Finally landed an RZ...
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- FloridaSteve
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Finally landed an RZ...
After a long trip and a nice adventure (you can read a little about it here http://motorcyclephotooftheday.com/2011 ... -vacation/) I made it home with my first RZ350. It's a really clean and low mileage bike. I'm not new to 2 strokes. I've had my share over the years, RD400's, Kawi triples and the LC350. None of them stock so when I rode this beauty today I actually laughed a little. I mean wow did Yamaha just suffocated these things when they were stock.
I do have questions so I'll be hitting the various mod sections to do some research on the the go-to pipes and carbs for these shortly but for now I just thought I'd check in and say Hi.
Some of you might know me from the http://2strokebiker.blogspot.com/ blog and the http://motorcyclephotooftheday.com/blog.
I do have questions so I'll be hitting the various mod sections to do some research on the the go-to pipes and carbs for these shortly but for now I just thought I'd check in and say Hi.
Some of you might know me from the http://2strokebiker.blogspot.com/ blog and the http://motorcyclephotooftheday.com/blog.
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Hey Steve. Good to see you here too and this is a great site with great members! Enjoy that RZ.
84 RZ350-Toomeys,SCR milled head, stk 26 carbs,300 M, 35 P, stock regrooved needles AS 2.5 turns out,stk air box,Banshee reeds Zeel non-progr CDI,TSRL Program YPVS,alum rad,R6 shock,GV emulators w/RT springs,fork brace,Shindy steering damper.
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Swwaaaeeett!!! It a real clean looking bike by the look of that pic. Looks worth the drive. Welcome aboard
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Those don't look like the stock exhausts that were on the 84-5 US RZ. What chambers are those?
84 RZ350-Toomeys,SCR milled head, stk 26 carbs,300 M, 35 P, stock regrooved needles AS 2.5 turns out,stk air box,Banshee reeds Zeel non-progr CDI,TSRL Program YPVS,alum rad,R6 shock,GV emulators w/RT springs,fork brace,Shindy steering damper.
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Good catch. Those are the only non stock part. They're the Canadian model pipes that don't have the catalytic converters. They actually look like coned chambers but they sure don't perform like them. I've been riding it a lot the last few days and I think there's something a little off in the jetting. It simply will not wind past 9K rpm. Plugs look OK(ish). It may be pipe related.
I need to get over into the engine section and start asking questions I guess.
I need to get over into the engine section and start asking questions I guess.
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Wonder if the pipes are oil clogged and baffles oil soaked too?? Worth pulling (easy) with a good cleaning (oven cleaner and high pressure H2O) just to rule that out. If not that, could be a restriction/ trash in carb or in petcock. Were the carbs just off the bike?FloridaSteve wrote:Good catch. Those are the only non stock part. They're the Canadian model pipes that don't have the catalytic converters. They actually look like coned chambers but they sure don't perform like them. I've been riding it a lot the last few days and I think there's something a little off in the jetting. It simply will not wind past 9K rpm. Plugs look OK(ish). It may be pipe related.
I need to get over into the engine section and start asking questions I guess.
I knew I didn't know those pipes. They look worlds better than the US boat anchors which weighed like boat anchors.
84 RZ350-Toomeys,SCR milled head, stk 26 carbs,300 M, 35 P, stock regrooved needles AS 2.5 turns out,stk air box,Banshee reeds Zeel non-progr CDI,TSRL Program YPVS,alum rad,R6 shock,GV emulators w/RT springs,fork brace,Shindy steering damper.
the baffles are not removeable (hacksaw?) unfortunately.Evans Ward wrote: Wonder if the pipes are oil clogged and baffles oil soaked too?? Worth pulling (easy) with a good cleaning (oven cleaner and high pressure H2O) just to rule that out. If not that, could be a restriction/ trash in carb or in petcock. Were the carbs just off the bike?
I knew I didn't know those pipes. They look worlds better than the US boat anchors which weighed like boat anchors.
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Well, that takes the easy part out of the equation then... Are the baffles packed on those model pipes?nokturnal wrote:the baffles are not removeable (hacksaw?) unfortunately.Evans Ward wrote: Wonder if the pipes are oil clogged and baffles oil soaked too?? Worth pulling (easy) with a good cleaning (oven cleaner and high pressure H2O) just to rule that out. If not that, could be a restriction/ trash in carb or in petcock. Were the carbs just off the bike?
I knew I didn't know those pipes. They look worlds better than the US boat anchors which weighed like boat anchors.
84 RZ350-Toomeys,SCR milled head, stk 26 carbs,300 M, 35 P, stock regrooved needles AS 2.5 turns out,stk air box,Banshee reeds Zeel non-progr CDI,TSRL Program YPVS,alum rad,R6 shock,GV emulators w/RT springs,fork brace,Shindy steering damper.
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