Picked up a vintage motorcycle with some racing history.

[Rot 911]

Yamaha R5/RD 350. Was Dick Fuller‘s personal bike. He raced this bike back in the early 70s. Dick was fairly well known in the California motorcycle racing scene. He later moved to Missouri where he became a part of our BMW Airhead group. Dick passed in 2018 and I have now become the custodian of his bike.

Korbs was the department store in California that sponsored Dick.

Here is a good read on motorcycle racing in California back in the early 70s:

https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/american-motorcycle-roadracing-50-years-ago/

[astrochex]

That's sweet.

What are your duties as custodian?

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by astrochex

That's sweet.

What are your duties as custodian?

Well, it’s really my bike to do whatever I want with, but I’m going to keep it looking the way Dick restored it.

[911 Rod]

That was the bike to have in high school.
I took one for a ride and the front wheel came up at 80.

[manbridge 74]

Now that is a cool bike... any one off kit parts installed?

I recall the first time I saw titanium bits was on a TZ750, foot pegs and such.

[Skillet83]

Rot. congratulations on bike. That is cool as chit sir!

[Baz]

Beautiful machine, Kurt! Nice backstory too and always nice to see any kind of motorsports history being maintained and preserved.

I'm interested in knowing what year/model BMW Dick owned. I'm assuming he owned one because he was an airhead member.

Thanks for sharing. So cool!

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by Baz

I'm interested in knowing what year/model BMW Dick owned. I'm assuming he owned one because he was an

Dick had a red R90 S. I believe it was a 1974. And it was beautiful!

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

That was the bike to have in high school.
I took one for a ride and the front wheel came up at 80.

Ha, I was just thinking of High School when I read your comment. A couple of the guys had these. Even the RD250 was a fast and fun bike.

[Superman]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

That was the bike to have in high school.
I took one for a ride and the front wheel came up at 80.

Yup. In lower gears, grip the handlebars tightly if you crack the throttle. These kinds of bikes can leave you sitting on the ground.

[908/930]

Nice, should be a fun toy. Drum brakes have not seen those in quite a while, well since the 70's

[asphaltgambler]

Beautiful piece of history, great story. Odd that it still has the factory exhaust unless the class rules mandated it

[Chocaholic]

Very cool bike. A piece of desirable history in your very own garage. Congrats!

[john walker's workshop]

Originally Posted by Superman

Yup. In lower gears, grip the handlebars tightly if you crack the throttle. These kinds of bikes can leave you sitting on the ground.

Especially with a seat like that.

[oldE]

A friend of mine used to race a Yamaha with a full faring (Tz 250) ?
He was in the process of restoring it when he died. I never asked her what she did with the bike.
Wild machine.

Best
Les

[Rot 911]

Here’s a picture of him on the actual bike. This was a bit later when the RD 350 came out. The R5 had drum brakes in front and the 350 had a disk.

[craigster59]

Very cool bike! And I used to buy my Levis 501's at Korbs Trading Post.