Brings back memories. Had the later RD350. Light weight and very quick. Had to be careful with the throttle in the lower gears to keep the front wheel on the road.
@mikegapper8485 Жыл бұрын
When you lads going to fill all those Pot Holes .Love the channel by the way ..
@antilogism9 ай бұрын
An R5 was my daily for a while in the 1980's in So. California. Always looked forward to riding it!
@transitTrucker Жыл бұрын
And a nice exhaust sound.
@nicnak4475 Жыл бұрын
Lovely bike in the best colour, Mate had a CS5E 200 Electric in the same colour 👍
@mikeymike3240 Жыл бұрын
My favourite Yamaha colour scheme, purple and white, stunning, only for me having a 1973 Suzuki GT250K in candy apple 🍏 green, the first GTModel colour scheme, the candy apple red came out in July 1973 , my mate bought one and we had a blast together
@michaelmckinnon3045 Жыл бұрын
If I remember it correctly the 3rd position was parking lights so you could leave on the road and it would have its lights on but no key in. I could be wrong
@trevorchambers1812 Жыл бұрын
Think these were R5 in the States, YR5 here, same as the YDS7 250 was known in other markets as plain DS7. I had the 250 and a mate had the 350. They were a bloody revelation in performance - I hadn't passed my test back then and (in the 250 learner limit days) and you couldn't get much faster for a couple of hundred quid secondhand....
@vinjameson3944 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful bike and color!
@markfiges999 Жыл бұрын
Yamaha's original hooligan machine
@fishingman48165 ай бұрын
I was the proud owner of one of these $734.00 plus sales taxes from custom city in Long Beach, California, I had to borrow the money from my mom I was 17 and in the army
@yamaha7237 Жыл бұрын
Most in the world called it Yamaha R5 but in the uk we knew it as the Yamaha YR5 with his smaller bro the Yamaha YDS7.
@martinheron7971 Жыл бұрын
Lovely bike best colour had a few jap 2 strokes in the seventies finished off with 750 kettle wish I still had them worth a fortune had a couple of fs1es cannot believe how much they go for now great channel lads iam addicted 👍 😀
@PLAYINGAROUND Жыл бұрын
YR5. RD350 without the reed valves.
@teej710 Жыл бұрын
As far as i know the YR5 was a 347cc yamaha. I believe that is a R5A.
@rutherfojr10 ай бұрын
Uk naming Yr5 350 pre rd350 Yds7 pre rd250 Cs3 pre rd200 As3 pre rd125
@keithquestedelectrical9785 Жыл бұрын
Very nice
@jeynes14 Жыл бұрын
Smart bike
@michaeljenkins7295 Жыл бұрын
YR5 Was the 350cc YDS7 Was the 250cc
@DrPococksMagicPills Жыл бұрын
Or you could have had a B40. Writing was on the wall
@stevenedwards21627 ай бұрын
Neutral green ignition light not working, great bike thou, i have its little brother the yds7 250cc .