Is there a RZV500R RD500 Register ?

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Is there a RZV500R RD500 Register ?

#1 Post by njw1967 » Thu Dec 31, 2015 7:30 am

Is there a RZV500R RD500 Register ?
Where we can list Chassis numbers and locations so we know where they have all gone
I would be interested to know how many RZV500s are left in the world as im led to belive there was only 1600 made

Regards Neil

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#2 Post by jackson.40 » Fri Jan 01, 2016 6:07 am

Hi Neil

I am the register for the group.

I hold a database for a lot of bikes,if anyone wants to PM me their bikes vin number i am happy to add it to the database and check to see if i have any info on it.

There were 3700 RZV500R made.

The first production run was 51X000101 to 51X002700 (47X SPEC)
The second production run was 51X020101 to 51X021200 (1GE SPEC)

Steve

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#3 Post by Ronnie » Fri Jan 01, 2016 8:26 am

Steve is also the 'Guru' of the group! :smt003

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#4 Post by pstamper » Sat Jan 02, 2016 7:56 pm

Be interested where my bikes came from.

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#5 Post by tacky1 » Sat Jan 02, 2016 8:11 pm

Ill get you my 3 frame and engine numbers, Love to know a little history on them.. :)
1985 RZv500
1984 RZ500 Hybrid
1986 RG500 Walter Wolf
1986 RG500 Skoal Bandit
1984 RZ350
1984 RZ350 Hybrid
1981 RD350LC
1981 RD350LC Hybrid
2009 CR500AF Supermoto 250X
2007 CR500AF 250X
1988 YSR50 (2)
1989 VFR750R RC30
1984 GPZ750 Turbo

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#6 Post by njw1967 » Sun Jan 03, 2016 3:35 pm

Steve PM sent thanks a bunch

Although ive just checked and its stuck in the outbox is this normal until
You accept it ?

Regards Neil

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#7 Post by Ronnie » Sun Jan 03, 2016 3:49 pm

Yeah, that's normal. Sent messages stay in your Outbox until they've been read.

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#8 Post by V4 Heaven » Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:40 am

Hi,

@jackson40 - can you verify how many RD's made it into the UK? I run the RD/RZ UK Owners Facebook Group along with Geoff Wedge and we're quite strict on owners being UK only. Trouble is, we're getting 5-6 member requests a week and there were never that many RD500s in the UK!

If you add on a small percentage for RZ500 imports, we can arrive at a sensible figure for bikes in the UK.

Cheers.
Gettin' kinda squirrely!

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#9 Post by jackson.40 » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:22 pm

Hi

I do know the exact numbers for all the UK bikes and their vin numbers plus all the Marlboro bikes which were unsold German stock.

Around 300 47X bikes and around 650 1GE bikes came to the UK in 1984/85.

I will have to add up how many of these bikes are still around, less than half at least.

Not many RZ500's have been brought in but around 100 RZV500R had been imported.

Hope this helps.

Steve

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#10 Post by podman » Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:18 am

V4 Heaven wrote:Hi,

@jackson40 - can you verify how many RD's made it into the UK? I run the RD/RZ UK Owners Facebook Group along with Geoff Wedge and we're quite strict on owners being UK only. Trouble is, we're getting 5-6 member requests a week and there were never that many RD500s in the UK!

If you add on a small percentage for RZ500 imports, we can arrive at a sensible figure for bikes in the UK.

Cheers.
Whilst the owners may be UK based on your (brill) Facebook page, you need to factor in the fact many of the bikes they now own where not official UK bikes, I can think of myself and 3 others from the facebook page that fall into that bracket, the last year or two has seen hundreds if not 1000s of RDs from every capacity come into the UK from Europe. Thanks for managing the page along with Geoff anyway

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#11 Post by V4 Heaven » Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:16 am

Thanks for the info!

Quite a lot more than I thought then!

And thanks for the thanks @podman!
Gettin' kinda squirrely!

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#12 Post by V4 Heaven » Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:27 am

@jackson40 - pm'd you for any info on my bike.

cheers.
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#13 Post by RZ500Ron » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:01 pm

I’m in Canada can I send u my serial numbers too? Any idea on how many were sent here in the 3 years?

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#14 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed Aug 21, 2019 3:48 am

PM on it's way Steve
Yamaha FS1E 1975
Yamaha RD200 1976
Yamaha RD400 1977
Yamaha AS3 125cc 1978
Yamaha AS1 125cc 1979
Honda CX500
Honda MT125cc 1980
Yamaha TZ125G 1981-82
Zeger TC500cc 1983-84
Yamaha RD500LC 1985-87
Honda C90 1989
Yamaha DT175 1993
Yamaha RZV500R 2018

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