Yamaha RD50 - 1st test ride
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
- This is my 1974 Yamaha RD50 DX. I bought this bike as a project, completely disassembled. I actually have 2 of these which came in boxes.
49CC, 5 speed which originally came with 2.9hp. This is the first actual test drive (first attempt failed). The bike might need some lower gearing.
Filmed with a GoPro Hero 7 Silver
Lovely when we hear the power valve kicking in to
say what now....
How the can you ever forget that sound and smell
Classic 2 stroke! 🥰
great looking bike i had a few of them my 2rd one i tuned to to breaking point ,rebuilt it stuck a 86 big bore kit on it changed loads of parts on it ,its still on the road today ,my best pals cousin has it ,says he had to change the gearbox on it when he brought it in 2003 ,i had it in 1982 rebuilt it 3 times till i swapped it for a car in 1984
Nice! Yeah they are real fun bikes!
Nice project!!!
Ah memories- my little brother had one of these as a first bike. I almist crashed it into the garage door once.
That would've been a sad sight! I grew up with my Yamaha FS1 and always wanted an RD. Earlier this year I bought 2 of these. 1st one (this one) is built up, 2nd will probably be a full restoration
@@VintageGarageYT - good luck with that.
@@nickbitten6037 Thank you. I'll try to make some videos about it aswell.
Very good , fantastic motocicle
Thank you!
Awesome..I have an 50m, sounds like its running well; I had the same issue with wind noise. The only way round is a mic inside the helmet
Thanks. Yeah it runs alright. I am trying different gearing setups, because it has no power down low and is annoying to drive like that. Can't really ride right now because it's currently snowing...
Thanks for the tip btw!
@@VintageGarageYT I fitted a 60cc cylinder and slightly oversized carb. I also made an expansion exhaust. With this its got plenty of umph. ruclips.net/video/uk7pdSrqw5o/видео.html
Great looking bike 👍
Thanks I have a 2nd one of these completely in boxes. Will try to film the entire restoration!
@@VintageGarageYT looking forward to it. I was looking to get one of these but they are not easy to find in Sweden sadly.
@@captainflatspot The dx model is actually hard to find everywhere. I got lucky I was able to get these 2 (both were entirely in boxes). Luckily Yamaha used some parts on other bikes, but specififc parts are very hard to find sadly.
@@VintageGarageYT Yea I can Imagine that.
Wow what a bike look how fast it is for a 50
Yeah it went pretty wel. I think it ran a bit better than my other one
My first bike! There’s a reason they called them ‘buzz bikes’.
Yeah they are a lot of fun!
Top speed?
Havent checked with the new gearing yet. Old gearing was actually hard to reach top with the low torque but i suspect around 80-85. Maybe a bit more
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I had to look it up, never heard of it, but it looks cool! 🤣
@@VintageGarageYT 3 gears transmision
@@BS3S Awesome!
Is this Holland or Belgium? I saw the Te Koop sign. We had one of these from 1976 - 1982 in Belgium. Fastest 50cc ever made at the time. In Belgium they were supposed to only go 40 kpm. I buried the speedometer one night going downhill at 120 kph.
Haha yeah its in Belgium. I've heard these came with motorcycle papers and moped papers. But usually the motorcycle papers ended in the bin 🤣
Seems to me like little end rattling a littol bit on that bike stick a new one in it lol
I actually sold this one so I could buy my Dream 50
Lol make the clutch bite more by dip the clutch on travel to lol
These DX engines with aluminium cylinder are actually not that fun to drive, really narrow power band and no torque whatsoever. Hopefully I can make the Kenny Roberts a bit nicer to ride.
Lol go on son ride it like you stole it lol 😂