Nice. I like the colour.
Grüsse aus der Schweiz
Nice. I like the colour.
Grüsse aus der Schweiz
Grüsse aus der Schweiz
I had an R5 too. Wish I still had it. It took a bit of tweakin' but you could take the front drum from a mere suggestion to "adequate."love it!
Almost thought that was an R5 with that paint job.
I had one with that paint scheme, fully tuned - scariest bike I ever owned. 0 to 60 in an eye blink ... 60 to 0 in about 6 blocks haha. Drum brakes were a mere suggestion.
I had an R5 too. Wish I still had it. It took a bit of tweakin' but you could take the front drum from a mere suggestion to "adequate."
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I had this down to a science.... park the bike on the centerstand and put it in 2nd gear. When ready to leave, I'd turn the key on, leave the clutch out and rock the bike off the stand with my feet on the pegs. Soon as the tire touched the engine would bark into life. Pull the clutch, down to 1st and off I'd go. People used to swear I had a secret starter of some sort in it.so I always had to bump start it
I had an R5 too. Wish I still had it. It took a bit of tweakin' but you could take the front drum from a mere suggestion to "adequate."
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Yup... it is. Was a good car. I flogged it pretty good and it just kept on goin'.Hey, is that a VW Type3 Squareback in the background? Had one of those (first car).
Is the R5 harder to find than an RD350 or 400? Love the look of that bike! Maybe I should start the hunt for one.I had an R5 too. Wish I still had it. It took a bit of tweakin' but you could take the front drum from a mere suggestion to "adequate."
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Well the orange was the R5C (72), so 1 yr only. Makes it a little harder....Is the R5 harder to find than an RD350 or 400? Love the look of that bike! Maybe I should start the hunt for one.
Is the R5 harder to find than an RD350 or 400? Love the look of that bike! Maybe I should start the hunt for one.
Thanks. All of those bikes are extremely hard to find up here and if they are in decent shape they bring big dollars to the seller. At our cottage, the grandson of our neighbour had a 350 parked behind my shed for years. Left uncovered. Criminal. I went to the cottage one weekend and the bike was gone. Asked the neighbour where it went and he said he was tired of looking at it so he took it to the dump ... true story. He was happy the dump gave him $100 for scrap metal. I nearly cried!ive seen a lot more RDs then R5s mainly due to the fact it was only in production for like 3 or so years.
Personally If I had the choice to pick between the two I’d take an early RD over R5. - 6 speeds, reed valves and better (still not all that great) braking, more aftermarket parts.
*edit - just looked at production years. Bothe the r5 and rd350 were only in production 3 years. - RD must have had higher production numbers or at least it seems there are quite a few more of them roaming around.
Length? The angle of the swingarm to passenger peg section makes me think they are longer than stock.@GLI
Koni shocks
Is the R5 harder to find than an RD350 or 400? Love the look of that bike! Maybe I should start the hunt for one.