuclear bomb, so front tire didn't get much traction....2 feet in the air :laugh:
Chuck Peterson had/has a RD 400 I believe.
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Hmmm. I've got an RD 400. 10,252 mi. from new. Blue plus orange tins, DCT expansion chambers sold separately. New tires. Dyno tuned with stock exhaust. Great shape. Mass, in a warm dry basement. R3~
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I owned a '72 H2 750 - when I had it up for sale I let somebody test ride it, he came back and said "that bike is dangerous, don't let anybody else ride it".
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I should not have sold mine.... Sold it for WAYYY to cheap about 10 years ago.
(https://i.ibb.co/QmWFbTp/38419281-10156755185982268-8570996006722732032-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QmWFbTp)
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I should not have sold mine.... Sold it for WAYYY to cheap about 10 years ago.
(https://i.ibb.co/QmWFbTp/38419281-10156755185982268-8570996006722732032-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QmWFbTp)
Yes, that was the color blue of mine! Again, good little capable bike. My very first overnight weekend motorcycle adventure, duffel bag strapped on the back, was on that bike - up in Lake George, NY in the summer. :thumb: :cool:
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Now at $7,200...NO RESERVE...and six (6) days still to go. :huh: :rolleyes: :huh: :shocked:
If you look on upcoming MECUM action site, there are more than a few of these coming up to the block!!
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Rode an RD400 from '78 to '84, no faster than an RD350 but a lot more comfy and torquey. Rode it to California in three in a row 600+ mile days, was pretty comfortable at 59 MPH cruise, which was as fast as we could get away with at the time.
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I am FLABBERGASTED!! $12,250 _ $612.50 Buyers Premium!!
:shocked: :rolleyes: :huh: :rolleyes: :shocked: