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anilkc
July 7th, 2004, 08:04 PM
Our dear "Rajdoot" is soon going to be part of history.

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=62895?headline=Crux~O f~The~Matter:~No~More~Rajdoot~Kicks

cooljat
July 9th, 2004, 11:16 PM
Dear Anil Bhai,
Quite sadden to know that the cult bike that always used to drive the rural India is finally about to say good-bye probably due to emission norms.
Pleasure to tell u that I’ve always been a Yamaha man, well my father used to have a Rajdoot 175…later my bro used to ride it; later my elder bro sold it & moved over to swiss-watch reliable & feather-weight champion RX100, still swear by Indian bikers.

Now I’m quite excited & feeling proud to tell u that for the last 2yrs I possess the world renowned, highly acclaimed YAMAHA RD350. It feels great to tell u that the famous RD finally came to India in way back in 1983 when no body here ever experienced power bikes, with a name of Rajdoot350. Initially it is launched thro’ a super-hit movie ‘HERO’. This bike later known many aliases like Yamdoot, death-machine, giant-killer, pocket-rocket etc due to its unmatched power & speed.

U know even the original 73’ RD350B was featured in Cycle-world’s ‘Hall of Fame’ in which top 10 super bikes of 20th century was published. Indian version was slightly detuned but still this old dark horse can beat easily today’s so called fast machines just coz’ it’s the first production racing bike launched at that time.

Crazy Biker-freaks from all over the world still swear by this classic cult machine & even in our India a lot of guys formed bike-clubs like Mumbai-pistons, Delhi-sparks, Chennai-jets, Bangalore-club, Pune-carbs and even we have a club here at Jaipur as well known by ‘Jaipur-Barrels’ solely dedicated to great Yamaha RD350.

To know more about the RD350 plz visit this site: www.rddreams.com or www.bsmotoring.com/bsmrdclub or u can even Google Yamaha RD350.

Just including a famous poetry written by a Rd-freak, just go thro’----

The Yamaha RD 350 (twin)

When I was nineteen years old,
Typically rash stupid and bold,
I went through a phase called the double 'A' -
My automotive adolescence so to say.
As a compromise between power and money,
I was given the Rajdoot Yamaha 350,
Yes, the one with the miserable fuel economy.
Though the four figure petrol bills,
Gave my father nasty chills,
The machine gave me amazing thrills.
The bike was built for mad, suicidal speed,
And that was my strongest need.
Under me, my Rajdoot Yamaha,
And the road was my virtual Suzuka.
You feel an incomparable high,
When on the road in harmony, you fly,
The bikes an extension of your body, you two are one,
You think about changing a gear and it's done.
Roaring into a corner you come,
The wind in your ears a loud hum.
Physics says you have to fall, and gravity does try,
But you make poor old Newton sigh,
He rolls over and over in his grave,
Wondering why, according to his laws you don't behave.
Your confidence soars,
Louder the bike roars,
The throttle is like a baton in your hand,
The pistons and the crank, the best orchestra in the land.
And it is Wagner’s opera to your mind,
The sound of the engine screaming toward the red line.
The adrenaline in your blood makes it boil,
But, on the next corner there's spilt diesel oil…
Then comes the fall,
With a shower of sparks, bike, you and all.
You hit the tar at a hundred and one,
Dragged along with the bike, remember you two are one,
But now it isn't so much fun.
You have burns due to friction,
And pain has reached a new dimension.
You are laid up in bed for quite a while
And now it is old Newton’s' turn to smile.

[The Yamaha RD350 was a cult bike the world over. In 1983, when Escorts introduced it in India as the RAJDOOT YAMAHA RD350, it gave the Indian youth a taste of the wild, haywire and exhilarating speed and acceleration that motorcycling is all about. Affectionately called the Rajyams (or fearfully the Yamraj), it built up a rep that no other Indian bike comes close to. Even today, almost 20 years after the last one was produced, for those who have experienced it there is no sound as sweet and exciting as that of a Rajyams screaming at 8,000 rpm.]


It’s all for now…btw if ur a motorcycle luver do tell me we can share our views & stuff.

Rush, g2g!

If RD is not allowed in Heaven; I’ll ride it to very Hell!!!


Rock on,
Jit