Yamaha TZ50

[chrisc]

I found some good content from Japan for the Yamaha TZ50 if anyone else is interested. I never knew they had 16" front wheels (89/90 R16 and 90/90 R17 rears). I wonder how hard it would be to find slicks for the fronts in NZ.

Here's a cool japanese blog of a TZ50 owner: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/zerohan_tz5...er/179052.html

[gammaguy]

Great little bikes

I sell parts for them,mainly to the US but there's a fair few in Europe as well

Tyres are readily available,as is a whole lot of aftermarket parts for the TZR and TZ models

[chrisc]

Great little bikes

I sell parts for them,mainly to the US but there's a fair few in Europe as well

Tyres are readily available,as is a whole lot of aftermarket parts for the TZR and TZ models

What kind of tyres are we talking? Slicks?

[gammaguy]

Slicks,treads,whatever

Dunlop make most of them,Bridgey do a few too,then theres ya lower echelon makes such as IRC and even some Thai factories are making them in those sizes.

Mini bikes are still huge in Japan,and also the Germans love em too

I also sell quite a few of these..http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/161010218...84.m1559.l2649

[BMWST?]

Great little bikes

I sell parts for them,mainly to the US but there's a fair few in Europe as well

Tyres are readily available,as is a whole lot of aftermarket parts for the TZR and TZ models

"little bikes" ?????

ohouh i read it as 750!!!!

[F5 Dave]

There's a few round being bucket'd. They are really a TZR with road gear removed so no one complained.

[chrisc]

I did a bit of research today on them and came to the same conclusion. The frame, swingarm and suspension all look fairly out dated anyway. If I was racing against one of these things on a NSR, RS, derbi, well anything newer than 1990 that wasn't steel really, I wouldn't complain. To me the best thing they have going for them is lightness

[F5 Dave]

Jason put his Kwai engine in one. DaveD had one as a 50 and one with MB100 engine then with FXR150.

[andrew a]

I got mine fired up yesterday. I have put a FZR front wheel on it using an old NSR rear sprocket for an adapter for the brake disk. Will look at another rear shock because the original is like a Pogo stick. So it has 2.15 rims front and rear. I will run two front slicks.
I haven't had it out for a while but one time at Kaitoki we had a weigh in. I thought the TZR might win something for the day other than spit the rider off but no F5 Dave RSRG won hands down.