Everyone is aware of the craze of the early 80s and 90s Yamaha motorcycles which better be now called as real icons. It was a steller dream for the youth of that era and everyone wanted to own one. Time changed and we got better-equipped motorcycles and the craze for these motorcycles vanished slowly. Yamaha discontinued the RD350 in 1990 and since then, we have seen some great modifications of the bike but this one is really impeccable.
Little background fist : It has been restored from scratch to a modern cafe racer by Nitin Verma, Pilot with Indigo by profession. Nitin Verma was fond of the RD350 and his elder brother had one when he was a kid. He always had a dream to own an immaculate¦nbsp;RD350. But as we told Yamaha discontinued it in the early 1990s, he bought a used 1984 Yamaha RD350 which was not even in running condition. Nitin with his friend Arif, who was a specialist in bike modifications, restored it. But wait, this isn't the RD350 we are talking about, they modified it to a stock bike and went ahead to modify more RDs and other retro bikes. Then Nitin thought of modifying an RD350 to a modern cafe racer and started the modification process. This is the bike you see here!
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It took 2 years of hard work to make this scintillating masterpiece. You are definitely adoring the pictures attached for sure, all shot by Akshay Pareek. Coming to the modification process now, each and every body panel and other parts are either handmade by Arif in his tiny modification shop or have given shape by the lathe machine. No modern and advanced machines have been used in the entire process of the RD350 modification and that justifies why it took 2 years to be built.
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Taking about the modified bits and components, The RD350 has got a 350cc two-stroke liquid-cooled engine with 26mm Mikuni carburettor. We don't have the power figures but back in the days, it used to churn out 39 hp at the crank. Moving further, they added Moto Tassinari V Force V4Carbon Fibre reed valves, Customised Velocity Stacks and a customised radiator.
Other modifications which have been added are listed below
- 46 MM Front Shocks
- Customized front and rear wheel hub
- 18⬝ Aluminium Spoked Wheels( Front And Rear)
- Brakes Front:- 320 Mm dual disk (6 Pistons each)
- Brakes Back:- 280 MM single disk (Single Piston)
- Customised front and rear mudguards
- Customised Side Panel with Air Scoop Design
- Customised rearview mirrors
- Customized Clip On Handle Bars
- Quick response Throttle
- Customised Seat and Handle Grips
- Customised Exhaust Pipes With Stock Looks
- Mini Turn Indicators with Halogen Bulbs
- Customised Exhaust Pipes With Stock Looks
- OEM RD 350 Fuel Tank
The Customised Instrument Panel has been also added with GPS speedometer, RPM Meter, Temperature Gauge and Volt Meter. What do you think about this stupendous modification story? Tell us in the comments below
