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Marque Remarks => Yamaha => Topic started by: zorroz on May 07, 2009, 04:45:17 pm

Title: YZ490 road registered
Post by: zorroz on May 07, 2009, 04:45:17 pm
Check this beast out. Would have cost him a motsa to get it complied...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Yamaha-YZ490-NSW-Road-Registered_W0QQitemZ180354141382QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Motorcycles?hash=item180354141382&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: VMX Andrew on May 07, 2009, 05:45:01 pm
$6500 is serious moolla.... :)
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: jimg1au on May 07, 2009, 06:23:13 pm
try and buy a road rego leagle cr500 for less than that
cheers
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: VMX Andrew on May 07, 2009, 06:35:53 pm
try and buy a road rego leagle cr500 for less than that
cheers
ive seen a couple of 2000 to 2002 honda cr500 road LEGAL jobs
go for around 5000 to 7500 grand in the last 12 months........
so what.... :o
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: lms6201 on May 07, 2009, 06:41:38 pm
it,s cheap , look at the parts included ,
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: VMX Andrew on May 07, 2009, 07:14:57 pm
well come to think of it.... i suppose it is a unique bike
not many rego yz 490s around... 8)
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: Hoony on May 07, 2009, 07:28:23 pm
well come to think of it.... i suppose it is a unique bike
not many rego yz 490s around... 8)

there's a damn good reason why there isn't too Andrew  ;)
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: jimg1au on May 07, 2009, 09:06:44 pm
ive seen a couple of 2000 to 2002 honda cr500 road LEGAL jobs
go for around 5000 to 7500 grand in the last 12 months........
so what....
andrew when i went to school 6500grand was less than 7500grand.
for what it is and the spares 6500 isnt to bad
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: caps 999 on May 07, 2009, 11:40:31 pm
dont agree with the black and that tank makes me want to vomit
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: TT5 Matt on May 08, 2009, 12:12:49 am
yz a it490 and save the head fork of nsw rego and still go like a shower of shit!!!


TT5 Matt
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: VMX Andrew on May 08, 2009, 03:24:28 pm
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HONDA-CRE-500-05-2002-ROAD-TRAIL-MOTORCYCLE_W0QQitemZ110383488036QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Motorcycles?hash=item110383488036&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 ;)
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: Marc.com on May 08, 2009, 03:48:29 pm

there's a damn good reason why there isn't too Andrew  ;)
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yeah having nursed at constant throttle a lurching surging detonating WR500 through the odd road transport section (and KTM 350/520 2 stroke) I have some theories on why open class 2 strokes never made popular road bikes.  ::)
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: VMX Andrew on May 08, 2009, 03:55:43 pm
dont they ping a little bit them yz490s....  ::)
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: LWC82PE on May 08, 2009, 05:58:24 pm
The coloring scheme on that bike is a lot like the DT175 from around the same year.
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: mx250 on May 08, 2009, 06:26:14 pm
yeah having nursed at constant throttle a lurching surging detonating WR500 through the odd road transport section (and KTM 350/520 2 stroke) I have some theories on why open class 2 strokes never made popular road bikes.  ::)
And big two strokes vibrate. You don't tend to notice it until you hold steady revs. A friend slotted a CR500 into a RGV250 frame. Awesome, but unridable ::) (for any length of time). He was going to use it as a track day/ club racer but ended up returning it to the dirt.
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: Marc.com on May 08, 2009, 11:25:54 pm
And big two strokes vibrate. You don't tend to notice it until you hold steady revs.
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its the steady throttle setting part that is the real issue, they were never designed to run on constant throttle. On the rode I used to ride the WR and KTM wide open then hit the kill switch for a while. Old desert racers trick to avoid seizing was to hit the kill switch at full throttle.
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: lms6201 on May 11, 2009, 05:46:27 am
 what barrell did u have on the wr 500 ? i can,t get my head around all the lurching , surging ,      rego is more of use for trail riding , is required  for forestry / nat park use , i had my maico gme 500 reg.d  but i wouldn,t want to do a road trip on it , or even ride up to the newsagent for the sunday paper ,  yz,ing an it 490 , best way, rembering the 84 on is centerport , is cut the steering stem off the it and weld it on the yz , my wr in it,s early days was reg.d but used something else of the it,s ,   marc , for desert riding , would u have had fairly high gearing on that wr500 ?
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: Marc.com on May 11, 2009, 08:09:52 am
my WR was center port with modified head and barrel, rest was stock. What i describing is how you either have to ride below or in the powerband and once you are in the powerband the bike just starts to accelerate so running constant throttle setting and speed on the road is a drama. 4 stroke does this job much better.
Title: Re: YZ490 road registered
Post by: lms6201 on May 11, 2009, 05:58:31 pm
 must have been quick , i,ve got an 87 yz barrell on mine , due for a rebore about 15 rides ago , the wr head seems a little different to the yz