Remember when they were introduced when I was at school along with the XJ650 .One of the most exciting bikes I ever rode. The golden years of the '80's were the times to ride a bike even though there were more traffic cops about! Rode two LC's, one standard and one with allspeeds, quicker on most roads than most of the big 4 strokes I owned later on. Unfortunately a very rare sight these days as are all strokers. Worth a fortune now and you will perhaps only see them as classic shows,not seen one on the road for years even though I live near Donington Park and Matlock bath.

No questions asked, at 52 years old this is still my favorite motorcycle of all time!!!!

Beautiful job, brings back memories of my 82 350 LC, a great little bike that took me on many adventures.

The noise of a Sunday afternoon in the Lakes. Thanks for the video, takes me back

Canadian here. Really fun to watch the build and ride vid. I raced one of these black ones back in 83 or 84 in production racing for a summer and seeing and hearing this RD was a real treat. Lovely bikes and a great intro to racing, light, braked well, handled well and with good tires had nice, predictable reaching of traction levels and sliding--perfect for a beginner racer, and frankly just fun as fricken hell racing in the 550 and 750 production classes. Lots of track time and by the time I raced, even though it was out of date, there were loads of guys like me racing on the cheap with LC's, so lots of good competition and the slow guys on the fast 550s could still be beaten by the RD. I loved also how the RD did lovely little wheelies. Fun fun bikes. Should have stuck mine somewhere and not sold it....oh well....

She’s looking great mate and sounds lovely. Does remind me of the good old two stroke days 👌 can’t beat that smell 👍🏼

If they had kept importing these to the US, I swear I would still be riding them today. I dearly loved my RD's and all the builds that you could do with them.

Looks and sounds fantastic. Awesome job looking forward to more videos 🇬🇧👍

Love the tick-over sound, brings back such memories!

What a beauty!!!

Just music to my ears! I remember mine very well !

The perfect bike for your crumbly golf cart roads!

well done looks fab thanks

All these two stroke bikes are so cool. But Yamaha did a great job with the 200,250,350 and 400 models. Exceptional good looking bike this is! Congrats! Next bike a Kenny Roberts clone? 😜

Very nice great job 👏

I'm so jealous of the owner lol. That's a beautiful machine looks stunning and sounds amazing.looks like an absolute gem to ride

Imagine if it was white with the red stripes perfect lol . Still a nice looking LC good job.

A mate of mine owned a rare metallic blue version, before he bought a YPVS. Absolute fantastic bikes.

Great project and machine... looks and sounds like a stunner 😁 It bought back some great 2 stroke memories! Mine was a kenny roberts version (although I always liked the black and red one too ) ! Had mine for years and steadily tuned and eventually bored it out to 375cc, all ported and polished, with all speeds, racing jets and filters and all other cafe racer bits and bobs..but always went for the flat bars.... just to hang on to the wheelies 😆 .

Lovely bike. Amazing, so need one

Excellent series, this brought back real memories from years gone by, same model I owned , in Black as well , even as I watched I thought , "I know where that is " lookslike it a bit more built up now, didn't see you go past the Limeburners 😊, then when you mentioned the Orwell codes at the end, my bike came from Ray at Bickers / Orwells just as it was about to swap over to Orwells before they moved to bigger premisses 👍

Exactly the same colour and spec (no belly pan and bikini fairing} except for standard pipes as I had from new in 1983. I got one of the last ones sold on special when the LPVS arrived. Very fond memories of lifting the front wheel with a roll on throttle in first and second gear. Thanks for sharing.

That's a beautiful bike. Good work sir.

Back in Late '81 or early '82 I bought one of those Mini Marvels , brand new out of the Crate . First J model sold in Australia . In White with three stripes . They look BEST in that Paint I reckon . REALLY Pretty little Bikes . Went SURPRISINGLY well out of the Box . Then I changed some stuff . First order of Business . Re-jet and Needle change AND Fibre reeds to replace the Stock stainless ones . That yielded a couple extra Top-end hp and SMOOTHED OUT the stumbly Midrange . Suddenly went WAY better , of course . K&N Pod filters and shortening the Baffle inserts yielded a few more Peak hp . Now up about 5 above stock . AND better economy ! Air-cap kit for the front Forks and oil level (ATF) fixed THAT up .Rear Suspension was actually fine . As were the Standard Pipes , with the Baffles trimmed . There are Three zones to those baffles . I ended up trimming both Baffle sections , and Leaving the Silencer section ONLY . NOT that loud . And quite crisp . Got TZ-esque sounds . Next , those Silly HEAVY Alloy wheels left . TX-500 Spoke Hub was PERFECT for the FRONT WHEEL . Needed a Sleeve for the Bearings and Discs bolted straight on . Zero fuss . Just a machine shop job for the Sleeve . Rear wheel , RD-350 spoke hub was Identical size and a longer spacer on the Brake Plate side to the Swingarm . Borrani Rims both ends . The Wire Wheels WITH TYRES FITTED , weighed less than the Bare Alloys that came off . Front with Discs fitted weighed SAME as . Went up One Tooth on the Counter-Shaft Sprocket . And Purchased a FAIRING . Two Piece purpose made for the Bike . I now had a Compact Sports Tourer , that would run with the 1100 shafties ALL DAY . Good for about 220 -230 km/h flat out , if asked . 😉. Kept all the original bits . The Jetting package had to be restored DURING RUN IN on fresh bores . 500 km . Could seize running leaner . I did 95% of the Work myself . I spent around $1000-1100 on the whole thing , measuring and Parts bin raiding . Satisfying Project . And a WONDERFUL Little Bike , that I WISH I STILL HAD ! LC Yamaha . Stolen eventually , and never seen again . 🤬 .

If I were you, I'd refuse to give it back to your mate. You may lose a friend, but a new new friend will be easy to find compared to an LC like that.

We use to put coins in on top of the fork springs to stiffen them up .i think the irish 10p was a perfect fit .

Good job, look better with the belly pan, I loved mine

Its good to be Fifty lol nice restoration Sweet Mate AAAA++++++

The definition of confidence: Riding an LC and not covering the clutch at all times. ;)

I owned one of these and wish I NEVER sold it!

Been looking for the white version of this bike.. Came across your channel and I'll say I'm impressed mate.. New subscriber here.. Had the rd250lc back in the day.. Tho Never got to grips with the drop handled bikes... Missed a corner and straight into a field... Mate came back and laughed.. Can't park that there mate, ahh Memories eh...

Very nice riding. I don't like to see the motor being screeched all the time, Big handfuls of throttle are for overtaking (and for climbing Norwood Edge : one can never have too many revs up Norwood Edge).

Would love a bit of that Mars bar.

Stunner!

🏍👍👍👍

Your music sounds a bit like the intro music on grand theft auto 4. There's a bike on there that looks like an rd350lc

Wouldn't ride that without covering the clutch 😀

Lovely looking bike, enjoyed following the build. I’ve just picked one up today pretty much in great condition except for the switch gear which has obviously been thumbed for forty years, is there a nice way to refurb them, can you get the stickers etc.

Is that Norfolk?

YPVS,,,