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Wow, why am I just noticing this post? What a dream bike for sale! OK so from reading the timed out Ebay listing my understanding is that he just stuck a plate on the bike from some other awesome bike he had (H2) to ride it on select "hot rod" show off events. So at least you know it runs but I don't think it was ever registered.

Very cool bike, it's nice that even though the listing ended...If someone so chooses,they can read it's description and still contact the seller. In this case it appears that it never actually sold?

LOL, yep I didn't catch those details. Incidentally I never removed the original paint from my carbs but the old dry rotted boots had to go. Early on in my efforts to keep my bike original I did get repro boots but they just seemed like a bulky nuisance when fiddling with the carbs so I got used to leaving them off.

Wow that's wild and I read the same question following the BAT comments. It's gotta be some kinda record.

I wonder if it's a fluke or the start of a trend that will have the RD's appreciate more over time?

I wish my 75' RD250 was in as nice original condition as that one, keywords there. I mean I could restore it but then it wouldn't be original. Strictly speaking toward the bodywork/tins.

That looks great and not something I would think of. Just for the heck of it I did a search on Ebay for KTM flags and found quite a few of them for sale. Looks great and thank you for the inspiration.

It's interesting, when I got my Vape from HVC they never had those coil brackets. Oh well.

Totally off topic but that's good info to know about Rebel Gears. Eleven years ago I bought my used/new to me GSXR100 and it came with a set of Marvic Magnesium wheels on it rather than the stock ones. Well the sprocket was an all aluminum one from Sprocket Specialist and after several thousand miles of street riding it wore out pretty in quite gnarly fashion. I got lucky and found a SuperSprox brand sprocket on Ebay and of course I should've gotten an extra at the time. Not that there's anything wrong with the present one on the bike or the one it came with. I mean Sprocket Specialist are a good reputable source but I did try to contact them albeit just by phone and couldn't reach em. Again just good to know of other sources out there. Special wheels with special bolt pattern...jeesh and I actually need a rear brake rotor for that wheel as mine is cupped on the edge and grooved in the middle. Not sure if it uses the stock bolt pattern for the rotors but I'm guessing not.

In regards to the EBC carbon clutch plates, I'm not sure about those but per recommendation here on the forum I went with the Caltric FZ600 fiber plates(more surface area and loses the stock rubber damper rings) that are very cheap $$ on Ebay along with heavy duty EBC clutch springs specific to RD350's. Also mix and matching some used Raptor 660 steel plates with my original ones that were in the best shape as I had issues with the clutch slipping and my bike is pretty much stock in terms of power. Yeah my clutch works great now with that setup. Anyways again you'll just have to see how yours is. Looking back on it maybe all I needed was the springs but all those parts were very affordable.

That is a very scenic lookout point. Nice profile of your RD. That finishing color of your pipes looks great. Now the rear tire,not sure if it's the pic but it looks much wider compared to mine (3.50-18 Shinko 712).

Wow, that looks bitch'in.

I hope it runs well for you, I know folks say with those individual pod filters it can be harder to tune, just what I've read and you gotta see what happens with that anyways.

That's quite a blow, considering he was asking almost twice that.

Reality set in...
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That's quite a blow, considering he was asking almost twice that.

Reality set in...

Well actually the FB Marketplace ad and that Mecum auction are not the same H2's...just saying but the looks of it.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-yamaha-rd350-16/

Still trying to wrap my head around this $11K RD. Absolutely mint, but is it $11K mint?

Yeah I vaguely recall seeing that RD for auction. Amazing it sold for that price, I guess somebody just had to have it. Now I don't follow BAT auctions but if you scroll thru the comments/bidding text you'll see the auction was seven days long and first bid started at $2k also it was a no reserve auction. Also there was a bidding war the final day, the last six minutes to go. Went from $9500 to $11750 between two bidders plus one other upping the ante once for $250. Kinda interesting if you think about it. Nice bike but I wouldn't pay that. If I saw that as a private sale on say FB Marketplace I'm thinking maybe a cash offer of $7500 seems fair just knowing what I know about my experience with mine and how nice it looks. Even still I think I would want some kinda assurance in the form of honesty and receipts that the bike at least had new crank seals and gaskets replaced and a good going over. I don't know though, I guess I'm cheap but I figure even $6k is big money for a nice example of a RD these days.

Just sold today (9/21) at the Mecum auction for $7700:

'72 H2 Kawasaki

Wow, that's cheap. It looks really nice and especially at that price. I wonder what's the story behind both the auction and the bike?

Yep that's a bitch'in bike. I really don't know nothing about them. I love looking at the spare motor. Just looks mean and real as a triple should. Got any idea what kinda power that maybe puts out? I imagine it must handle pretty good, another thing to consider is the cbr wheel upgrade, I assume those are 17's front and rear? and I imagine that makes for easier tire selection if not better handling?

ahh interesting and why do people go to the trouble? Those darn DG's are a rabbit hole I tell ya.

Are those Bassini pipes on a RD250? Cool bikes for sale, Goshen,CT.

75' rd250