2 Strokes Down Under

Yeah, Jarno Saarinen on a TZ 350, beat the bigger F 750 bikes at both Daytona & Imola 200 feature races.. While the early RD 350's could not match a decent 750 of the era for straight-line speed, & had foot-peg hangers which looped under the pipes - limiting ground clearance, they did have a...

Gav, Jon is correct, best you strip it down & carefully inspect the whole plot..

& I'd def' recommend getting those bores properly/professionally miked up for rebore sizing- before ordering the new pistons..

The UK classic mags.... sigh.... Many an idiot added some castrol R to his tank back the day.... they loved the smell, go figure. back in the day the 350 yams were as fast as the 70s/80s 750s.... yeah right. they were quick, but not that quick.... Jon, you are right about certain dopey "classi...

Nylon sprockets? Aint seen one - for donkey's.. ..but I did use one for dropping the gearing when drag racing my old school Denco equipped H2 Kaw, way back in the day.. It worked fine, coped with the torque hit - no worries - & as I recall it was noticeably quieter than a metal-on-metal system. ...