Rockin365 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 In the eighties' date=' I had a Honda V-65 Sabre - brutally fast and I owned the streets for a few months until a buddy bought the new V-Max. Anyhow, we were the Speed Kings in town until we met a guy riding one of those two-stroke 350's. Holy Cow! They were so light, with all that power he could jump ahead of us and we could barely catch him. I rode it a few times, almost spooky with all that peaky power. [/quote'] The lc was an untamable beast it was all or nothing until some spoilsport invented the 'power-valve' ( They just dont make em like they used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Ah, memories..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin365 Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 Ah' date=' memories..... [/quote'] unmistakable noise of the 2 stroke twin cylinder great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 These YPVS F1s were awesome. The idea went bad with the YPVS F2 because they gave the motor more mid-range, and capped the revs off at around 9.5K. It just changed the character completely. I tried a tuned YPVS F1, and it was a real Jekyll and Hyde beast - there was no power below 6 thousand, but when it came in you had to hang on for dear life. I used to tune LC250 / 350s with skimmed heads and modified ports and timimg etc, but this was something else ! http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Yamaha%20Bikes/pages/Yamaha-RD350-F1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin365 Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 I rode a few ypvs 350's and know what you mean about the f1's they had much the same feel as the lc's. I felt that the powervalve ruined the fun of the bike. With the f1's and the original lc's if you slipped the clutch till you got into the powerband they were a missile from the off. I could so go and buy one right now... I can smell it... mmmmm 2stroke silkolene race oil. I remember some of the lads using sunflora vegtable oil instead, they used to smell like mobile chip shops! lol :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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