V4 2T

[peterz85]

Got it cleaned up a bit, rebuilt and synced carbs, ready to roll.

Pete

[boosten lebaron]

Crap. I really gotta get me one of those some day. My rd350 is fun but those 500's must be down right scary.

[gregp]

I don't know. My brother had the Japanese version, with the aluminum frame. He shipped it to me from Germany, in many boxes. It was bone stock, and really not anything like the 350's I had ridden (with pipes, and other mods). The stock RZV was really quite tame. I was disappointed. This one has pipes, at least, so I suspect that it quite different. The RZV had a little red light that would come on when the bike exceeded the Japanese national speed limit. Weird.

[peterz85]

Yeah, the Jap spec Rzv was very restricted to satisfy regs, they put out around 64 HP. The Euro spec rz/rd 500 stock would do about 30% more, around 84 HP. With pipes, a bit of port work and jetting, 95-105 is not too hard to get. 120 HP is not too out of line on a well built engine.

Pete

[jwm2k3]

Your bike is super sweet. Id love to own that thing.