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#1
09-20-2023, 03:57 PM
My RD350LC I bought new in 1982. Put it away in different boxes for 20 yrs before I restored it 5 yrs ago. Puts a smile on my face every time I kick it over. The K75 sat in a barn for 7 years and I saved it. Started after replacing the fuel filter Smile
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09-21-2023, 05:53 AM
(09-20-2023, 03:57 PM)NormR Wrote: My RD350LC I bought new in 1982. Put it away in different boxes for 20 yrs before I restored it 5 yrs ago. Puts a smile on my face every time I kick it over. The K75 sat in a barn for 7 years and I saved it. Started after replacing the fuel filter Smile
https://flic.kr/p/2p4hosi
https://flic.kr/p/2p4iUS2

Which K75 was it? C or S?
I knocked, but the door was open.......
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09-21-2023, 07:52 AM
Neat bike. I think the first one of those I saw was in the mid 1980s running up Smugglers Notch in Vermont.
The one I saw was Yamaha yellow. It sounded nice.
Lee
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09-21-2023, 12:05 PM
(09-21-2023, 07:52 AM)Lee Wrote: Neat bike. I think the first one of those I saw was in the mid 1980s running up Smugglers Notch in Vermont.
The one I saw was Yamaha yellow. It sounded nice.

I don't think Yamaha sold many of the LC units in the US
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09-21-2023, 12:16 PM
(09-21-2023, 12:05 PM)36654 Wrote:
(09-21-2023, 07:52 AM)Lee Wrote: Neat bike. I think the first one of those I saw was in the mid 1980s running up Smugglers Notch in Vermont.
The one I saw was Yamaha yellow. It sounded nice.

I don't think Yamaha sold many of the LC units in the US

Stowe is close to Canada Smile
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09-21-2023, 02:55 PM
(09-21-2023, 12:16 PM)Lee Wrote:
(09-21-2023, 12:05 PM)36654 Wrote:
(09-21-2023, 07:52 AM)Lee Wrote: Neat bike. I think the first one of those I saw was in the mid 1980s running up Smugglers Notch in Vermont.
The one I saw was Yamaha yellow. It sounded nice.

I don't think Yamaha sold many of the LC units in the US

Stowe is close to Canada Smile

Believe it or not, I have been outside of PA! Tongue

For future reference, the beer from the Von Trapp family brewery (near Stowe) is pretty darn good.......
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09-21-2023, 04:21 PM
The 85 RZ350 is the last 2 stroke street bike sold in the US by most accounts.
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09-21-2023, 05:37 PM
(09-21-2023, 12:05 PM)36654 Wrote:
(09-21-2023, 07:52 AM)Lee Wrote: Neat bike. I think the first one of those I saw was in the mid 1980s running up Smugglers Notch in Vermont.
The one I saw was Yamaha yellow. It sounded nice.

I don't think Yamaha sold many of the LC units in the US

The LC was never sold in the States. I heard a few determined souls brought blackmarket LC's thru different channels to race though....

BTW Lee, Vermont was my playground back in the 80's with some of my group sportriders
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09-21-2023, 05:42 PM
(09-21-2023, 05:53 AM)36654 Wrote:
(09-20-2023, 03:57 PM)NormR Wrote: My RD350LC I bought new in 1982. Put it away in different boxes for 20 yrs before I restored it 5 yrs ago. Puts a smile on my face every time I kick it over. The K75 sat in a barn for 7 years and I saved it. Started after replacing the fuel filter Smile
https://flic.kr/p/2p4hosi
https://flic.kr/p/2p4iUS2

Which K75 was it? C or S?

The S
https://flic.kr/p/2p4vmxT
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09-21-2023, 08:08 PM
(09-21-2023, 05:42 PM)NormR Wrote:
(09-21-2023, 05:53 AM)36654 Wrote:
(09-20-2023, 03:57 PM)NormR Wrote: My RD350LC I bought new in 1982. Put it away in different boxes for 20 yrs before I restored it 5 yrs ago. Puts a smile on my face every time I kick it over. The K75 sat in a barn for 7 years and I saved it. Started after replacing the fuel filter Smile
https://flic.kr/p/2p4hosi
https://flic.kr/p/2p4iUS2

Which K75 was it? C or S?

The S
https://flic.kr/p/2p4vmxT

They were spiffy rides.  I was too impatient to wait for the S model.  Bought a C model of the first shipment to the US in March 86
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09-22-2023, 07:34 AM
(09-21-2023, 05:42 PM)NormR Wrote:
(09-21-2023, 05:53 AM)36654 Wrote:
(09-20-2023, 03:57 PM)NormR Wrote: My RD350LC I bought new in 1982. Put it away in different boxes for 20 yrs before I restored it 5 yrs ago. Puts a smile on my face every time I kick it over. The K75 sat in a barn for 7 years and I saved it. Started after replacing the fuel filter Smile
https://flic.kr/p/2p4hosi
https://flic.kr/p/2p4iUS2

Which K75 was it? C or S?

The S
https://flic.kr/p/2p4vmxT

Both my wife and I had 1991 K75Ss for 12 years.
Lee
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09-22-2023, 07:35 AM
(09-21-2023, 02:55 PM)36654 Wrote: Believe it or not, I have been outside of PA! Tongue

Someone needs to keep a better eye on the gate Smile
Lee
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12-05-2023, 03:29 PM
Started with a 69 Honda CL350 (stolen), 1973 Yamaha RD350, 1976 Yamaha RD400, 1978 Suzuki GS550E, 1983 Suzuki GS1100E, 1987 BMW K75S,
then onto a 1992 Suzuki GSXR600, 1993 Ducati 900SS, 1996 Suzuki RF900R, 2004 BMW R1100S Boxer Cup Randy Mamola, 2011 BMW F650 GS, 2004 BMW R1100S Prep, and then onto my present ride the 2016 BMW R1200RS. All were great bikes for there time.
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