RZ500S 1VW Canada 1986

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#16 Post by jackson.40 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:43 am

Nice one,look forward to seeing the bike as its such a rare model.
Cheers Steve

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#17 Post by rztom » Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:15 am

Hey DonH - welcome to the group! :cool:

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#18 Post by DonH » Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:30 pm

this bike came with a different wire loom, 1/2 installed. old wire loom in box has a few mods.
Question- does the wire looms from 500S 1VW (canada) 1986 model have any differences ?
In addition to ref material I am lucky a buddy in town has three rz500 for examples.

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#19 Post by jackson.40 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:16 pm

Hi Don,There are three types of wiring loom,you should be able to find a label on the loom with either 47X,51X OR 52X.Have a look at this photo and you can see the postion of this label on the right hand side of the centre airbox.

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The 47x is the standard loom,the 51x loom is different to allow for the fuel tank sender/gauge and over speed light in the rev counter.The 52x loom is different to allow for the side stand cut out switch.

Hope this helps.
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#20 Post by DonH » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:27 pm

Tks Steve, ive got 52x harness in bike, got the side stand connection. tag removed from old harness.
Ive about finished list of missing parts. most important are both previous mentioned coil bracket and lower oil tank bracket n/a. they may be tuff to replace. coils, reeds, also missing in action.
taking it slow at this point waiting on parts. plus in the final process of frame off on old rd350 which ive had since new in 74.

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#21 Post by jackson.40 » Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:04 pm

This part was fitted to the final run of 150 Canada only (52x) RZ500S 1VW model bikes.It fits under the rear brake hose guide and stops the hose from rubbing away at the swinging arm.

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#22 Post by DonH » Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:15 am

money pit ebay disaster project update. brought out of hold status.
located or found missing brackets and other needed parts. frames blasted painted sealed, forks, brakes- rebuilt painted, motor is in process. dent doctor pipes. fresh or new body and paint. ill post build pics. one difference not mentioned chrome fork caps, is different i think. but i have all the other parts mentioned. tks
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#23 Post by jackson.40 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:24 pm

Hi Don,
It would be nice to see some photos :grin: .
Checked the parts list for this bike but no part number for chrome fork caps.

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#24 Post by jackson.40 » Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:57 pm

Turns out that this model had its own owners manual,i thought i had all the manuals until this came my way last week.Very rare item as there were only 150 rz500s made.It is dated October 1985 which was the last run of these bikes which only went to Canada in November 1985.

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#25 Post by rubberfingers » Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:06 pm

jackson.40 wrote:Turns out that this model had its own owners manual,i thought i had all the manuals until this came my way last week.Very rare item as there were only 150 rz500s made.It is dated October 1985 which was the last run of these bikes which only went to Canada in November 1985.

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#26 Post by jackson.40 » Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:54 am

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#27 Post by podman » Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:30 pm

jackson.40 wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:04 pm This part was fitted to the final run of 150 Canada only (52x) RZ500S 1VW model bikes.It fits under the rear brake hose guide and stops the hose from rubbing away at the swinging arm.

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]One of these recently came up on UK eBay, I cant remember what the description of the listing was but i can remember thinking it wasnt for a RD500!

I was kinda right but wrong as well...shoulda bought it, its a good idea.

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#28 Post by jackson.40 » Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:10 am

Seems these bikes had a decal on the inner rear mudguard to show how the fuel tank holding wire should be used, i don't remember seeing this on any other model

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#29 Post by jackson.40 » Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:04 am

Just found these to add to the list

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#30 Post by jackson.40 » Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:47 am

Update photos for the upper crank housing

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