Yeah my '73 RD200 was the exact color of the Blue TX500 you posted.
The second pic, isn't that a RD250? I did have a RD250 also. That was my second bike after the RD200 got stolen. It was a '75 in white with the red stripes.
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You are EXACTLY right, HYPERR. That pic was labelled as an RD-200. But you can plainly see the 'badge' on the side of the cycle says 250!
I went back to the search engine just now and I found this pic, which corroborates your memory exactly!. THIS pic shows a badge which reads "200", and the color is just what you said, dark blue!
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You are EXACTLY right, HYPERR. That pic was labelled as an RD-200. But you can plainly see the 'badge' on the side of the cycle says 250!
I went back to the search engine just now and I found this pic, which corroborates your memory exactly!. THIS pic shows a badge which reads "200", and the color is just what you said, dark blue!
Yes that it! Albeit a different stripe design and I didn't have a rack. Also the Blue in real life is a little darker than what it looks like on the pic
I bought it for $200...$1 per cc. My very first bike. It was only 200cc but being a two stroke, had decent peak power and pulled good wheelies The first day I had it, I wanted to see what it could do. I gave it a fistfull of throttle and dumped the clutch. It proceeded to do an almost a vertical wheelie and spit me right off. Amazingly nothing got damaged on the bike or on me and I just got back on it like nothing happened and rode away. The blissfull ignorance of a fearless & stupid youth.
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Yes I do have more pics of my cycles. The third motorcycle that I ever owned was a 1967 Yamaha YL-100. It was the first (and last, LOL) two-stroke cycle I ever had. It is still in my fleet, but it does not run now. (long story why not). I still cling to hopes of someday restoring it. It is the classical 'ring-ding', smoking, narrow power-band Japanese 2-stroker. But so far, I haven't been able to cut my attachment to it and sell it.
This pic was made in 1967 when it was only a few months old:
scooter78666 wrote:Yes I do have more pics of my cycles. The third motorcycle that I ever owned was a 1967 Yamaha YL-100. It was the first (and last, LOL) two-stroke cycle I ever had. It is still in my fleet, but it does not run now. (long story why not). I still cling to hopes of someday restoring it. It is the classical 'ring-ding', smoking, narrow power-band Japanese 2-stroker. But so far, I haven't been able to cut my attachment to it and sell it.
This pic was made in 1967 when it was only a few months old:
That's a great pic of the ringading and your daughters!
You had quite a gap between the purchase of your '50 Pan and the '67 Ringading! I suppose that's what happens when you are raising a family?
Thanks for the compliment on my picture of my cycle and the two girls. You are correct about the gap in my cycle buying. It was due to both, the diversion of attention and resources for raising a family, plus getting my feet wet in my job.
I am going to be out of pocket tomorrow, but I still have more cycle pics to share wth you. Okay?
It was a '75 in white with the red stripes. 
My very first bike. It was only 200cc but being a two stroke, had decent peak power and pulled good wheelies The first day I had it, I wanted to see what it could do. I gave it a fistfull of throttle and dumped the clutch. It proceeded to do an almost a vertical wheelie and spit me right off. 
Amazingly nothing got damaged on the bike or on me and I just got back on it like nothing happened and rode away. The blissfull ignorance of a fearless & stupid youth. 
Not many of those around anymore. 
