kgdykes@watbun.UUCP (06/19/85)
As you wheelie off into the distance, you'll decide once
again that speed limits are for others: that any machine [rd350] that can
can go so fast so quickly and in such perfect safety is worthy
of any minor hassling.
- Cycle Canada, Apr.81
You're likely to find that every time you head off to the corner
store you'll spend three hours tearing around the hills, giggling
to yourself all the while as you gobble up 750s and 1000s that
are foolish enough to get in your way.
- Cycle Canada, Apr.81
I still wish I had an RD. Nothing on earth will do sky shots
or stop or respond like it will. The performance buy of all time.
- Larry Tate, Cycle Canada, Sept.82
One of the pleasures of owning a 1981 or 1982 RD350 was knowing
that your bike had the power and handling to make riders of much
larger bikes look silly. The little 350 pounded out 47 hp and
gobbled up corners like a race bike. Its light weight allowed it
to dance around most 550s and 750s. It was, simply, the ultimate
joy machine for the self-confessed street squirrel.
Well that was last year...
The 1983 RZ350 is a bona fide race bike that just happens to
be legal for road riding.
Claimed horsepower has been increased from last year's 47 at 8500
rpm to a whopping 55 at 9000 rpm. That's right - 55hp from a 350.
- Cycle Canada, July 83
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The quotations are all from the same Canadian magazine because the
poor ole USofA had to do without until last year.
- Ken Dykes (rd350b, rz350k)
Software Development Group, U. of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. N2L 3G1
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