1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Had to see if I could get it to run before I tear into it too far....it does run.
Used a fuel bottle and bypassed the gas tank to avoid getting any rust in the floatbowls, then road down my driveway and back a couple times....
Runs reasonably well considering the amount / lack of prep work I put into it.
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Used a fuel bottle and bypassed the gas tank to avoid getting any rust in the floatbowls, then road down my driveway and back a couple times....
Runs reasonably well considering the amount / lack of prep work I put into it.
https://youtu.be/wUrWZCCEkY8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Bike is completely apart now....see the years get peeled away as I try to bring back it's youth...
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73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Just saw your submission to Practical Sportbikes Randy. Your collection looks just as impressive there.
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Thanks for the heads up...and thank you for sending me the pics in the magazine.
And thanks for the kind words as well
I'll be looking forward to getting my issue sometime later next week even more than usual now
And thanks for the kind words as well
I'll be looking forward to getting my issue sometime later next week even more than usual now
73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Magazine showed up today....
I knew the RZV would be in it, but had no idea my RGV was in it as well....
Practical Sportbikes May 2018
I knew the RZV would be in it, but had no idea my RGV was in it as well....
Practical Sportbikes May 2018
73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Wasn't that a nice birthday surprise
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Hi Randy, I want to build a TR750 like the Gary Nixon version. One of my favourites from my youth. Will you be using a CMR frame on yours? Sorry for the Hijack!
1985 RZ500
1986 RG500
1986 RG500 C
1992 RGV500 WW ATR
1992 RGV500 LS
1985 NS500 Spencer p
1989 TZR500 Biaggi p
1984 RZV500 Rainey p
1994 NSR250sp R
1983 NS250 p
1987 RG250 WW p
1983 RG250 p
1988 YSR50 p
1986 RG500
1986 RG500 C
1992 RGV500 WW ATR
1992 RGV500 LS
1985 NS500 Spencer p
1989 TZR500 Biaggi p
1984 RZV500 Rainey p
1994 NSR250sp R
1983 NS250 p
1987 RG250 WW p
1983 RG250 p
1988 YSR50 p
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
This is all I have so far...
72 GT750 frame/first gen GSXR1100 front end and wheels/GS1100 swingarm...possibly a GS1000 gas tank...
Also have most of a 72 GT750 engine....that needs everything redone.
It was kicked off the table so I could get the RZV up on it.
I have had conversations with CMR and their frame, but would prefer one that is the exact same design as the original TR that is available in the UK
Instead of building this GT/TR....I decided I needed a RZV first....after the V4 is done, I might get back to a TR style cafe racer
The above is nothing like a TR style frame....but TR crossover pipes used for sure.....
...If I have more $$$ in the next build budget I would choose between
PHW
And the CMR
72 GT750 frame/first gen GSXR1100 front end and wheels/GS1100 swingarm...possibly a GS1000 gas tank...
Also have most of a 72 GT750 engine....that needs everything redone.
It was kicked off the table so I could get the RZV up on it.
I have had conversations with CMR and their frame, but would prefer one that is the exact same design as the original TR that is available in the UK
Instead of building this GT/TR....I decided I needed a RZV first....after the V4 is done, I might get back to a TR style cafe racer
The above is nothing like a TR style frame....but TR crossover pipes used for sure.....
...If I have more $$$ in the next build budget I would choose between
PHW
And the CMR
73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
For me I'd really like to have the triangulated upper frame/fuel tank since it's so fundamental to the style of the bike. I wonder about getting a street title for one of these frames? I hear you can get around 130hp fairly reliably out of these. Any expertise on the tuning potential?
1985 RZ500
1986 RG500
1986 RG500 C
1992 RGV500 WW ATR
1992 RGV500 LS
1985 NS500 Spencer p
1989 TZR500 Biaggi p
1984 RZV500 Rainey p
1994 NSR250sp R
1983 NS250 p
1987 RG250 WW p
1983 RG250 p
1988 YSR50 p
1986 RG500
1986 RG500 C
1992 RGV500 WW ATR
1992 RGV500 LS
1985 NS500 Spencer p
1989 TZR500 Biaggi p
1984 RZV500 Rainey p
1994 NSR250sp R
1983 NS250 p
1987 RG250 WW p
1983 RG250 p
1988 YSR50 p
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
After my RZV project, I was done with strokers for a while...
Or so I thought.
Then I decided to build a bike for Bonneville in Jan 0f 2020, for the Sept AMA meet. (1989 RGV250 SP)
It never happened, and the bike project was constantly held up by shipping/manufacturing/rebuilding/financing...you guys know how projects can get.
Anyway, after 14 months, I finally was able to see smoke from the pipes.
Time to get it off the table, and break in/road test will start.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/V7n3wyS41EQ[/youtube]
Or so I thought.
Then I decided to build a bike for Bonneville in Jan 0f 2020, for the Sept AMA meet. (1989 RGV250 SP)
It never happened, and the bike project was constantly held up by shipping/manufacturing/rebuilding/financing...you guys know how projects can get.
Anyway, after 14 months, I finally was able to see smoke from the pipes.
Time to get it off the table, and break in/road test will start.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/V7n3wyS41EQ[/youtube]
73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Pretty bike
Is this thread sidetracked? haha
Dont think I'd seen it til now and ....
Is this thread sidetracked? haha
Dont think I'd seen it til now and ....
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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Hey there's a '32 hemi in here
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
lost1750GTV wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:17 pm Pretty bike
Is this thread sidetracked? haha
Dont think I'd seen it til now and ....
Yea, my projects are scattered as I occasionally get one about 95% done and then start another one....
This tells the whole project story.
https://advrider.com/f/threads/yamaha-r ... s.1363124/
73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Basically done, just dialing in the needles on the Lectrons now
No more two stroke projects for a while.....parts prices have gone crazy.
No more two stroke projects for a while.....parts prices have gone crazy.
73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality
Two strokes can be a pain in the ass, and sometimes a 4 stroke can make things so much easier.
Bought this one year ago for my Christmas present.
....2021 Aprilia RSV4 1100....217 at the crank.....
Along with a few HP add ons....
And after one year of use, I am still alive.....
Sadly the RZV has not run in well over a year.... For reasons you can see below.
But last week I put the bike back up on the table.
Dug into the problem to fix the damage, and now it's a matter of figuring out where to start on all my jetting this time around.
And clean my tank out again...
https://www.youtube.com/@wedgehorsepower1595/videos
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Bought this one year ago for my Christmas present.
....2021 Aprilia RSV4 1100....217 at the crank.....
Along with a few HP add ons....
And after one year of use, I am still alive.....
Sadly the RZV has not run in well over a year.... For reasons you can see below.
But last week I put the bike back up on the table.
Dug into the problem to fix the damage, and now it's a matter of figuring out where to start on all my jetting this time around.
And clean my tank out again...
https://www.youtube.com/@wedgehorsepower1595/videos
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73 TM/TS400
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100
78 GS1000E
80 KD80
82 Katana
84 RZ350
84 RZV500R
86 GSXR1100
86 1100 sportster
88 FZR1000
89 RGV250 VJ21 SP
90 RGV250 VJ22 SP
91 TZR250 3XV2 SP
96 RGV250 VJ23 SP
99 RS250
02 Hayabusa
16 KTM 390 Duke
17 KTM 1290 SDGT
21 Aprilia RSV4 1100