Yamaha Rzv 500r V4 2stroke Trackday Manfeild New Zealand Raw sound
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- track day on my 1984 yamaha Rzv500r v4 stroke
top speed on 220 kph back straight ,, tried my best with microphone in my helmet but it was real windy ,little wind noise but came out good
still few things to work on , the brakes were getting a little hot and i could not brake as late as i wanted need to fix that
Rz500,Rd500 lc , - Спорт
2 strokes bikes are something else, they have their own unique feel. Nowadays they are almost extinct on the roads, pity those who never been on one.
they were also dying in south east asia
My dad had an RZ500 for many years, but sold it while I was young. I have never heard a two stroke in person... let alone an RZ.
Here in south east asia(Indonesia) still a lot of 2 stroke but in small engine and 1 cylinider
I agree. Only who has been consistently on one can understand how fast your butt can touch the ground ;)
@@sariadem5172 ninja 150 series
There is a very small race track near me here in Japan, and I get to see kids racing on it with very small 2-stroke bikes. Dads are set up in the parking lot with the trailer and watch their sons do laps while their kids in tiny sets of full leathers run 25 second laps for an hour or so. The bikes sound like slightly larger than normal weed whackers. It's a great sight.
Absolutely awesome. So much more desirable than many modern motorcycles.
Well ridden. It takes me right back especially the long lost soUnd of scraping pegs.
This takes me back to the day I took my RD500 to a track day at Snetterton in the UK. I had that bike for 23 years from 1989 to 2012, happy days
Thanks for sharing. My buddy had a rz500 in 1987 i used to run alongside him on the highway in my 440 powered 70 superbee. I'm glad were both alive today and can laugh about the good memories.
You are a braking CHAMPION! Going after those liter bikes with the Rzv500r was bananas. Your camera and mount are amazing. That was a fantastic video. The clarity was great, the sound was fantastic and your ring is superb. Bravo! Keep these coming!
Finally a rider who gets the revs right up there right in that sweet spot. Lovely sound. The amount of vids on UA-cam and they are short shifting! It’s painful.
Nice buddy! ✊
A fine line between short shifting and detonation! 💣
@@muckle8 Only if the bike is cold, in bad mechanical condition or incorrectly lubricated. These engines were tuned to work between 9 and 11k, with few f-s given below that. It's just how it is.
Love 2 strokes. Such a great powerband and high revving engines. We need them back
Unfortunately we cant get then back cuz of the norms
tbh the powerband is not great at all, far from it, but it's extremely great fun!
Well done mate, that's the way to ride the lady...... I loved that bike !!!! Wonderfull to hear the sound of the foot rests scratching ;-)
This brings a smile to my face. 2 strokes - man I miss them. This is unobtanium today.
Na, they still pop up for sale fairly regularly, you will pay a premium tho, regardless of condition, and you want the best you can find, i wouldnt advise buying a basket case unless you have deep pockets.
Brings back memories of my 1979 RD400F Daytona Special. 😎👍
I had one too.
I don't even want to know what that bike is worth today...
Mine had Toomey chambers..wicked quick.. oh did I raise hell on that thing in my youth.
I used to thrash my 350lc like that... But it would have probably seized on lap 5 lol. Amazing bikes. Got a duc 1198 now but still has more fun on my LC. The sound of microns going from 5th to 6th lives with me forever.
Anyone notice......? ... nobody passed this beauty... lol... gotta love the power and fun factor of the two stroke... thanks for sharing... brilliant!
two stroke on the boil always sounds ace absolutely adored the sound of the suzuki and kwak tripples when they were on song!!
Cut my teeth on two strokes back in the 60s... always loved them...... The older bikes from the 80s were great, not full of electronics to 'idiot proof' them. My present ride ('88 CBR600 Honda) has no rev limiter, no ABS, no traction control (except my right hand), no quick shifter (just as fast without if you know how)............. goes well, handles pretty well for its age on original shocks.forks stops well too. Bur above all it has 'soul' like the ringdings I used to ride.
Bikes now are wonderful bits of technology, but the pursuit of speed and sophistication has taken a lot of the character out of them, at least in the sport classes.
Love my old classic..... would love one of the old 4-cylinder two strokes though... they are getting scarce and VERY expensive.
Amazing. I bought in 1983 the RD500 LC is currently closed in my garage and I've not started for 15 years. Maybe the time is come. It seems she asks me "play me or trade me" . I remember that sound. It was better to hear for people on the street than myself on my bike.
Lele DeCapitani or sell me! xD
I remember when back in the day this bike came out, it was an absolute sensation!
Also remember that the exhaust could be swapped with the exhaust of the racing model, and the street bike would immediately get a big powerboost.
Damn, those were the days.......
Very nice when you think of it. 1984 technology is still able to keep pace with modern day liter bikes. Great to see late breaking and good drive out of the corners to chase them down... Not to mention finding parts for these old war horses is a challenge....
I thought I even seen one other 2 stroke you passed on the right.
cheers man .love this bike , im just not brave enough to take it to every track day for that reason, i dont want to fix it , it really needs better brakes end of the session they are getting way to hot and cant keep up , brembo calipers but the discs are to small
Enduro North Nz
You can put a set of R7 Forks, Rim and Disc on it. I had some years ago from take offs the riders sold at the tracks. $300.00 US for the whole front end in those days....
If you find some. It's worth it. It will cure the track day riders front brake problem of over heating. Unless you can find some Japanese take off spare parts from OW series bikes... Not likely going to find those. The bikes are now in museums or collectors stashes and they snatched up all those spares from Yamaha....
im part of the 500 forum so have seen the hybrid ones , they are nice , parts are expensive as hell here for r1 r6 etc , it has fzr400 forks and wheels on it now . so can get decent rubber but still rwu forks , i had a yzf750 sp that i was going to rob all the bits off , but got good money for that as a bike
Enduro North Nz
Just enjoy them. As not to many people have the chance.. They are special bikes from an era long since past. As they are meant to be ridden. Not stored away or admired in some glass case in a museum...As these old war horses should be seen by everybody that loves motorcycles..
One reason I worked for Yamaha for 7 years. Just to be around them when I was a kid. There is just something about them.
Its a little unfair to compare a 4 stroke and a 2 stroke..... Its like a Nuclear sub vs a diesel sub.
He's ringing the bloody piss out of that thing. Love that sound.
Back in 1985 I had an RZ 350 and then an RZ 500 loved them both wish I still had the RZ 500.
Adoro esse ronco 2 tempos já chega assustando os motorzaos ...
Brought back memories of the old Vic club days. Thanks for sharing
A buddy of mine had one of these monsters - an '85. I had a '92 GSXR 1100 and couldn't shut him down until I hit 3rd gear!!!
Grew up on 2 stroke dirt bikes , 1 st rode bike rz350lc couple of year's. Then rz500l then rz500l track bike .huge smiles
Lol I found myself actually leaning in to the turn pegging shifts with you thxs for the share
I had an RD500LC in the 80s, great fun. This vid brought back some good memories!
Loved watching this. Pure two stroke madness. Wish I had one to enjoy. Thank you.
Loved your bike bro, I was on the Z1000 in your group that day
Had an RD350ypvs brand spanking new in 1986. It was the most fun bike ever.... Nothing could outgun me in the corners..
Two stroke have a crazy power band. Top end horsepower unmatched!
Golden age of bikes, I won't let anyone tell me otherwise. Not for the tangibles, today's 4 stroke supersports win out in nearly top trumps hand but for the soul of the machine and the intangibles they can't come close.
100% right . love my 250,350,500 for that reason !! and my 2 stroke off road bikes aswell
It's obvious he wasn't doing an imitation of Kenny Roberts or he would have passed every bike there. Beautiful video to remind us just how wonderful the 2-cycle technology is. Today the 4-strokers have no idea how good they were. Another great idea of world governments to ban them.
+D. Paul Riderman yes and no , im in no way fast on the road , im a dirt guy from the start . thing is these 500s are never going to be wicked fast , might have 85hp at the wheel and the 80s suspension is not helping , my main goal was to get out there go as fast as i can without dropping the dam thing , expensive toy these days .. 2 stroke is in the blood . Rzv500r ,Rz350RR , Rz250r, Rd400 , Rd350, Tdr250, YZ250x and now a beta 300 evo making a comeback off road but not on road
You don't have to explain, I was just making the point about the bike's capability. If I had one, I wouldn't go as fast as you did.
I retract what I said, I think you did pass everyone on the track. I'm guessing the one bike that kept pulling away on the long straights must have been a 1000cc bike. Even so, you out rode all of the riders. Good show!
haha , the guy at the end was a good mate , k7 gsxr 1000 , such a powerfull bike
+Enduro North Nz Rzv500 or YPVS RD500 ? which is better? faster?
Nice safe comfortable ride well handled enjoyed your video and ride.I always use go into red line often too without realising.They certainly seem to tolerate it ok.Approaching 50 now so itching to pulling out my RZ500 from 27years storage.I became a fan of the rz500 when they won the Castrol 6hr race here in oz.
Best video and sound. Thank you. That bike and rider are tops!
Awesome to see one of these still going. Good circuit too.
Brilliant! Didn't want it to end! Thank you for sharing :)
How awesome to see one being used the way nature intended. Thanks Mate
No Randy Mamolas were harmed during the filming of this documentary
Remember the likes of Spencer, Lawson, Rainey, pulling stoppies and power slides on these, Gardner, Schwantz, the stuff I loved when I was a teen
Edward Tupper
Hell yes, went to Philip Island in the early 90’s to see the legends
Love how he catches them in the corners , on an older bike no less.
Great video...enjoyed it from start to finish... nice riding there mate...i also have the RZ 500, Suzuki GT750 ,two RD350,s and two 851 Ducati's
Orgasmic .... For those who know what it feels like in the power band
wizkidrx I agree, that hit is what makes me love them. Not everyone can ride them but that’s 😎 cool
I have an old honda mtx with a little bit of tinkeling 😊 very little power and then the powerband hits and my almost 40 year old moped keeps up with a modern 85cc ktm😏
Awesome Ride and two Strokes are so powerfull and the Sound is amazing 😘👌
This is the Yamaha two-stroke of my dreams is missing in my collection (collection that does not stop, use all of them soon). Congratulations RZV500R and thank you for sharing with us this wonder. I'll sign up I profile, as seen in answer to my friend +Thiago Rodrigues (who lives near me) you have other 2T. Hug.
sweet bike, great sound - nothing revs like a two stroker .
Thank you. Brought back memories from a RZ350 that I had. Before that, an RD350 & RD400 Daytona Special. The Daytona would become vertical if you shifted a little bit to fast! Then, before the front wheel hit ground 3rd gear would bring it up again. I believe the RZ was balanced to avoid that. I missed it although in a way glad for my life sake.
Balanced?More like too heavy!
@@h.g7336 The RZ/RD 350 YPVS is 20kg lighter than the RD400, according to Yamahas own sales brochures and road tests of the era. Made more power too.
@@uhtred7860 I was talking about the RZ500.i owned a few RZ350s,and my bro had RD400Es and Daytonas.The 500 was an overrated bloater.
that tach needle is deeeeeeep.....a little red mist, to go with the blue haze,................... i miss mine, this was fun, thx......wb
I had one of these back i the day, I actually preferred it to my RG500 which i also owned a couple of years later..
Sin control de tracción,carburadas y a puro piloto!
Excelente
And half the horsepower of a modern 1000cc sport bike.
Congratulaciones 2T. imbatible insuperable 2T por siempre! !!!
Great video. I wanted one of these so bad. I was stationed in England from Dec 84 - Dec 86 and saw them race one in the Transatlantic Challenge at Donnington. My plan was to buy one, or at least the 350 version, when I got back to the states but they weren't an option any longer when I got home.
awesome bike , i do need to get it back out for a ride , last had it out at xmas , i have a 350 aswell and will gt them both ready for summer
You are really giving it the stick. Great stuff. I miss my RD250LC and RZ250. Raced the LC in South Australia.
as much as i dared , great bikes eh , i have a Rz250 3hm and Rz350RR , love them all !!!
In late Sept. of 1989, I rode my new (secondhand from Ed) '85 RZV500N (custom painted white frame and rims, ported and polished, Boysen racing reeds) from Toronto thru the mid-states up to Alberta over the Rockies and ended up in Vancouver where I drove it for 11 years all seasons on Michelins a 185 on the back. It ended up becoming an extension of my brain. The RZ also had clout, enabling me to trade it for a day with an ex-cop from NY dude/buddy to drive his all-black whale tail turbo '83 Porsche 911SC Targa, fat af rears with the wheel flares. Now that was a head-turner sporting the cool NY plates growling down the road top-down downtown. Running around with the RZ and a helmet on, no one knew who you were and the girls were scared of that smoke puffing monster - I guess it'd have helped if I took off the solo seat, huh. Anyway, that infamous RZ ruled the Vancouver streets, I believe, until one day a glossy navy blue R1 gracefully slingshot by me (almost disrespectfully) up to the red light driving 'round BC Place (the Indy track area), which set the tone for the future of road bikes to ride, in my eyes. Regardless, I lost my license due to too many points riding that thing ragged wherever a "safe" opportunity presented itself. Nonetheless, I wiped it out driving too tired in traffic around a curve doing 60kmh after being blinded by a van while changing lanes on that curve and bailing at the sidewalk curb to avoid an illegally parked car on a four-lane road and wrote the RZ off selling it to a restoration Edmonton guy as is for $250. My next bike if ever, may be a Ducati 998 or a slightly uglier Yamaha M1 (200hp). Expect the unexpected while riding and enjoy that 500 2-stroke cafe racer. It's not a matter of if you'll wipe out but when. And remember don't ride hard too tired in traffic. BTW thanks for the vid and showing off your RZ.
As a previous owner of a dozen or more RD350/400s and two RZ350s by 1985, i would have killed to get my hands on a RZV500R. I finally did in 1990, WA state title, like new, 6300 miles. A few months later i sold it as i wound up caring nothing about much of anything. It'd be ok to have a restored one now. Or at least the engine in a current sportbike frame.
yammer haw This engine in a R6 or RS250 frame would be fuckin' sweet, think someone has done it already.
Great Vid. Not too much wind actually. I was on the edge of my seat the whole last half!
That was so cool I remember when they came out new they were $4,999.00 Canadian and I was too poor to buy one
The only way to get one in the US was from Canada. You had to mark it for Race Use Only and they gave you an MOS only. No title!
Bought mine from Cycle World on Dundas Street in Toronto .
Went to smaller jets and up 10 teeth on the rear sprocket .
Fun bike 👍
I remember seeing the first RZ 500 at the dealer and just being blown away by it's absolute trickness. Of course, I wasn't even close to being able to afford one either.
The Flying Scotsman do you still have it..Want to buy
brings back great memories ...had two of them , also rd250lc,a couple rd350lc ypvs,and rg500. the yam 500 was a beast , brakes modified ,other exhausts (enormous weight gain), like you, i removed the mirrors and signal lights with leathers on gained 7kph top speed ...flat on the tank. rider me(in that time 63kg)needed a wp steering damper on it. revs and kph not visible , through the red zone .... between nippon seiki .friend flat full out with kawa zx 10 ,and 500 slowly(!) pulling away topspeed.
stability was great ,better than the rg . now memories:: life is a bitch.
how i miss the Schwantz Rainey days .. Moto gp of today is just not the same as it was back then with crazy 500cc two strokes and pure rider skill and huge brass balls
Awesome! Good rider,
I thinks he's done this before
Great sounding bike ….I see that the temp stays quite stable , have you improved the cooling system ?I have two of these great bikes in South Africa
its a very standard bike . just lomas pipes and yz125 reeds on the stock blocks , cooling system is standard , and yes it works fine on the track to my surprise
Best bike I've ever owned, and that includes the more powerful and faster on top end four strokes I've owned.
Nice video, I'd love to have an RD/RZV 500 one day, but for now the RG 500 will do :]]
2stroke for life
Nice how it basically destroyed everything out there. And nice driving by the way, you're certainly not afraid of it ;)
beautiful machine, and well ridden! Enjoy !
Once of the most amazing onboard ive seen
At Last !!!. someone that can ride a 2stroke really well !!!.. mate,,, well done, thought i was alone and wish id been there tagging ya . lol.
haha , watching it back i can see all the bits that need improvement , its a little hard to ride , keeping it in power on corner entry so your just in the power so you can stab it on the way out , could use better suspension bigger brakes and a nice clutch , main goals #1 keep it upright #2 have some fun . i think it may be time to get the 350 out there i recon it will be a heap of fun
When the rz500 came out in 84 no bikr ubder 1000cc could touch them. Wasn't long before your hands and feet would start to tingle
I race go karts and some of these guys will have these things called super karts and they have very similar engines not all of them but alot do and its crazy how fast these guys go
At least you ride it like you stole it!, and show people how to ride these bikes, I used to ride a RZ250 to work each day and starting the day smelling of Motul two stroke oil, bliss!
Einfach immer noch ein "Klasse" Bike‼️
✨💙💙💙✨👍
l Just love it, perhaps its time to go old school .
Rode one in 1984-85..meanest bike ever
Sounds of what Moto GP use to be. 👍🇳🇿
o cara e muito bom,,, mas essa moto e top, cara como pode uma rd 500 da pau nessa maquinas modernas ,,, imagine essas motos 2 tempos com a tecnologia de hoje entao, da daria yamaha
Holy cow batman, amazing. LOL front tyre will last a long time as it was off the tarmac a lot
caramba meu! vc anda muito da hora seu video, show essa RD500
Awesome 👍🏻
Thank You 🎉
Very fast!!! You break and turn better than of all riders. Excuse for my english.
Yamaha is very cool!
2 stroke sound like a sing of angel, beautiful but wild..
man, that is so sweet!! I had a early eighties rz350, it was so great! live in the United States so it had like an emission exhaust that I replaced with a nice racing pipe and air box used to eat 750 up all the time. 500 were illegal in the United States but some people would get them in from Canada and retitling as350
Looks like 1000% fun
It fucking fly's mate, what a beautiful machine ! Great video absolutely slaughtered modern stuff !!
Riding the snot out'v that thing, bravo!
I wanted RZV500 or TZR250 but I didn`t have money to buy them and bought RZ250 when I was a highschool kid. Someday I like to ride on RZV500!
i have a rz250 3hm , very cool bike . sometimes i like it more than the 500 :)
I wonder why the European RD500 had a steel frame and the RZ500 had an alloy frame? I remember when they came out, everybody was in awe of such an extreme race replica, but then they found that they didn’t quite make the power of two RD250 LCs as hoped. Needed a bit of porting to make them live up to expectation.
not sure maby they felt the home market needed the flash frame , they are bit of a pig on the road , a nice 350 is more of a road bike
When the valves open, that’s when the fun beggings and the fear sets in.
Kire , what valves???
4:47 this part 🤤
Awesome, that thing sounds so good, power must be incredible
My dad has one of these, I've ridden every bike imaginable. I have enough respect for this animal to never ride it until he turns ownership over to me.
It's not an 'animal' at all.. in standard form it's actually quite docile and very 'rideable'... I somehow doubt you have "ridden every bike imaginable"..... ;)
Had one back in the late eighties, wish I still had it.
+tassie dave worth the big $$ now , reminds me i need to get it back out for a hoon , really need to get the 350RR out to this track aswell
+Enduro North Nz 350 RR.? Honda?
Yamaha Rz350RR very rear , japanese market only bike . only made one year
+Enduro North Nz , Yes Sure those Diesel's like Open Class One litre bikes may have an Very Slight Advantage to a 500cc 2 Stroke , but the biggest minus with Keeping Pace or Overtaking is 1st, they had a Mile Head Start when all the bikes entered the Track Ahead of your 500 , 2nd Deficit is the track itself , it Favoured/Catered these bigger bike's by having Long Stretches of Long Straight Sections with long fast Sweeping kinks , Bends or Curves , Very little Chance to Reel them in lap after long lap. Change Venue's to a Short & Tight curcuit & Your 500 will Stay ahead just by Default with very little Riding input cause those bigger bikes can't access that high rpm Hp & Torque & Stock Gearing on the Tight & Twisted track they'd be Highsiding/Lowsiding, Crashing & out Braking/under Braking themselves all over the place the 500 or even the better of the two RZ's the 350 Would even with the Right rider on Board Stay ahead of the Whole Lot. And i didn't even touch on State of Tune of all these Street bikes & Equipment like the Second most important track Day Tool the Black thing that contacts the Tarmac the ever improving off Road/Racing Tire Compound. Thanks for the video Perspective of your video though. Do you Leave your bike Stock ? or do you have race settings on this bike for full on Attack Mode riding , ? Engine , Chassis/Suspension, Race Compound Rubber etc etc.
Sweet 2stroke sounds✌️😁
Nothing sounds better than 2 stroke on the pipe
Congratulations!
Your motorcycle is my dream!
Classic Power!! Enjoy it!
I have the "little sister" of your bike, I have RD350LC
= )
+Thiago Rodrigues the 500s are sure good , i have Rd400c ,400f ,350lc ,Rz250 , 2 Rz350RR another Rzv500... the 350lcs are great bikes i enjoy mine alot
I got one just run in for three grand in 1990 , had some fun on that
thanks for posting this... just a fun run on my favorite bike. i came so close to getting one that i could smell it but the $€!+ head backed out on me. fun vid though..
Trazer uma dessa para o Brasil, heim? Aí sim !
Very cool to watch. Thanks man.
Real butterfly effect...the sound of a v4 2 strokes in NZ 4 years ago just caused an erection here in France 5 minutes ago....