TZR250 3MA with RD500 engine (TZR 500 V4)
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KungFooBob
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Re: TZR250 3MA with RD500 engine (TZR 500 V4)
Yes, think it was.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:01 pmI think you're right. Was it the JDM ones, same shape, but ali rather than steel.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:59 pm Didn't some other markets get aluminium framed RD500s, or did I dream it?
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Yorick
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Re: TZR250 3MA with RD500 engine (TZR 500 V4)
I'd like that parked in my garage. Next to the CBX1000 and 350LC
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Re: TZR250 3MA with RD500 engine (TZR 500 V4)
RD500s are a bit disappointing, they're heavy and only 15 bhp up on a 350.
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Re: TZR250 3MA with RD500 engine (TZR 500 V4)
My mate sold a aluminium framed one the other year,it was a RZ500 & originally a Dutch import,it still had the Dutch plate attatched.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:59 pm Didn't some other markets get aluminium framed RD500s, or did I dream it?
From what I remember the UK bikes had steel frames.
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Yorick
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Re: TZR250 3MA with RD500 engine (TZR 500 V4)
They had 80 gee geesLe_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:23 pm RD500s are a bit disappointing, they're heavy and only 15 bhp up on a 350.
One day at Elvingon, I'd just got a 3rd in 500 Prod class when my mate Ade turned up on brand new RD500.
I took it for a spin down A64 and it blew me away.
Fark. Shitloads of power and torque.
That's why it's still in my top 5 bikes ever
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Bigjawa
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Re: TZR250 3MA with RD500 engine (TZR 500 V4)
No stroker will be a better road bike than a 1991 CBR600, they're probably one of the best all round bikes ever made.
I never rode a RD500 but I had an NS400 and it was quite rapid. I think that engine in an NSR 250 would be amazing.
All the late era 250's had running gear that could comfortably handle far more power than their engines could make, they were practically grand prix bikes with lights.
I never rode a RD500 but I had an NS400 and it was quite rapid. I think that engine in an NSR 250 would be amazing.
All the late era 250's had running gear that could comfortably handle far more power than their engines could make, they were practically grand prix bikes with lights.