I had one of those Yamaha RD350s, a 1973 model in red.
Richard - Current bikes: 2016 BMW R1200RS, 2018 16.6 kWh Zero S, 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Classic, 2009 BMW F650GS, 2020 KTM 390 Duke, 2002 Yamaha FZ1 (FZS1000N) and a 1978 Honda Kick 'N Go Senior.
In 1978 I bought and rode a Moto Guzzi Robin to go back and forth to work. I could get it up to 28 miles an hour if I had my head down. Basic transportation that was getting 125+ miles to the gallon. Loved going down Main Street in traffic. I would have the thing full throttle and would go by cars that were sitting at the light as it turned green. The cars would get all fired up and blow by me midway to the next light, then have to stop at the next red light. As the light turned green, I'd blow by them starting the whole process over again.
BMW F800S…….
There is no words to adequately describe the batshit crazies....
In 1978 I bought and rode a Moto Guzzi Robin to go back and forth to work. I could get it up to 28 miles an hour if I had my head down. Basic transportation that was getting 125+ miles to the gallon. Loved going down Main Street in traffic. I would have the thing full throttle and would go by cars that were sitting at the light as it turned green. The cars would get all fired up and blow by me midway to the next light, then have to stop at the next red light. As the light turned green, I'd blow by them starting the whole process over again.
Obviously you lived to tell about it! Good for you. I would not do that today with the issues of road rage so common.
Must confess that I'd never heard of a Guzzi Robin before so had to look it up. Turns out to be something close to a Puch Maxi that the used to sell in the UK about the same time.
Mate of mine used to have the usual knackered and neglected one back then, so bad it was that we challenged him to a race. Us on foot and him on the Puch. Being as we lived on the edge of the Black Mountains, it was a close run thing up the hill to the village but he did eventually win.
Doubt either of us would be capable of a rematch these days.
Check out this 1938 moped that someone on the elmoto forum plans to convert to electric motor power.
Richard - Current bikes: 2016 BMW R1200RS, 2018 16.6 kWh Zero S, 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Classic, 2009 BMW F650GS, 2020 KTM 390 Duke, 2002 Yamaha FZ1 (FZS1000N) and a 1978 Honda Kick 'N Go Senior.
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Originally Posted by Roadpizza
In 1978 I bought and rode a Moto Guzzi Robin to go back and forth to work. I could get it up to 28 miles an hour if I had my head down. Basic transportation that was getting 125+ miles to the gallon. Loved going down Main Street in traffic. I would have the thing full throttle and would go by cars that were sitting at the light as it turned green. The cars would get all fired up and blow by me midway to the next light, then have to stop at the next red light. As the light turned green, I'd blow by them starting the whole process over again.
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