350-lb, 100+hp RZV500R from Championship Cycles… In 1984, Yamaha unveiled the world’s first two-stroke V4 production motorcycle, the RD500LC — a 500cc road-going replica of the YZR500 that King Kenny Roberts rode to the 1983 […]
Tag: Yamaha RZ
40th Anniversary Edition: 2023 Yamaha RZ350!
What if Yamaha and Bimota teamed up to build a 40th anniversary RZ350? That’s the question San Francisco-based engineer and road racer Julian Farnam asked himself. Of course, that would entail combining the legendary liquid-cooled, […]
The Mutant: 421cc Two-Stroke Skorpion!
Vic Shield’s RZ421-Powered MZ Skorpion! In 1994, former East German motorcycle maker MuZ — aka MZ — introduced the Skorpion, a single-cylinder sport bike with a race-style chassis and 660cc Yamaha engine. This crossbred machine […]
Yellow Hornet: Yamaha RZ350 Hybrid / Restomod
For Sale: 1983 Hybrid RZ350… The Yamaha RZ350 was one of the last, most advanced two-stroke street bikes of all time, incorporating decades of two-stroke research and development. Known as the RD350 YPVS in the […]
BA Special: 1985 Yamaha RZ350 Restomod
Bald Anthony builds one bad RZ… The Yamaha RZ350 was the ultimate, most modern two-stroke street bike sold in the United States. The liquid-cooled two-stroke, rubber-mounted parallel twin was rated at 52 bhp, and equipped […]
Vice Edition: Yamaha “RZ429” by Trident Cycles
The Middle Child: A 429cc two-stroke street & circuit weapon… In 1983, Yamaha unleashed the RZ350, the ultimate evolution of the two-stroke RD series powered by a liquid-cooled 347cc parallel twin featuring the Yamaha Power […]
Evil Restomod: Yamaha RZ392
Evil RZ: “It is a pure bred giant-killer, not for the faint of heart…” The Yamaha RZ350 was one of the last, great 2-stroke street bikes available in the USA. The ~50 horsepower parallel twin […]
Yamaha RZ350 Restomod
“When you downshift, people look around like the antichrist just landed…” The Yamaha RZ350 was one of the most modern two-stroke street bikes ever sold in North America. It had triple disc brakes, 18-inch wheels, oil […]
Yamaha RZ350 Restomod by Keith Carlson
Dragon Slayer: 2-stroke weapon built for the Tail of the Dragon… Indiana’s Keith Carlson, who specializes in two-stroke builds, is one of our very favorite builders. Each year, Keith and his friend Steve Hoy of […]
Yamaha RZ350 “Lab Rat” by Swinndustries
The Lab Rat – a modern two-stroke screamer… The RZ350 was the final evolution of Yamaha’s two-stroke RD series street bikes — a liquid-cooled, dual-carb street weapon with 60 horsepower on tap, a wild powerband, […]
