I had a Yamaha RD350B 2-cyl 2-stroke.
Could beat anything.
Also had a Kawasaki H1-F 500cc 3-cyl, 2-STROKE !
HOLY BURNED RUBBER BATMAN THAT WAS A MISSILE!
Did a wheelie once by accident. Scared the crap out of me.
Those things were a lot of fun, especially at 16 years of age.
Mine was in Portuguese Orange, the color of the ‘75 model.
Prior to that my only bike was a Honda CB125 also a ‘75
It’s top speed was 63 mph. I was already too big for it.
Getting the Yamaha RD was like stepping into another world, even though it was a compact 350 cc. engine.It really was a street legal race bike (RD meant “race-developed”)which you could whip around curves at any speed, at a 45 degree tilt.
I’d come to the end of a 5 mile trip along an empty country road full of bends, hills, valleys, and finally come to rest at a stop sign, and was so thrilled by what I just did I’d jump up and down in my seat, yelling WOW!!!