Nicely modified Yamaha RZ500.. pRon!

SteveF over on the 2strokeworld message board posted up this stunner. From that post:

My modified RZ 500 I purchased this bike new in 85. I did some mods recently 2011 R6 front, 2008 R6 rear, marchesini wheels,Brembo’s front and rear, 28mm Flatslide carbs, JL pipes

Stunning RZ350 build.

Thanks to Heiner Trapp

An Excellent RZ from Russia!

God I love these bikes! That seat is fantastic. A LOT od nice custom touches. Sounds fantastic too!

 

Some nice RZ Lanesplitting.

Stunner of an RZ hybrid!

Nick Mitchell sent in this beauty!

 Hi Her's a few pictures of my RD350 YPVS hybrid I just finished as featured in Practical sportsbike mag Cheers Nick


Thanks for the pics Nick! Gorgeous!

Another GPL Racing special.

OK the picture clears up a bit! I copied this straight from the ADV rider post.  I didn't realize that it was a GPL Racing bike who in the 2 stroke world needs little introduction.

I built it just before moving to Canada, it was just a track bike for me but could have been raced. My racing days so the wife thinks are over lol, but would like to get back into a classic class at some point. 

The running gear was swapped over from a 3xv conversion I did some years ago, I never got that bike to stop quick enough because the weight of the engine was to far forward. But the engine could be mounted some 6" further back in the 4DL chassis. The other reason was to fit the new +4mm stroke engine I was building at the time. There had always been over the years a load of BS on the tinternet when building a +4mm stroke YPVS. 

So I did a build on line with all the port specs and how to to get a reliable set up which gives not to bad power. The goal was to build it as easy as possible and keep peak power below 10k. This is a package I offer and is doing very well in some of the Canadian race series. I designed two pipes for this set up, one is a race pipe which peaks at 10500 and with a proper retarding ignition can rev to 11k, peak power was 73WRhp before ignition changes but then went on to around 77WRhp, the other pipe is a road pipe and peaks @ 9750 with just over 40ft.

I build a lot of road/race bikes, which in truth many people can do. But the advantage I have is I design and build pipes, so can build a set of pipes to fit any bike. I'll stick a pic of the 3xv up 

Glyn 

GPL Racing Nova Scotia Canada
gplracing@hotmail.com

Oh and here is that 3xv.   Jebus..

Maybe the nicest custom RZ hybrid I've ever seen!

Glyn posted this over on ADV rider which now has a 2 stroke only section... by the way! "It started out as a TZR 125 4DL chassis with was modified to except a 400cc YPVS engine. The fairing is TZ 2006"

Totally amazing RZ

Look closely.  That's NOT an anniversary R1.

Clean RZ!

RZ350 in a streetrace extravaganza!

Enjoy!

An exquisite Yamaha RZ350 based Street Fighter!

This is my kind of build! I love the more upright “real world” stance of the bike. Really excellent! from the builder: Hallo Steve, I am from Austria, and this is my Personal RZ Best Wishes from the Alps Heiner Thanks you sir!

Cool historical shot from 1991.

Im diggingthe square headlight and I' REALLY curious about the spoked wheels!  Thanks to Mule for the pics!

Stunner of a Yamaha!

I Can't believe it's the same bike..

David Zemla writes in

Love your site!!!!
Great to see such inspirational machines! Makes my day each time.
Here's a shot of an RZ350 I built a few years back. Not great pics but a really fun bike.

David Zemla
Director of Marketing
Progressive Suspension

Sorry for the delay on this David, My e-mail has gone a bit batty lately.





Here's how she started out...

Onboard Video. RZ500 at speed...

Some sweet RZ500's

God I wish I could afford one of these...  Found these over on the RZ500 boards

 Here's a before pic of the above bike...  Just stunning work!

And another beautifully restored machine...

Smoking Hot Jamie James RZ Special...

Nice RZ...