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     Firemanjim |
I have my FJ frankenstein turbo bike at a shop in Modesto recommended to me by Danny Goldsmith of Modesto Buell/Ducati.Interesting fellow,works with Kenney Roberts Moto GP team.And he has an RZ-500 Yamaha (this is the 4 cylinder 2 stroke)on one of his work tables with the bodywork off and I saw it had the shock slung underneath like our Buells--mind you this is a 1984 or 85 motorcycle.So this prompted me to look up a little more about them and I found this blurb on one site I was on(http://www.rzrd500.com/rz-mods.html) Early pipe builders for the RZ included motorcycle luminaries such as Erik Buell and Stuart Toomey. Of course these two guys need no introduction. Although Buell is now commonly associated with his trick sporting Harleys, we can't forget his roots are in two-strokes, having campaigned a TZ750 on the national circuit in the late 70's. And Toomey's two-stroke tuning expertise has been utilized in many successful racing programs. Both of their pipe offerings were short lived, and limited in production, but were among the best designs ever sold for the RZ. Thought you might find it of interest,Erik was famed for another accomplishment.A little more history for Dave Gess. | ||
| Lastcyclone |
Here is a photo of the rear shock from the RZ 500 Jim refers to. Very, very interesting.  | ||
| Jimincalif |
It's a compression shock on a linkage versus a "stretcher type". Damned interesting indeed. | ||
| Bomber |
vey trick, and without the necessity of designing an outside of the mainstream shock -- of course, the added parts add to the parts count (always bad, worse in a series amnufacutring environment) and weight, so I can understand the desire to design a specific shock for the application for the tubers very cool, indeed -- thanks for posting, sir! | ||
| Loki |
makes you ponder.... -pivot mount cast/machined into the swing arm mount -pivot arm attached to a boss on the front of the swing arm Steps out on a limb -shock centered under the engine -two smaller mufflers flanking the shock kinda fun to do the "what if..." |
