1971 Yamaha RT1B 360 Enduro Tribute

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[@phillipcox516]

I still have my 1973 RT1, I got it in 1978 and used to ride it to work when I was an apprentice. Boy have I had some injuries from this bike over the years. Every time I ride it, I feel 19 again. AUS

[@bapasrcadventures3619]

The first time I road this new beautiful beast I got off my 250 and got on my brothers new 360 I can still remember the feeling of the additional power!! It was the coolest thing ever!! I knew within 30 seconds I was going to buy one. It was a beautiful bike for sure.

[@stevehowell4425]

I owned one of these bikes back in the mid 70's, a '72 RT1.I rode it for about 20 years. A great bike, a little heavy, not a lot of suspension but I didn't know the difference, it was my 1st big bike. I got it when I was 12. A lot of great memories and still have the scars to prove it! The second one was a '71 model. I found it after I was married. There was no comparison in the power. The '71 would stand up in the 1st 3 gears. The 72 was hard to stand up in 1st gear. In trying to find out why the '71 had so much more power I found out the carb and reed valve assembly was different. Upon further inspection, I found the flywheel on the '71 had a timing advance built in to the flywheel and the '72 didn't. I guess the extra timing advance made the all the extra power. Both were great bikes for there time.With todays technolagy the 125's would run circles around them both....

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72 was the first year for reed valves, the 71 was piston port. I agree that a modern 125 is a lot more powerful in stock form, but these old bikes can also be woken up with modifications.