The plan was to ride upto Bombay Coffee House and this time my other two friends joined in too.
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Maiden highway run cut short:
It had been a few months since I took the RD 200 on the highway for a longer run and planned to do that this Sunday. In preparation for the Sunday ride washed and polished the RD 200 and RZ 350 on Saturday. This was the first wash and polish session done by me post the repaint and I will let the pictures speak the results for itself.
The plan was to ride upto Bombay Coffee House and this time my other two friends joined in too. However, once I reached Mahim the throttle cable started acting funny and just like the RZ the rpm wouldn’t drop when the throttle was cut off. I messaged my friends that I would head back but they then rather decided we have breakfast back in Mahim and head back together. I had to do multiple stops to adjust the throttle and once I got back on the highway the issue disappeared. Gladly I could ride back home and will get this inspected the next time I am at Tony’s.
Some Pictures…
First polish session after the wash
Results under the sun
Up close
Top view
Glad avoided the top decals. Would have made the tank too busy and make it look much more smaller
What a colour contrast and the sight of those twin cylinders and exhaust. Don’t miss the rear footrest which are mounted on the swingarm. Pillion will have a proper leg day on this one
Love the decals and the colour combo
A coincidence that the needle tips of the speedometer match the tank shade??
One of the fast rider of our group gets his new daily rider which is in its engine running in period
Ride cut short thanks to the throttle issue. But that is what adds to the charm if these two strokes
But the food made up for it
Back home getting introduced to its younger bigger displacement sibling
Face to face
Up close. The RD 200 came with 18” spoke wheels but we shifted to 17” alloys and that is the reason for lower stance
Only a 50cc engine difference on paper but the actual difference in styling and engine characteristics is night and day
1979 vs 1972
I don’t know the actual specks of the DS but it rides and sounds very different from the Indian RD’s. And being 100cc smaller in displacement over the Indian RD’s still feels much more powerful..
Almost 30 kg weight difference in these two
All that weight is on the frame and alloys which are much more chunkier on the DS
A unique trivia is that both have speedos which are in MPH
Two uniquely designed tanks
Standing solo and will still attract a crowd
Meeting the big daddy from the family lineup
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