TZR250 3MA with RD500 engine (TZR 500 V4)

[mangocrazy]

Saw this on the RD LC Crazy forum and was seriously impressed with the quality of the build and the way it looks 'factory'. The builder is a Vietnamese guy named Lat Hai Chín Chín (LAT299). He's on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lat299_/

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[mangocrazy]

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[Supermofo]

Dude in his shed shows XSR900 GP designers how to do it!

[MyLittleStudPony]

The auld Reverse Seizure.

[Buckaroo]

Not my cup of tea, but he's made a great job of it.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It's nice, but I would have used an RG500 engine (if one was available)

[mangocrazy]

It's nice, but I would have used an RG500 engine (if one was available)

I guess he's a Yamaha fanboi, so keeping it in the family...

[Skub]

Bike pron.

Is there a soundtrack available for those in need of a fix?

[Count Steer]

It's v smart but that exhaust looks rather like he's had an unfortunate encounter with a (now ex) badger.

[Yorick]

It's very clever and very smart. But not an improvement on the original, IMHO.

[mangocrazy]

It's very clever and very smart. But not an improvement on the original, IMHO.

But it's now got twice the capacity it had previously (although not twice the horsepower, unless it's had some radical tuning). I thought cubes were king in your view?

[Yorick]

It's very clever and very smart. But not an improvement on the original, IMHO.

But it's now got twice the capacity it had previously (although not twice the horsepower, unless it's had some radical tuning). I thought cubes were king in your view?

Oops. Meant the original RD500

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It's very clever and very smart. But not an improvement on the original, IMHO.

But it's now got twice the capacity it had previously (although not twice the horsepower, unless it's had some radical tuning). I thought cubes were king in your view?

Oops. Meant the original RD500

It will handle a lot better than an RD500

[Yorick]

But it's now got twice the capacity it had previously (although not twice the horsepower, unless it's had some radical tuning). I thought cubes were king in your view?

Oops. Meant the original RD500

It will handle a lot better than an RD500

Maybe. But was the frame designed for nearly double the power?

[ChrisW]

I'd like to see it with the fairing lowers. Maybe they're a £700 option!

[KungFooBob]

VS



I'm not engineer, but I recon the bottom one capable of more power than the top one.

[Yorick]

VS



I'm not engineer, but I recon the bottom one capable of more power than the top one.

Not always. Many makers used trellis frames for many years .

[mangocrazy]

Didn't some other markets get aluminium framed RD500s, or did I dream it?

[KungFooBob]

Didn't some other markets get aluminium framed RD500s, or did I dream it?

I think you're right. Was it the JDM ones, same shape, but ali rather than steel.