Reed Block Spacer to de-stuff the crankcase volume / Banshee style balance-tube / carbon fibre reeds / (power valve - but expensive!) pipes designed for midrange torque. All will help but perhaps less FUN!
That bike is one of the best examples of the old rd'S I have seen since the 70s. Fantastic video, those pipes are the only upgrade needed on that fine machine....BRAVO LAKRSBAL...
What a great commentator taking the video. Great job dad! The bike sounds great, reminds me of my high school days smelling that bel rey oil on and off the dirt on 2 strokes.
I got into so much trouble with my RD400 - which can be a real hooligan of a bike; easy wheelies. My local little Yamaha dealer said that guys like me kept his parts dept. busy with all the Rd400's running past the limits of traction and rider ability (inability?). Mine was blue and has the long Bassani expansion chambers. Love the sound
My only problem with the RD400 was fouled plugs, but synthetic 2-cycle oil reduced the problem. With the up swept exhaust/expansion chambers it was a freaking beast. 52 inch wheelbase made turning easy.
loved that bike. I had one back in Australia. It was blue, same design. Very good machine it was described as the prince of commuters. Very tractable in fourth you could go from 25 to 100. Stop on a dime give a lot of superbikes a real hard time make them work to win the race. Enjoy.
I feel lucky ....I've owned a 250 a 350 and a 400 all were really good bikes but none of em looked as good as your one ...... but they all went like stink when they were properly tuned ...... thankyou your bike brings back fond memories
Hey I know this guy. He is one cool dude that I met about 22 years ago. At that time he had this turbo-Capri, that was a real sleeper. His first one got wrecked so he bought an older model that was lighter weight and looked like just a grocery getter. So he put his engine and suspension in it. One night we went and raced some rice-burners and really made them look silly. He also had a nice Honda 400-four w/ a header. At the time I had a Yamaha RD200 Electric.
Nice Searched YT for RD400 cause I was sitting here remembering the one I owned in the Philippines when I was stationed at Subic Bay Hospital from 77-79 It was a good bike always dependable quick and maneuvered easily through congested traffic. I put air horns on it sounded like Victory Liner buses at that time it help when going through small Provence towns, used to travel Baguio every week end on it loved riding the Zig Zag brought her back in late 79 too bad it was stolen some months later
Like tbe polished cylinder head .Mine was blue with alloy wheels .Saddle tail piece.Great power band .ahh i can still smell the 2 strike fumes ....Nice bike you have sir.
Beautiful bike. I test rode one of these in the mid 70's . I was considering buying one of these to more enjoy the twisty turny country roads in the area where I lived about 30 miles west of Boston. On the test ride from the Yamaha dealer that was in Hudson Mass. at the time, basically, it scared me stiff, I couldn't keep the front wheel on the ground in any of first three gears, even in any kind of normal riding. I thought I would make a mistake, run it off a road and get intimately acquainted with a tree someplace. I stayed with my Kawasaki F7 trail bike.
Yaya yaya yaya yaiii yaaaaaaaa ... So beautifully tuned and that sound is like a classical instrument 😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩😎😎😎 Daddy Son.. preserve your toys at all costs 💗
I had a 1976 RD400 also in green, but those solid disc brakes caused me to wreck the bike on a rain wet road sharp turn. The bike would not slow down into it, went end over end. This led companies to holes being drilled into discs that shed out water to prevent hydroplaning of brake pads when you need them most!
Lovely video of the awesome RD400 with the sons help, Looks and sounds great with up swept chambers, wonder where can source them. Have a red 77 RD400 that i blew a piston & am waiting to get it back on road.
Lovely bike ,showing it respect by not trying to open it up till its warmed up ,to many try before there warmed up ,does bike no favours ,.it shall serve you a long time my friend.
Beautiful example of an RD400 with DG expansion chambers. I saw very few in the Geneva green paint, mine is the burnt orange that I can’t remember the proper name of.
Mine was a 77 with Daytona heads and a Daytona seat , rear sets, Bassanis (shortened). It had a Shoei fairing , 30 mill Mikunis , drilled discs, and port (2 mill)and polish . very fast
I had this Bike in the 70s. The Sound, the smell .....great times.
I had the kaw 350 . 2stroke street bikes were everywhere in those days . I miss them so much i have 2stroke bicycles .
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@@billybarr7443 Laddie... stop making a nuisance of ya selvvve
I had the orange rd350 back in the 70s .
I had a hard time keeping the front wheel on the ground. These things had a crazy powerful powerband
Reed Block Spacer to de-stuff the crankcase volume / Banshee style balance-tube / carbon fibre reeds / (power valve - but expensive!) pipes designed for midrange torque.
All will help but perhaps less FUN!
Love the RD400. Also love the father and son camera work. :) Well done guys.
The black mags look awesome! Killer bike.
I had the same bike when I was younger. Same green color, and black pipes. I miss that bike.
That bike is one of the best examples of the old rd'S I have seen since the 70s. Fantastic video, those pipes are the only upgrade needed on that fine machine....BRAVO LAKRSBAL...
there was a daytona special for sale in atlanta.... some lucky fool has probably already put in in a ditch
Lovely looking and sounding bike! What a production team too! Bring on smelly vision for the two stroke aroma!
What a great commentator taking the video. Great job dad! The bike sounds great, reminds me of my high school days smelling that bel rey oil on and off the dirt on 2 strokes.
Nothing like the smell of 2 stroke rice. This is top of the line. Brings back memories.beautiful.
Except maybe Rotax
Love that sound !
In the 80's, I had 3 RD 350's and a '79 RD400F Daytona Special.
Would love to own an RD again
I also owned a Daytona special, so nice.
I got into so much trouble with my RD400 - which can be a real hooligan of a bike; easy wheelies. My local little Yamaha dealer said that guys like me kept his parts dept. busy with all the Rd400's running past the limits of traction and rider ability (inability?). Mine was blue and has the long Bassani expansion chambers. Love the sound
You still own it don’t ya.. I can’t get rid of bikes either. I’m 35 and I own 11 dirtbikes so far.
That is a lovely slow tick-over.
The mark of a well set-up bike.
My first bike. 77 rd400. Got it in 79. Ft Lauderdale Fla. 16 years old. Red, DG heads. Chambers. Carb work. Lucky I survived it. Quick!
Had one of these bikes when i was 18yo... awesome.
Great bike and well done the young bloke behind the video!! ;)
Great job. Thanks for sharing dude.
1976 RD400C
So cool! Beautiful bike!
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the best cameraman ive seen in a while, so cute. great bike also, love thoes 2stroke machinery
I had a 1978 RD400E back in he day, it was a great little pocket rocket!
Que beleza de máquina. Eu não conhecia a RD 400 cc, parabéns, e o garoto fica bobo, pelo ronco dos dois canecos. David .João Pessoa pb.
I’m drooling while watching this clip.
The seventies sound of a Japanese two stroke gives me a semi 🥴
Love the old 2 strokes !!!
My only problem with the RD400 was fouled plugs, but synthetic 2-cycle oil reduced the problem. With the up swept exhaust/expansion chambers it was a freaking beast. 52 inch wheelbase made turning easy.
I had the same problem with my rd. Always changing plugs . Otherwise I loved my Yamaha.
I had this same bike and it never ever fouled a plug.
I had a 76 Rd250, we put 350 cylinders and pistons on it.. a sleeper!
Gorgeous bike man! I had a 78 I bought from a friend in 80. He'd bought it new in 79 and only had 500 miles on it when I took it over.
Well, If he was only going to upload one video in his lifetime. He picked the right machine to film.
loved that bike. I had one back in Australia. It was blue, same design. Very good machine it was described as the prince of commuters. Very tractable in fourth you could go from 25 to 100. Stop on a dime give a lot of superbikes a real hard time make them work to win the race. Enjoy.
I feel lucky ....I've owned a 250 a 350 and a 400 all were really good bikes but none of em looked as good as your one ...... but they all went like stink when they were properly tuned ...... thankyou your bike brings back fond memories
Hey I know this guy. He is one cool dude that I met about 22 years ago. At that time he had this turbo-Capri, that was a real sleeper. His first one got wrecked so he bought an older model that was lighter weight and looked like just a grocery getter. So he put his engine and suspension in it. One night we went and raced some rice-burners and really made them look silly. He also had a nice Honda 400-four w/ a header. At the time I had a Yamaha RD200 Electric.
I had a black one 1976 with mags. Fun bike, quick. I wish I didn’t sell it.
On of the great motorcycle ever built!
Good old kick start and two stroke noise Goose bumps
I owned a 1976 model of this bike with the same exact color.
They must have been brothers.
Nice Searched YT for RD400 cause I was sitting here remembering the one I owned in the Philippines when I was stationed at Subic Bay Hospital from 77-79 It was a good bike always dependable quick and maneuvered easily through congested traffic. I put air horns on it sounded like Victory Liner buses at that time it help when going through small Provence towns, used to travel Baguio every week end on it loved riding the Zig Zag brought her back in late 79 too bad it was stolen some months later
Well-preserved beautiful bike ! Thanks for Sharing !!
Like tbe polished cylinder head .Mine was blue with alloy wheels .Saddle tail piece.Great power band .ahh i can still smell the 2 strike fumes ....Nice bike you have sir.
Great bikes. A completely different animal to the RD250. Would love to own one of these.
Beautiful bike. I test rode one of these in the mid 70's . I was considering buying one of these to more enjoy the twisty turny country roads in the area where I lived about 30 miles west of Boston. On the test ride from the Yamaha dealer that was in Hudson Mass. at the time, basically, it scared me stiff, I couldn't keep the front wheel on the ground in any of first three gears, even in any kind of normal riding. I thought I would make a mistake, run it off a road and get intimately acquainted with a tree someplace. I stayed with my Kawasaki F7 trail bike.
Beautiful bike, i'm restoring a '78 RD400 and a '86 RZ350, i hope they look as good as yours. Greetings from sunny Jamaica.
Nice fresh out of the 80's showroom
Yaya yaya yaya yaiii yaaaaaaaa ... So beautifully tuned and that sound is like a classical instrument 😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩😎😎😎 Daddy Son.. preserve your toys at all costs 💗
I had a 1976 RD400 also in green, but those solid disc brakes caused me to wreck the bike on a rain wet road sharp turn. The bike would not slow down into it, went end over end. This led companies to holes being drilled into discs that shed out water to prevent hydroplaning of brake pads when you need them most!
Your child does better video recording than most UA-cam users. haha
Beautiful bike. Really nice job on it.
Asian
geneva Green
kid so Amazing!
Funny mate, I just stopped watching a previous RD video because I was getting neck ache!!
Lovely video of the awesome RD400 with the sons help, Looks and sounds great with up swept chambers, wonder where can source them. Have a red 77 RD400 that i blew a piston & am waiting to get it back on road.
I was waiting for the son to say "are you sure you know how to ride that thing?". Great vid ☺️
That Yamaha Sound!
NILES gilbile
What a gorgeous bike, holy crap, it's awesome.
Wow that is beautiful! I just wanna jump on it & ride off into the sunset!!
i enjoyed seeing your RD , looks a top quality bike and i have never seen that colour scheme before , thanks for the video ...
A vó da nossa RD 350, a viuvona...top a coroa
Best voice over I ever heard
I've never seen one this color looks awesome !!!
Music to my ears. I had RD 350 1973 with pipes. I should never sold it
I wish 2 strokes would come back to market. I can only hope!
This is my new favorite video.
Amazing bike and sound.
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kids are so cool. love the green color, memories man, two stroke memories.
Never seen a green RD before.Lovely bike
Oh my good! RD is beautiful
That RD sounds like from the shop ... very sweet .
Beautiful bike! Love it!
Two nice bikes, specially the Rd400. I had many RD350s! Nice video.
My favorite color and motorcycle. Gotta love 2t
Very nice, my fav bike when I was growing up in the 80's
i wish MY dad had a mint rd400 stashed in the garage!
We can only dream bro
Wow nice clean bike, she sounds very healthy. I have a '77. Very nice bikes.
No joke. That bike looks huge next to him .
Nice, have motor n parts in the shed, love the RD's.
Faltou aquela acelerada, braaaap!!
That's a beautiful bike 🆒🤘🤘💪💪🤙🤙🤓👍👍👍
Lovely bike ,showing it respect by not trying to open it up till its warmed up ,to many try before there warmed up ,does bike no favours ,.it shall serve you a long time my friend.
Those long look like Bassani which were a mid-range power design. Good for street cruising but not used for road racing.
Sounds great brother !
absolutley stunning bike-- its a good un .. mine dint look that good in 1985
Beautiful. I had a blue one. Never seen green before.
I had a blue one when I was about 19. Wish I still had it.
Seriously missing my old Daytona Special right now.
Show, muito linda, está moto.
Obviously no Kawasaki, Honda or Suzuki in the garage! Lovely video, great bike!
RD 400 … Also known as DAYTONA 👍👏👏👏 Gd job , well kept. Original with spoke rims
“Go SLOW”...😂. “Oh, darn it, I lost him!” 😂. Love your kid’s effort!
masterclass! great Kid!
A lot of motorcycle you had,I am so respectful to you,hope I cant do it like you.
I had one, and it was the first love of my life....
Beautiful example of an RD400 with DG expansion chambers. I saw very few in the Geneva green paint, mine is the burnt orange that I can’t remember the proper name of.
Mine was black with cream / gold
Super RD 400, one of the coolest bikes ever made, originally I thought you where in Japan until I saw you ride on the wrong side of the road!
very nice I had an RD400 when I was young
Sound is enough to impress millions of heart!
very nice bike the pipes are sounding the best ,but i am getting dizzy from camera shake
Congratulations, perfect bike
Mine was a 77 with Daytona heads and a Daytona seat , rear sets, Bassanis (shortened). It had a Shoei fairing , 30 mill Mikunis , drilled discs, and port (2 mill)and polish . very fast
Awesome looking bike, its in very good condition and sound great!
Sounds good, I had the RD250 1980 🎼🎵🎵🎵
hey there, your RD looks great! Sounds much nicer than mine! :)
beautiful sound,beautiful bike,i want it more than an R1
That bike got me drooling like Bubba over shrimp!
esse tiozão ai devia ! devia não é doido ...... rapaz imagina ele com seus 30 e poucos anos ham ham ham .....
It's beautiful sound :)
Looks like a nice neighborhood.
Legal nunca tinha visto uma dessas gosto das RDS
super nice Bike, great pipes
Beautiful bike!
Beautiful bike, lovely sound 😎
Strokers! - sound of my youth.
that bike looks sick