Latest purchase: feel sick but loving the feeling

[Arronduke]

Borrowed the money, paying 10%.
Wife is not talking to me.

Had to do it.

289590

[Madness]

I didn't realise she was talking to you to start with...

[MIXONE]

You bought that and your wife's not talking to you.
Win/win.:niceone:

[Arronduke]

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Yep... mine..

VERY PLEASED

[Corse1]

You bought that and your wife's not talking to you.
Win/win.:niceone:

Are there any more for sale? I like that result:drool:

[Arronduke]

What can I say...

[Arronduke]

The classic Yamaha RZV 500 r v4 2 stroke


1984 imported from japan this year ,vinned ,wof and rego , ready to go .

fully serviced ,includes new plugs ,new air filter, new tyres, new battery, gearbox oil , flushed 2 stroke oil system , carbs cleaned and reset

runs really well , have been on few club runs.

overall a original condition bike with a few blemishes as expected with its age

comes with original tool kit

it has been derestricted so is on par with the euro Rz 500

in my opinion the RZV is the better bike out of the 500s with its hand-welded aluminium frame front forks are air assisted with rebound damping adjustment and many more fine detailed extras . makes for a much nicer bike over all



Please tell me what you know about these.

[MIXONE]

All I know is I WANT ONE.

[Arronduke]

Same... worth the fun.\

[ktm84mxc]

Now have you started a list of improvements to be carried out ?
- pipes and stingers
-new wheels in modern sizes
-fairings in your favorite race team colours
-polish the frame, new braced swing arm
-ohlins shock and forks
-radial brakes or 6 pots, wavey disc rotors

Divorce lawyer.

[Arronduke]

Now have you started a list of improvements to be carried out ?
- pipes and stingers
-new wheels in modern sizes
-fairings in your favorite race team colours
-polish the frame, new braced swing arm
-ohlins shock and forks
-radial brakes or 6 pots, wavey disc rotors

Divorce lawyer.

Man, I'm not allowed to ride it , if it means getting dirty.
All those things above are like two stroke porn.
Might as well buy a dirty mag, two strokes and the same result!

But seriously I will not be f@cking with this like I do with everything else I own!
Who will take bets?

[Kickaha]

Wife is not talking to me.

Consider that a bonus from making the purchase

[Fastmark]

The classic Yamaha RZV 500 r v4 2 stroke


1984 imported from japan this year ,vinned ,wof and rego , ready to go .

fully serviced ,includes new plugs ,new air filter, new tyres, new battery, gearbox oil , flushed 2 stroke oil system , carbs cleaned and reset

runs really well , have been on few club runs.

overall a original condition bike with a few blemishes as expected with its age

comes with original tool kit

it has been derestricted so is on par with the euro Rz 500

in my opinion the RZV is the better bike out of the 500s with its hand-welded aluminium frame front forks are air assisted with rebound damping adjustment and many more fine detailed extras . makes for a much nicer bike over all



Please tell me what you know about these.

Totally agree, the Yamaha 500 was better than the RGV500. Rode both and the Yam was the better bike, more responsive, better handling.

You lucky man, this is one bike that would be in my dream garage

[HenryDorsetCase]

I thought that was really good value for money. Kudos.

[Katman]

Now have you started a list of improvements to be carried out ?
- pipes and stingers
-new wheels in modern sizes
-fairings in your favorite race team colours
-polish the frame, new braced swing arm
-ohlins shock and forks
-radial brakes or 6 pots, wavey disc rotors


I do hope you're joking.

[Kickaha]

Now have you started a list of improvements to be carried out ?
- pipes and stingers
-new wheels in modern sizes
-fairings in your favorite race team colours
-polish the frame, new braced swing arm
-ohlins shock and forks
-radial brakes or 6 pots, wavey disc rotors


Excellent list of things to make the value of the bike decrease

[HenryDorsetCase]

Now have you started a list of improvements to be carried out ?
- pipes and stingers
-new wheels in modern sizes
-fairings in your favorite race team colours
-polish the frame, new braced swing arm
-ohlins shock and forks
-radial brakes or 6 pots, wavey disc rotors

Divorce lawyer.

You would do all that and end up with something less functional than a three year old GSXR600. The point of that RZV is that it was pretty original and unmolested.

If you had one that was crashed or rough as guts, sure, do what you want with it, but it seems silly to fuck around with one that is complete and running. Even if you subscribe to the "bikes as investments" theory.

[Drew]

Yep, certain bikes shouldn't be molested. This is one of them...Although I'd have thought the RG was on the list too these days.

[mossy1200]

Yep, certain bikes shouldn't be molested. This is one of them...Although I'd have thought the RG was on the list too these days.

Idd molest it and it wouldn't involve changing any parts.

[husaberg]

Borrowed the money, paying 10%.
Wife is not talking to me.

Had to do it.

289590

Don't blame you, roll on the angry sex

[Arronduke]

Have to agree, if she cant talk I don't have to listen to her moan and shit.
But seriously now that last nights booze drains from the system. (Ok lets not be silly, busy re filling) Have I done a wise thing?

End of the day... in 5yrs will I lose money? Maybe but only if it turns in to a rusted heap, I ride 100k on it, burn it etc etc.
Other wise it will always be worth what I paid.

I like that.

How cool is it to like bikes that increase in value over time and not decrease like the new clone we see now.
Shame the same thing is not true for women... they just get old and hairy.

[Voltaire]

Make a nice Post Classic bike, after all thats what they are for, not collecting dust in the garage.:niceone:

[nudemetalz]

I had an RZ500 back in the early 90's and a mate had an RG500. We used to do the Akaroa GP quite often. The RG was slighty quicker down the straights (at 100km/h of course.....).
Found the RZ handled better but used to bump steer the front end shocking. The RG had troubles keeping the front end down out of corners.....

Personally I'd have an RZ over and RG anyday. Better looking IMO.

Well done, keep it clean and tidy. :clap:

[george formby]

Have to agree, if she cant talk I don't have to listen to her moan and shit.
But seriously now that last nights booze drains from the system. (Ok lets not be silly, busy re filling) Have I done a wise thing?

End of the day... in 5yrs will I lose money? Maybe but only if it turns in to a rusted heap, I ride 100k on it, burn it etc etc.
Other wise it will always be worth what I paid.

I like that.

How cool is it to like bikes that increase in value over time and not decrease like the new clone we see now.
Shame the same thing is not true for women... they just get old and hairy.

Yup, the best of the bikes they don't build anymore. Check out UK prices for classic smokers.
I like bikes that change their personality with the weather, bikes that have personality.
And don't knock the women, from a brutally honest perspective the bikes are old & hairy, literally, compared to the taut, modern wee things. The same rules apply regardless, yer new classic, the missus or a modern homogenised bike, the more you put in & the more often you do it, the happier you are.

Great score! Delicious bike.

[ktm84mxc]

So the view is to keep standard and ride it sparingly , will Aaron be able to restrain himself when he's been banished to the shed again ?
If you mod it keep all of the standard bits to go back on it at a latter date, best of both worlds.

[misterO]

THAT is one of the coolest bikes ever built. I remember when it came out: it caused me to have unclean thoughts. Congrats and Enjoy!

[Rcktfsh]

Never saw no RG500 doing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhAr5fTDuBE

[Drew]

Never saw no RG500 doing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhAr5fTDuBE

Fuck that Bol'dor looks like a handful. Hehehe, pogo time!

[eelracing]

Have I done a wise thing?

End of the day... in 5yrs will I lose money? Maybe but only if it turns in to a rusted heap, I ride 100k on it, burn it etc etc.
Other wise it will always be worth what I paid.

I like that.

How cool is it to like bikes that increase in value over time and not decrease like the new clone we see now.

An RG and RZ500 in the same shed,you're a sick man as well as a glutton for punishment...but you can't put a price on cool.
The best maintenance for any smoker is to ride em.

[Mental Trousers]

Ride it occasionally, clean it regularly and keep it in a glass case in the lounge. Anything else and it'll lose value.

[Arronduke]

OK we all know the drill.
Purchased the bike.... as an investment... well not really I purchased it cause I liked it
Fact that I will not lose my undies is just a bonus.

BUT I must keep it standard.
Should not be to hard.

So you can rule out all those mods already listed.

But I have to say that 180km puss box speedo and the stupid red flashing speed light already is pissing me off and I have not even seen it yet.

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This will fix the issue. Only one small problem with this option... cost and not keeping it original.

[nudemetalz]

This is blardy tempting..............if I didn't have enough projects already..
Preproduction model though?????? WOW !!!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-660865980.htm

[nudemetalz]

Me back in 1993ish from memory....
Great touring bike..... :facepalm:

[Arronduke]

Me back in 1993ish from memory....
Great touring bike..... :facepalm:

Parked in the snow next to an RG500.
Mint picture.

Must me at the Cold Kiwi.
Must have done close to 15 - 20 of them by now.
Cant remember!

[F5 Dave]

I read the odd CMM etc esp the ones with 2 strokes, but what I can't understand is the plonkers that invest thousands buying original grips & green plated bolts, it must be standard at all costs rivet counters. The machine came out as the manufacturers impression of what was easy & cheap to make. Its not a religious artifact.

Ok there are some tragic aftermarket trinkets. Cut down the mudguards with a wood saw & fit fake carbon teensie indicators & maybe a rash of purple ally bolts & I'll vomit on you.

I like it as is. On the other hand I'm waiting for a mate to sell me his project RZ500.- FZR wheels, FZR400 front end USD forks proper brakes, RGV SW cw proper linkages, modified braced frame (Steel RZ model) Nikons, RS fairing, minus a million kilos & some extra neddies. Will be good when its finished, but its been in his lounge for 10 years (no glass case, just as a convenient place to work on it as money comes to hand).

[nudemetalz]

Parked in the snow next to an RG500.
Mint picture.

Must me at the Cold Kiwi.
Must have done close to 15 - 20 of them by now.
Cant remember!

Was the Brass Monkey down south. Yup, my mate Carey had an RG500 also.
We had no worries starting the 500's the next morning. Was funny watching all the 4-strokes getting battery jump starts though !!

[Kickaha]

Great touring bike..... :facepalm:
Must have been, I went Chch up to Dargaville and points inbetween one week and Dargaville to Wellington in one hit on the way home

[malcy25]

RZ500's...been there and done that with something like 5 in the family in one hit. Had a photo of 4 running at the same time on drive way. Don't tell Greenpeace. :killingme

My father bought one new for his 50th B/day ( I would have been 20) and always wanted one. 10 years later I had one and despite being a Yamaha man most of my life, was a little disillusioned and sold it after doing about 5000km in 5 years.

I guess my problem was I'd sent too much time on real 2 stroke GP bikes and I just found it a lardy road bike with really tall gearing. That and every time I road it, it broke something, somewhere, no matter what I did, or spent on it. That and I realised I didn't realy like riding on the road.

Best thing aI did apart from sell it, was put a 44 tooth rear sprocket on it, up from 38...wahay, all over by 200km/h but off the throttle wheelstands no issue and real world gearing.

10 yaers after selling itr I bought another road bike (my first 4 stroke since a CB100), but was the bike that the RZ was a leader to, an OW01. It's better at what it's trying to be than the RZ ever was (racer for road), while also being more at home where it was built for (race tracK). Not into 4 strokes, but it works.

Best thing with a mint RZ or RZV is not turn them into a tart's handbag with shit loads of crappy bling.

Funny little fact that most people don't know is that yamaha built more RZV's than RZ and RD's.....I saw a letter from yamaha years ago which had the product numbers for each. The combined total was about 3 or 6000, - can't remember now, but in the RC30, OW01 type totals.

[F5 Dave]

Which is why I think my mates one will be considerably better than the factory's interpretation. It has seriously shed a few 10s of kilos. just the pipes were made heavy to tame the bike down. I hefted some of the pipes expecting them to be RZ350 weight (which I was readily familiar with at the time) but got a shock that they were like twice the weight. And there was 4. The other gubbins on them was insane & pointless.

[Arronduke]

First ride.....!

Does not have the same punch of the RG500, the power band on the Rg is very narrow, while the RZ is fat and wide.
The RG makes so much power in a short space of time you make sure it does not happen when you are going in to or around a corner. Cause its just plain scary.

The RZ.. well it is easy to ride, and I ride it like a high revving 4 stroke. It does not scare you. Still has the two stroke power band and its good.
It is faster from A - B... cause you are not waiting to put on the power.

The acceleration of the RG is just mean.

The RZV was more smooth and I liked it, it was easier to ride and the power built nice and smooth, but still in a great rush. Just slower and more usable than the RG.

I think I can ride the RZ faster than the RG... but the RG is in the shed... getting some treatment for depression.
(fact is you are always nice to a new wife, and the old wife is like a warn tyre.)


Spose I should add pictures.

[Arronduke]

Which is why I think my mates one will be considerably better than the factory's interpretation. It has seriously shed a few 10s of kilos. just the pipes were made heavy to tame the bike down. I hefted some of the pipes expecting them to be RZ350 weight (which I was readily familiar with at the time) but got a shock that they were like twice the weight. And there was 4. The other gubbins on them was insane & pointless.

Told wife I will not F#ck with it, BUT I cant have rusty exhaust pipes on it! and the originals are no longer available.
BUT I have found some new ones.. I have to say they look funny with tails and are lighter. Have to be good for the environment dear. Why is everything good for the environment sooo expensive?

[F5 Dave]

your logic is impeccable, but probably need rejetting, seen some mod the convoluted intake system with large HardlyAbleson shape K&N type filters slipped in between the fairing panels.

blah blah borrowing the planet from our children etc etc. ZipZap. Did I just confirm that purchase?

Ohh look another ignitech cdi has just appeared on my desk (ok about an hour ago, but I'm telling the story here).

[Arronduke]

your logic is impeccable, but probably need rejetting, seen some mod the convoluted intake system with large HardlyAbleson shape K&N type filters slipped in between the fairing panels.

blah blah borrowing the planet from our children etc etc. ZipZap. Did I just confirm that purchase?

Ohh look another ignitech cdi has just appeared on my desk (ok about an hour ago, but I'm telling the story here).

Mr Dave.... had to laugh. All your comments are not good for the bank account, it all comes down to what I see modified bike sell for compared to the standard version. You know what the end resalt is if you ride them... modified. have Too!


I have seen a heavy modified RG500 go for $13,000, looked reasonably standard . An RG for $10-13k will sell if its a reasonable example.

The RZ500 have be come expensive.. the were cheap once, like dirt cheap. I read a story, the dude sold his RZ500 for 1600 pounds from memory..... no one wanted them...? I have owned lots of RDs and RZs. But never the big one. Very pleased.

Fuck it spits out oil.!
RG does not like this thing. I had to clean the whole rear end.

Only ever do that for a bike, after all women should clean their own rear end. No matter the condition.

[ktm84mxc]

I just knew young Aaron couldn't leave it alone as a standard unmolested original factory spec bike. It's just the pipes and then the air box/filters, next a shock and fork kit, update the brakes/calipers.
He should just gut and paint the chambers, decoke and repack the stingers to remove all of that oil residue etc.
Have ridden both a RZ and RG ,the RZ felt like a road bike the RG a race bike more alive [twitchy, nervous,light, responsive] get it singing and a real buzzz only problem you wouldn't have your license for very long.

[Drew]

It's your bike, you wanna ride it, make it do what you want it to on the road...and pm me your fucker address so I can post this speedo drive down for the good bike.

[Arronduke]

"He should just gut and paint the chambers, decoke and repack the stingers to remove all of that oil residue etc."

ABOVE quoted...

Seems a wise statement, going to do this, but I would assume I can reduce the oil flow for the two stroke oil pump and add real oil.
Need to start looking in to this. If that's how it should be then so be it.... where is that file.

BUT as I type this I am thinking .... F#CK I want to advertise my two stroke, I want it reving to idle, puffing like a rapist. Smoking like Paul Homes and making some funny noise, like a sewing machine. Funny how the sewing machine noise never changes. But what is that noise and all the smoke... YEP bring on the smoke!

[ktm84mxc]

Been a bit bored of late so time to check EBay uk for my new mate Aaron look See Jim Lomas pipes for a RD/RZ 500 900 pounds, Maxon shock 400 pounds, Billet power valve assbly 250 pounds, King Kenny rep complete plastics kit 800 pounds ex Japan, it's endless a good RD/RZ goes for 8-10g pounds so our prices are cheap.