Parallel lines
A few decades ago virtually everyone at the beginning of their biking career would have owned or ridden a two-stroke 250: it was a given! Okay, so – as time went on – not all were giant killers and not all were tuned to the edge of sanity, but many are looked at fondly today, with the benefit of hindsight.
I have a hunch that, if the bike we’re about to test had been a UK model (and I can’t for the life of me see why it wasn’t an official import) it would have been a sales success and a successor to the cult of the RD-LC! At a quick glance you can pick up on its LC lineage and while not a racer for the road (looks can be deceiving as we find out
