Australian Motorcyclist

YAMAHA R3

YAMAHA HAS reinvented the RD250/350LC of years past in the 2019 R3. Many of you have probably spat out your Earl Grey tea at the very thought a modern small capacity machine could bring back those heady days of two-stroke freedom and performance, but there you go, I said it. And it’s true. I spent two days pretending I had a full head of hair, was 30 kilos lighter, and sexy to boot as I revved the quince out of the R3 on the road and track.

When I was a teenager I had posters of Warren Willing on a TZ750, a Katana 1100 with a naked girl and an RD250LC on my bedroom wall. There were some sexy female pop stars up there as well but none of them were attainable for this spotty faced youth, except maybe for the little Yammy stroker. As a first year apprentice though, my main mode of transport was

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