500 Two-Stroke Tech

[/quote] Me to. i am not a talented racer and I cant ride any bike with more than 70hp or so at its limit. Building such project is pure stupidity in theory. If I needed that extra HP I could simply buy another bike in the shop for a fraction of the cost, and better reliability and better quality. i...

Croz! How cool! The radiator setup on the Spondon bike is very interesting, with the main unit in the nose and the two flanking secondary rads. It gives me ideas for my race bike. Johnny, is it at all possible to post up any photos of the cylinder intake mods from the original engine showing the way...

Johnny,

Was is the fairing fitted to the bike? It looks like an RG race fairing to me.

Glad you're back up and around mate.

Cheers,
Alex

I really like my 500 and this thing is wicked but I can buy a Desmosedici RR for around 50K, trash it all day long and still have money left over to tune/fix it. Really? You know a complete engine rebuild is north of 40K USD right? And that's as of today, what'll it cost in a couple of years? Read ...

Mark, I understand what you're trying to say but for me it's not just about the price of something, it's about what I get for my money. We can all build YZR wannabes (and many of us have or are building them) but they're based on a flawed production road engine. The Ronax is very high spec indeed, l...

Hi fellas, The specs from the website are: 160hp @ 11,500rpm 145kg dry (that'll be 170+kg wet, ready to ride). It has lights and indicators so theoretically it's road legal but I'd very much doubt it here in Australia unless you spent some serious money getting through the emissions testing required...

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You can count me in too, rebuilding my linkages as we speak and was about to follow the same path.

Cheers,
Alex

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Found this on ebay if you're interested...


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Yamaha-RD500 ... 4cfde82731

Cheers,
Alex