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SEVENTIES SUPERBIKES
Suzuki GT750
A definitive seventies classic with a characterful and turbine like motor and a unique and wonderful exhaust note. They are a two stroke triple but give a surprisingly high amount of torque and comfortable long distance touring ability. I would get on one of these and ride it to the ends of the earth without a second thought – as opposed to the Kawasaki 750 H2 triple which needs consideration before riding to the end of the road!
Yamaha RD350LC
Yamaha’s RD’s are the best of the popular two-stroke twin lightweight motorcycles of the era. The air cooled RD350 and subsequent 400’s where immense fun to ride and enormously capable with a solid reputation as being giant slayers. They evolved into the liquid cooled LC model as we moved into the eighties and returned to 350cc. It was the most appealing bike in existence to a 17-year-old of the day and today the model generates a ton of nostalgia.
Even today when our standards and expectations have risen along with the technology and resultant machinery the RD350LC is still outstandingly light, quick, agile and just the best fun imaginable.
48 / October-November 2018 / ve www.vintagexplorer.co.uk