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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:56 pm
by busa1300
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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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:40 am
by busa1300
Bike is completely apart now....see the years get peeled away as I try to bring back it's youth...

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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:22 pm
by silverstrom
Just saw your submission to Practical Sportbikes Randy. Your collection looks just as impressive there.

Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:05 pm
by busa1300
Thanks for the heads up...and thank you for sending me the pics in the magazine. :smt023
And thanks for the kind words as well :smt023

I'll be looking forward to getting my issue sometime later next week even more than usual now :smt007

Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:23 pm
by busa1300
Magazine showed up today.... :smt007

I knew the RZV would be in it, but had no idea my RGV was in it as well.... :mrgreen:
Practical Sportbikes May 2018

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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:50 am
by silverstrom
Wasn't that a nice birthday surprise :smt006

Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 11:06 pm
by ns86
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!

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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 11:19 pm
by busa1300
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

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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

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And the CMR
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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 2:09 am
by ns86
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?

Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:39 pm
by busa1300
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.


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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:17 pm
by lost1750GTV
Pretty bike
Is this thread sidetracked? haha
Dont think I'd seen it til now and ....

Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:20 pm
by lost1750GTV
Hey there's a '32 hemi in here

Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:29 pm
by busa1300
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 ....

:smt023
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/

Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:23 pm
by busa1300
Basically done, just dialing in the needles on the Lectrons now
No more two stroke projects for a while.....parts prices have gone crazy.

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Re: 1984 RZV500R the dream is becoming reality

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:26 pm
by busa1300
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..... :smt007

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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... :smt013

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https://www.youtube.com/@wedgehorsepower1595/videos
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