Rz 500

[Motoworld Powersports]

Yeh just sold that one. For some reason Trademe kept putting it on as a RZV and not an RZ. Im bringing this one in for myself will be in about 2 weeks.

[Motoworld Powersports]

OK pics didnt work

[mud boy]

years ago, a mate left one in my garage......

oh the shame, i just had to keep the battery charged...
my way ...

i was so pissed off when the wife said it had to go somehwere else... (had his GS750 also...) (AJ HERE)

[nudemetalz]

Sheez AJ, ...for a sec there I was wondering when Luke got married !!!

Seriously, that RZ with the RHS pipes and USD's is seriously gorgeous !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please post a youtube of it running when you get it

[RobRod]

I agree with you Dave but the real sad thing will be the day 2 strokes are gone from GP's,when they go the two stroke will be dead.Yamaha and Suzuki were built on two strokes and now they seem hell bent on turning there backs on there own tradition and history.They would rather sell overweight and overtechnologolised 4 strokes to a gullible public that have never experienced a true power band.The real sad fucks are the ones who will never get to ride them.In this day and age of engine management systems & fuel and oil injection technology they could make two strokes as clean burning as diesels...if they wanted to.I grew up on a diet of RD's & RG's and now totally miss watching true close racing as witnessed in 250 proddies in the 80/90,s.Pity the poor saps who are shelling out obsene amounts of money to be competitive in todays so called racing classes.There,rant over.Im going out to the garage to work on my 350 LC,I need something to calm me down.

Well as it just so happens, Aprilla are going to be selling there TWO stroke RS125 road bike in the US of A with a Euro3 spec emission and it gets better , there is a hop up kit by Aprilla to get the best from it.
Why not do that to a modern designed 500 or 750, Maybe the manufacturer's remember the problematic V Due - which IMO was really cool, as was riding RZ's and RG's.

[imdying]

Sheez AJ, ...for a sec there I was wondering when Luke got married !!!

Seriously, that RZ with the RHS pipes and USD's is seriously gorgeous !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please post a youtube of it running when you get it

Did you see the SSSA?

[nudemetalz]

What's the SSSA ?
Sounds familiar.

BTW this RZ (or RD)500 sounds wicked...


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOuSLf4s1PU[/youtube]

[imdying]

What's the SSSA ?

The Single Sided Swing Arm!!! Looks phat!

[avgas]

problematic V Due

was fixed.....but company went upside down before could release the fix.
Now they are re-invented with new owner who isn't so risky - Tesi2D while a nice bike is not a smoker, and the chance of another VDue outside the ones that are being sold ex-storage is slim.

I'm hoping i win lotto so i can buy an ex-stock vdue

[nudemetalz]

The Single Sided Swing Arm!!! Looks phat!

Ah yes, def saw that too !!!!
Agreed !!!

[RobRod]

was fixed.....but company went upside down before could release the fix.
Now they are re-invented with new owner who isn't so risky - Tesi2D while a nice bike is not a smoker, and the chance of another VDue outside the ones that are being sold ex-storage is slim.

I'm hoping i win lotto so i can buy an ex-stock vdue

Yeah had heard that in the end they got it sorted, aparently there is one or so in ChCh.

[sugilite:Me]

They fitted carbs in the end and flicked them on did they not????

[F5 Dave]

2 in chch 'parently. The first ones were plagued with badly made engine parts (it is italy after all), the barrels weren't made to spec by erm Moto Minarelli perhaps & the cranks had issues, but it was the fuel injection that was rubbish. They fitted them with carbs & new engine bits & made a limited release track only version in anticipation of a one make race series. None of that really happened, couldn't sell them & meet road emissions. In the end it was all flogged to some chap who bought all the spares & bikes left over. They were still not 'fixed' as in totally reliable it would seem.