New to me - 1985 Yamaha RZ350 Smoker

[Tim...]

Cannot wait to get it on a track!

[Ray916MN]

Congratulations Tim.

I had once of these along time ago. It was allot of fun.

[Mike Duluth]

WOW cool bike

[T-revzr]

Really cool bike! Looks to be in excellent shape as well!

[kp]

wicked cool!

[Aprilian]

I had one before they were water cooled, I would love to have it back.   Congrats!

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I had one before they were water cooled, I would love to have it back.   Congrats!

That would have been an RD350..I had one of those as well for a short while, as well as an RZ350 for about 3 years...The RZ was great fun on the street for whoolies--but sucked ass on the track...But everyone has there opinion

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Those are some old Metzeler tires on that bike---and shiny too...lol

Is that an actual photo of your bike or some "stock" photo you just posted up?

Does Toomey still make a complete exhuast/Intake package for it??? That was the hot ticket!

[Tim...]

It is a picture of the actual bike.  More here: linky

Yeh, first order of business will be some new shoes.  Got any that would fit her Lloyd?

[Aprilian]

wow, ar you sure you want to take something that cherry to the track?

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 No I wouldn't have those sizes sitting around...

But a set of;
 Pirelli sport Demons would run $200
 Bridgestone BT45    would run $155
 Metzeler Lasertecs----too damn much--over $250 for a pair

Was this recently "restored" or has it simply hardly been ridden for 27 years?

You may want to think about (if this is a bike that has been sitting around endlessly);
 rebuilding the master cylinders and calipers. Forks and shock. Definitely repacking all the grease bearing components...ie--swingarm bearings, swingarm linkages, steeringhead bearings, wheel bearings,. Lubing the cables really good. Hell I would even pull the heads and exhaust off and look at the pistons and cylinders. Of course all those orings in the carburetors I would replace....If it has an original air filter-they definitely deteriorate with age.
 Taking it to the track.....suspension and a fork brace.......unless you just want to ride liesurely around for nostalgia sake and to garner attention--and then jump on something else to actually have fun on and go zoom zoom.....

[carlson_mn]

damn, what does one of those go for nowadays in that condition?

[Jam-Bro]

Beautiful bike....