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[LOT W93 1976 YAMAHA RD 400 - No Reserve]

This bike was sold at the recent Mecum auction in Vegas last month for $11K. So this dealer on CL is apparently trying to flip it.

Info from the auction listing. Note that the numbers don't match -- it's a '76 frame with a '77 engine. I like how they list it as a 5-speed  :o

LOT W93  1976 YAMAHA RD 400 - No Reserve
FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Engine  400 CC
Trans  5-Speed
Color  Red

HIGHLIGHTS
Nice restoration
Nice example of the well respected RD series
Odometer shows 34,961 km
Frame no. 1A1-012933
Engine no. 1A1-315742

SOLD $11,000


EDIT: corrected engine model year

Did any of you catch the Mecum Motorcycle Auction from Las Vegas on NBCSN? I still have 1 more recorded episode to get through. Some pretty expensive bikes! Top seller was a '39 Crocker that hammered for $704K! 

Quite a few cool 2-strokes as well. An RG500 WW went for $34.1K, a '76 RD400C for $12.1K, a '85 RZ500 for $28.6K, 'a 85 RD500L for $17.6K, a '74 TA125 for $8.8K, and a bunch of others that were well over my budget. Quite a few Kawa triples sold too -- some really nice H2s and H1s.

I saw a couple bikes in the results that looked familiar and may have been owned by members of the old 2SW site. There was a Yamaha CT1 cafe bike and a custom blue RD350 with chrome chambers that both looked like I had seen them somewhere before.

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