HISTORY
OF THE RD 350 LC/R IN ENGLAND
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4L0
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Beginning of sale in UK with 2 front brake disks (RD350LC) . The importer MITSUI was so embarrassed by the long delay to deliver ordered bikes that they gave everyone who had put down a deposit a free BELL helmet with matching strippes to the bike ! Read article on the right of YAMAHA NEWS from May 1980.
End of 1980, RD350LC sacred "Machine of the Year" in Motor Cycle News, the biggest motorcycle newspaper. Following that, Yamaha made the following "poster" in their CIRCUIT magazine from January/February 1981 |
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4L0
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New black coloring | |
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4L0
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New colorings. | |
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31K
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New model RD350LC2 . | |
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31K
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New colorings. | |
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1JF
& 57V
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New models (one with fairing) RD350N "Naked" & RD350F "Fairing". | |
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1UA
& 1WT
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New models (one with fairing) RD350N2 & RD350F2. | |
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3DH1
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New colorings. | |
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4CE
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New (imported from BRAZIL) model with new full fairing with twin head lamps (RD350R). | |
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4CE
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New coloring (RD350R). | |
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4CE
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New coloring (RD350R). | |
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4CE
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New coloring (RD350R) & end of sale. |
'80
& '81
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'82
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'83
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'84
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'85
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'85
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'86
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'86
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'88
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'92
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'93
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'94
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'95
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