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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:25 pm
by burnt_toast
I know a local guy who has about 5 kawasaki h2 triples sitting in his garage, also 2 suzuki 750 water buffaloes, i could buy one right now!
seen em all in person too
almost bought an rd350 from him, which he had several of
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:23 pm
by ALOW1
burnt_toast wrote: almost bought an rd350 from him, which he had several of
I will sell you mine
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:23 pm
by scooterwerx
ever seen the suzuki fronte!!!!! theres video on you tube of a built one in new zealand or something, HOLY SHEEET MANG! gotta get me one o those!!!!
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:31 pm
by burnt_toast
scooterwerx wrote:ever seen the suzuki fronte!!!!! theres video on you tube of a built one in new zealand or something, HOLY SHEEET MANG! gotta get me one o those!!!!
very cool indeed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9fOZXZQ ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URPjZDu2 ... re=related
and the BEST one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ur53VieZc
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:33 pm
by losthope
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:57 am
by burnt_toast
SICK..
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:01 pm
by happyman
maddog wrote:and i still teach little punk kids how to build power, my pics were posted sorry you missed them and while most of you don't have real jobs i just did 56 hrs o/t/ = mega bucks, so who won? i have a * of parts for the needi
hey i have loooking for gasket set for the molossi big bore. i have two of them and would like to have the gasket sets..
have 1997 and 2000 elites.
Thanks Happy
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:02 pm
by maddog
O.K. toast & wheelman pm me with a shipping address and i will send you guys an old school part, just tell me if it works
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:24 pm
by Dac
really????
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:13 pm
by scooterwerx
holy smokes i wanna know what you guys get!!!
Still... Holding ... Breath!
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:12 pm
by Wheelman-111
Greetings:
PM sent to MadDog.
Re: Still... Holding ... Breath!
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:46 pm
by burnt_toast
Wheelman-111 wrote:Greetings:
PM sent to MadDog.
Ditto
maybe a sweet velocity stack?! I'm down for that hah
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:08 am
by qaz
To set the record straight; Yamaha built the RZ 350 into the mid 80's, the 750 triple may have had a higher top end, but the 500 version was quicker. And NO, they did not have any where near the performance of a modern sport bike. Compared to todays bikes they had terrible brakes, poor power delivery and a flexible flyer frame. What they did have was a power band that was about 1,000 rpm's wide and when it was on it was all on! Unfortunately, if you weren't around and rideing them when they first came out, you will never fully understand them!
RZ & RD
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:08 am
by Wheelman-111
Greetings:
Gaz is spot-on in his Mach III assessment. I want to add that Product Liability concerns would prevent Kawasaki or anyone else from unleashing such monsters as the H Triples on an unsuspecting public today. TONS of Go. Little Turn and almost no Stop. The thrill was in surviving the ride.
The folks over at Yamaha also had some two-stroke trickery after the R5/RD/RZ 350s. In a classic example of Corporate Product Error, they tooled up a MotoGP replica V4 500 dubbed the RZ 500 and sent it forth. Only then did they find that the much stricter EPA emissions rules were emerging. Wouldn't certify for smog.
I don't think the RZ500 was ever sold legally in the USA, but Grey Market ones pop up every so often. Performance was probably no better than current 4-stroke 600s, but smelled better. I saw one somewhere recently for $20K. Rare is expensive...
Re: RZ & RD
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:40 am
by burnt_toast
Wheelman-111 wrote:Greetings:
Gaz is spot-on in his Mach III assessment. I want to add that Product Liability concerns would prevent Kawasaki or anyone else from unleashing such monsters as the H Triples on an unsuspecting public today. TONS of Go. Little Turn and almost no Stop. The thrill was in surviving the ride.
The folks over at Yamaha also had some two-stroke trickery after the R5/RD/RZ 350s. In a classic example of Corporate Product Error, they tooled up a MotoGP replica V4 500 dubbed the RZ 500 and sent it forth. Only then did they find that the much stricter EPA emissions rules were emerging. Wouldn't certify for smog.
I don't think the RZ500 was ever sold [ b]legally[/b] in the USA, but Grey Market ones pop up every so often. Performance was probably no better than current 4-stroke 600s, but smelled better. I saw one somewhere recently for $20K. Rare is expensive...
Yup seen a few RZ500's on the usa2strokers boards, sick bikes. I personally hope to own an RZ350 some day..