RD350's are best left as fond memories...
they where awesome back in the day, but having been on two restored ones in the last 2-3 years, they just feel hopelessly out of their depth compared to modern machinery, it sort of burst a bubble for me, Still an awesome iconic machine though..
My biking history is
Yamaha TY80 Aged 6
Yamaha TY175 Aged 9
RG125 Aged 17
TS125X
TZR125 (Brand new)
Bit of a gap, took the DAS..
GSXR600-WY
GSXR600K1
GSXR1000K3
When I had my 125's all my mates had 250's/400's, and luckily they wanted me to have a go.. I remember the sheer adrenaline rush of a KR1-S coming into the powerband, compare to my standard 125's, it was a rocket ship!!
The trials riding at an early age was nice, and the 125's taught me how to get the most out of a bike, how to grind footpegs off and all the other stupid things you do, the fact I didn't kill myself somehow made me feel I must have been doing something right, so did the DAS and got a sports 600 to really have a go at killing myself, when that didn't work I went for the 1000, when I failed on that, I sold it and am wondering what next to push my luck on