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Offline Lozza

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YZR500
« on: January 25, 2016, 04:22:12 pm »












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Re: YZR500
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2016, 04:41:58 pm »
Factory trickness 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Re: YZR500
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2016, 05:08:24 pm »
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Re: YZR500
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2016, 12:04:49 am »
a nice bit of a one off kit 8) what year is it Lozza?
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Re: YZR500
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2016, 02:03:52 am »
Drool.

I've had a few RD250/350LCs, an RZ350, and an RGV250. Loved them.
Always thought an RG500 engined RGV (250) would be a good thing, but I believe it's a pretty "gung ho"conversion.

The 500 2 stroke days were certainly a classic era for GP racing.
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Re: YZR500
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2016, 08:30:06 am »
Quote from: TT5 Matt on January 26, 2016, 12:04:49 am
a nice bit of a one off kit 8) what year is it Lozza?

93 hasn't been in a gravel trap either. Yamaha give it to Toshihiko Honma at the end of the season after Kevin Magee rode it. Sat in Honma-san shed since then.
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Re: YZR500
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2016, 10:18:40 am »
They way Kevin looked Saturday morning he should not have been allowed ride anything, drunk, crook from something don't no but he was not in a good way about 10am I watched as someone helped him across the pit lane to the wall, he couldn't even walk..

Nice bike thou Lozza and a fantastic meeting.
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Re: YZR500
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2016, 01:08:55 pm »
I wouldn't mind an RZ500 - after having had an RZ350 - however have been told they handled like shite - is that correct?
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Re: YZR500
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2016, 02:13:29 pm »
RG500 a lot better bike Ross, seen the engine used in plenty of specials including 1 done to look like a Rothmans NSR
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Re: YZR500
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2016, 02:20:40 pm »
thanks Tony - had heard that also.
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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2016, 02:57:30 pm »
RZ500 handled quite good when sorted properly, they had to wider front tyre on them in stock trim a 120/80/16 if you took that off and went to a 110/90 they handled a lot better, I had both when they were new, the RG is still a better road bike but as a race bike they were both extremely good when sorted. I rode my old RG to the island classic on the weekend and they are great fun just to be on one..
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