RT1-360

[Blowkat]

Hi all , I have a RT1-360 with a dt 360 tank. It was sitting in a friends shearing shed for twenty years that i know of,it has matching engine & frame numbers . The tank is in good condition with 3 little dents in it & the engine cases are good as well . The bike is at Mullaley  which is 50 kms west of gunnedah NSW . Asking price is $400 ono.
I am happy to e-mail photos or info.
Been trying to up-load photos on this post but it just wont work!
There are pics of the bike in an album on this site.

[090]

http://ausvmx.ning.com/photo/rt1360-1?context=album&albumId=4424307%3AAlbum%3A10373
Use the hyperlink tag instead of the image tag.

[Nathan S]

That's a stock RT2 tank - which is why the colour matches the colour on the headlight mounts.
DT360 tank doesn't fit onto an RT frame - the RT frame is too wide at the rear.

[Blowkat]

Thanks for your input Nathan!
 

[David Lahey]

Nathan are you sure RT2 tank? It looks like RT3 tank to me in fact all of what's there looks like RT3

[mx250]

This is what I think was the first RT1 tank (the yellow stripe).



This was the most common RT1 tank (red stripe).



This is what I would call the RT2.



This is what I would call a RT3, an all silver tank no stripes (250=burnt orange tank).

[TT5 Matt]

it couldnt be a rt1 cause it's got a reed valve,rt1's were piston port

[Davey Crocket]

The bikes with the nike stripes are AT3, CT3, DT3. RT3 etc, no stripe is AT2, CT2, DT2, RT2, pinstripes are the 1's.....now what welding process do they use for a tank, and what type of filler rod do they use, wheres Nathan.....haven't got his speil about welding?...come on son.....and NO WHY questions!!!

[Nathan S]

DC, In this case, the answer is "steam pipe"...

I thought MX250's summation of the models (and their fuel tanks) was correct, but I'm still to get my head around the exact differences between RT2s and RT3s (and DT2 vs DT3s) - everytime I find someone who insists on a particular thing, I find someone else who is just as insistant on the opposite.
I think there are two main reasons for this:
1. Yamaha made lots of rolling changes so a late RT2 will have some of the RT3 updates (for example).
2. The xT3s were more a marketing/cosmetic thing (rather than any real mechanical changes), and consequently a lot of documentation considers them to be the same bike.

As my interest in these bikes is more about racing them that nut-and-bolt resto, I've not needed to know the train-spotter stuff.

[Davey Crocket]

Nathan, I think the only difference between the "2"s and "3"s is the nike stripe, it was one of those Honda updates.....different decals for the next model.

[kipo]

I owned about 3 X RT 360's in the late 70's. There always seems to be confusion between the 1,2 & 3.

For example this is the 360 I have sitting in my shed waiting resto when I saw it on ebay I assumed it was an RT2 or 3 but the frame and engine numbers, which are matching all start with the prefix RT1

And it has a reed valve. It looks identical to Blowkat's.

[mx250]

To the best of my knowledge they all had frame numbers starting RT1 - confusing eh!

[kipo]

To the best of my knowledge they all had frame numbers starting RT1 - confusing eh!

OK. but I could swear I had one years ago that started with RT3?

But it was a long time ago and there has been a few 'over the bars' since then and probably brain damage 

[Freakshow]

THey all start with the Dt1/RT1 its the numb er sequece that cuts over, even the 2mxers have the same prefix, just a differant starting point on the number sequence.   BArrell picks it, the rest is just cosmetic stuff or any internal etc so little you would nt worry.

Tanks are round on the early then as you say change to that other teardrop style,  I have a teardrop on my RT1 and its ealry so im not sure when the tanks changed and became Dt360a

[mx250]

....... and its ealry so im not sure when the tanks changed and became Dt360a

with the new lowered frame . All DT250/360 and MX250/360 tanks are held on by a welded on bolt on the frame at rear, with large washer and rubber isolation. DT/RT have a dickie little rubber band with canvas tag for stretching into place over a hook on the tank (worth a small fortune NOS ).