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The bike made about 32 to 35 rear-wheel HP - very fast then, but [[as of 2006]], some 600cc bikes now make about 100 HP. A contemporary of the RD was the [[Kawasaki]] [[Kawasaki H2|H2 750cc Triple]], said to make 72 to 75 true HP (tested by ''Cycle Magazine'' at 55bhp). | The bike made about 32 to 35 rear-wheel HP - very fast then, but [[as of 2006]], some 600cc bikes now make about 100 HP. A contemporary of the RD was the [[Kawasaki]] [[Kawasaki H2|H2 750cc Triple]], said to make 72 to 75 true HP (tested by ''Cycle Magazine'' at 55bhp). | ||
The 350 evolved into the so-called "cleaner running" RD400C in 1976, the "D" and "E" in 77-78 and the final model, the white 1979 RD400F. | The 350 evolved into the so-called "cleaner running" [[Yamaha RD400|RD400C]] in 1976, the "D" and "E" in 77-78 and the final model, the white 1979 RD400F. | ||
There was a myth that RD stood for "Racing Death" and "Road Death" and that it was the Japanese revenge for the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]], as it claimed the lives of many US riders, but this is pure fiction (according to Japanese representatives).It was thought by some RD stood for "race developed." But a long time Yamaha mechanic recently dispelled this myth on the uk Yamaha RD forum, this is his explanation and he has worked with and raced them since the seventies. | There was a myth that RD stood for "Racing Death" and "Road Death" and that it was the Japanese revenge for the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]], as it claimed the lives of many US riders, but this is pure fiction (according to Japanese representatives).It was thought by some RD stood for "race developed." But a long time Yamaha mechanic recently dispelled this myth on the uk Yamaha RD forum, this is his explanation and he has worked with and raced them since the seventies. | ||