"It's Better In The Wind" Trailer
Tuesday, March 23, 2010It's Better In The Wind Trailer from Scott Toepfer. This video got me looking forward to getting the R5 back out on the road this season.
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RD Compilation
Saturday, January 13, 2007Compilation of various Yamaha advertising for their RD models over the years. Gotta love the "soundtrack"!
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More RD350 Videos
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Chris has been posting a lot of videos of his RD (from a few posts back) up on YouTube. You know how the kids love the YouTube these days! I really got to get some video of my bucket of bolts up on there... Anyways, here is a great video walkaround of the bike:
And here it is making that sweet two-stroke music:
And, finally, the moment you have all been waiting for - the burnout:
And here it is making that sweet two-stroke music:
And, finally, the moment you have all been waiting for - the burnout:
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UK 2-Stroke Rally Footage
Saturday, December 09, 2006As per the poster:
The Aircooled RD Club's annual rally run out at Ashbourne UK July 2006. 125 plus bikes en masse on the road. Probably the biggest 2 stroke meet in the world.
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Extreme Vespism!
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
I know this is in no way related to Yamahas or R5s (other than smelly 2-strokes), but it's cool nonetheless... pop that wheelie! (QuickTime)
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ABOUT
This is a site dedicated to the 1970-72 Yamaha 350 R5 two-strokes. These bikes are surprisingly fast for their size and age, lifting the front wheel in the first two gears and keeping up with modern bikes twice their size. It's also extremely flickable and great fun around the city or carving up canyon roads. It was the direct descendant of the Yamaha factory TR production racers. Dirty, loud, crazy quick and relatively affordable when new (and more so now!), it was, and still is, a giant-killer.
I picked up an R5C for my first motorcycle a few years ago, and was frustrated with the lack of information on these bikes available on the web. The original purpose of this site was to document the process of bringing the R5 back to life. But as I spent time gathering as much relevant and entertaining information as possible into one place for my own reference, I thought it would be helpful to share it with people who are also interested in these bikes, as well as other Yamahas, vintage bikes, and cool motorcycles in general.
OFFICIAL YAMAHA STUFF
R5 MODEL IDENTIFICATION
Engine/Frame Numbers
and Bodywork Colors
MANUALS
- R5C 350 Rider's Manual (PDF)
- 1974 Yamaha Service Manual (PDF)
- Clymer Manual (PDF)
- How to Fix your Yamaha (PDF)
- Electrical - Service Manual (PDF)
- Mikuni Carb Tuning Manual (PDF)
- FixTheBike.com Manuals
DIAGRAMS
- OEM Part Numbers Fiche
- R5C Wiring Diagram
- R5C Harness Diagram (1)
- R5C Harness Diagram (2)
- R5F Wiring Diagram
- Generator Diagram
- Airbox Diagram
- Cylinder Head Diagram
- Clutch Diagram
- Tranny Diagram
- Carb Diagram
- Oil Pump Diagram
- Shifter Diagram
- R5 Tech Page
- R5 Specs
TIPS / FAQs
COMMUNITY
- Frappr R5 Owners Map/Forum
- R5 Group
- YDS Owners Group
- USA 2strokers Forum
- Cycleforums.com
- Philadelphiariders.com
- Motortopia
- Old Bike Barn Blog
- MotoHistory.net
- Yamaha Tweetakt Club
- VJMC.org
- The Classic Motorcycle
- Bikez.com
- Motorcycle Online
- Totalmotorcycle.com
- Street Strokers
- Philly Biking Memories
- Caferacer.net
- Int'l Cafe Racer BBS
- I Love Cafe Racers
- The Kneeslider
SHOPS AND VENDORS
- Yamaha Speed and Sport
- Speed and Sport Vintage
- Moto Carrera
- Airtech Streamlining
- Old Bike Barn
- Accu-Products
- Omar's Cafe Racers
- Glass from the Past
- CMF
- Replico
- HVC Cycle
- Cycle-Re-Cycle
- TGA
- Spec II
- Vintage Yama racer bits
- Classic Roadrace (Denmark)
- Old Parts Shop (Singapore)
- Badge Replicas
- Toad Town
- Fast by Ferracci
- OMP
- Dennis Kirk
- JC Whitney
- eBay Motors
GRAPHICS
- Yamaha EPS
- Dimensional Yamaha EPS
- Yamaha Motor Co. EPS
- Old Yamaha script EPS
- Yamalube EPS
- Forks only JPG
- Nippon Gakki logo JPG
BEGINNER STUFF
MISCELLANEOUS
- Yamaha 2Stroke Family Tree
- R5 Trading Card
- R5 Brochure (1)
- R5 Brochure (2)
- R5 Brochure (3)
- R5 to TR3 Racer (nos)
- R5 to TR3 Racer (new)
- Streetified TD3 Racer
- Mini Ride on an R5C-350
- Moto Carrera Advice
- The Bike Pages
- Bikes of 70s article
- Lots of Cycle Links
- The Ace Cafe
- Diary of a Cafe Racer
- Misc. Yamahas
- Misc. Cafe Racer Pics
- Steve Carpenter Cafe Racers
- BCR Cafe Racers
PHOTOS OF MY R5-C
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- Pics of a 1972 350 R5-C
- More Pics of a 1972 350 R5
- Pic of an R5 beater
- Pic of a custom 1972 R5
- R5 Canyon Racer
- Sam Simons' R5C
- Pic of a R5 racer
- Dutch R5 racer
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