RZV500R Oil Tank Capacity

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RZV500R Oil Tank Capacity

#1 Post by 7portfan » Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:07 pm

Hi Guys, can any one advise me on the capacity of the single 2T Oil Tank fitted to my bike? I appreciate that RD models had an additional(aux) tank, and have read somewhere that the Japanese designers wanted to keep the weight down as much as possible for the Japanese home market, hence the RZV500R only has the main oil tank. I have tried looking for the oil tank capacity on line and drawn a blank so far.

Many thanks,

Mart

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Re: RZV500R Oil Tank Capacity

#2 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:53 am

I asked the same question a few weeks back and found out it's 2 litres
Can't post the image I have though to show you
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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Re: RZV500R Oil Tank Capacity

#3 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:05 am

Found the link to oil tank info for the RD500 not RZV. Guess the upper tank would be the same capacity
http://www.rzv500r.net/Tech_docs/47X-Ma ... e_033.html
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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Re: RZV500R Oil Tank Capacity

#4 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:08 am

And it's the same capacity on the RZV500 page
http://www.rzv500r.net/Tech_docs/52X-Ma ... p2_15.html
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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Re: RZV500R Oil Tank Capacity

#5 Post by silverstrom » Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:58 pm

The RZV is not 2.0 Litres. Upper and lower tanks combined are 2.0 Litres. For RZV capacity you need to subtract the lower tank. You should get around 1.5 litres for the RZV.

The links to the RZV manual are actually links to the 47X manual. The site says it's the RZV manual, but it isn't. The whole manual is 47X, even though it says RZV.

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Re: RZV500R Oil Tank Capacity

#6 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:38 am

Oil Tanks
Main Tank 1.7ltr
Sub Tank 0.3ltr
So 2ltr in total

Just installed the 'sub' tank with a clear breather hose so you can see the level in the main tank should the switch fail.
Lower Oil Tank (47X-21745-01)
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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