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Another RZ500 In Hiding

#1 Post by AndyT » Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:11 am

Guys

Just been to a bike show here in Cairns (Australia) and saw a cool RZ500,

Talked to the builder and he tells me that he made the fairing and the tail section was from a Aprilia RS250 with a lot of modifactions. Running gear is from an RGV 250, He was not sure who manufactured the exhausts except they were from the UK.

You cant see very well from the photos but the tank had a very neat fuel cap asembly.

I have to confess that i was showing a couple of Kawasaki triples and they were parked alongside a fleet of Kawasaki Z900s.

Great Day and good to see another RZ500

Cheers

Andy

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#2 Post by Andrew » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:15 pm

:shock: what was he thinking when he made the rear end???
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#3 Post by Ronnie » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:26 pm

I'm not it's biggest fan either :grin:

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#4 Post by RC45 » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:34 pm

Perhaps he was going for something along the lines of the 1982 factory OW61 look?

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#5 Post by w3a51l » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:17 am

ugly face.

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#6 Post by Andrew » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:07 am

RC45 wrote:Perhaps he was going for something along the lines of the 1982 factory OW61 look?

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Well if he was trying to copy thre OW61, I'd give him a 6/10

But for the colour he's done his ex-pipes 10/10 :grin: I like that!
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#7 Post by custommade » Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:18 am

Got a profile shot of the bike?????

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#8 Post by this old rz » Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:33 pm

I dont think the owner was trying to emmulate a particular vintage racer...other than the actual vintage"era" of the bike. I'm quite pickey on apperances and detail...I think its a pretty stand up job,Looks the part from the rear shot,perhaps not my personal taste..but loks utterly unlike ANY other RZ500 custom,which all quite frankley do look similar with the exeption of paint/graphics. he does this all while delivering a bold look with the yellow,which hits dammned good to the eye,looking 100% different while not looking like a handmade garage special. Frankley it doesnt look too far off Gamma 500 or NS400 esqe "era" bodywork,with a little TLR-R in the hunp section.
Dammned good looking machine though! I wouldnt kick it out of my garage.
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