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'''Yamaha RZ350''' , LC/YPVS in the UK, is a [[motorcycle]] powered by a twin cylinder [[two-stroke engine]], [[reed valve]]d 347 [[cubic centimeter]] engine. The bore and stroke are 64x54 mm. It produces 30.4 ft·lbf of torque at 7500 rpm. Coming out in [[1980]], it was the evolution of [[Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.|Yamaha]]'s popular and well known RD350. Production was carried on into the 1990s and the engine is still produced and used in Yamaha's YFZ350 Banshee ATV.
'''Yamaha RZ350''' , LC/YPVS in the UK, is a [[motorcycle]] powered by a twin cylinder [[two-stroke engine]], [[reed valve]]d 347 [[cubic centimeter]] engine. The bore and stroke are 64x54 mm. It produces 30.4 ft·lbf of torque at 7500 rpm. Coming out in [[1980]], it was the evolution of [[Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.|Yamaha]]'s popular and well known RD350. Production was carried on into the 1990s and the engine is still produced and used in Yamaha's YFZ350 Banshee ATV.


RZ350 is now a sought after collectors bike, due to it being the last road going two-stroke motorcycle in America. It is also raced extensively in Vintage racing leagues, as well as its own racing leagues, often dubbed "RZ cups".
RZ350 is now a sought after collectors bike, due to it being the last road going two-stroke [[motorcycle]] in America. It is also raced extensively in Vintage racing leagues, as well as its own racing leagues, often dubbed "RZ cups".


[[Category:Yamaha motorcycles|RZ350]]
[[Category:Yamaha motorcycles|RZ350]]
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Revision as of 03:48, 5 October 2006

Yamaha RZ350 , LC/YPVS in the UK, is a motorcycle powered by a twin cylinder two-stroke engine, reed valved 347 cubic centimeter engine. The bore and stroke are 64x54 mm. It produces 30.4 ft·lbf of torque at 7500 rpm. Coming out in 1980, it was the evolution of Yamaha's popular and well known RD350. Production was carried on into the 1990s and the engine is still produced and used in Yamaha's YFZ350 Banshee ATV.

RZ350 is now a sought after collectors bike, due to it being the last road going two-stroke motorcycle in America. It is also raced extensively in Vintage racing leagues, as well as its own racing leagues, often dubbed "RZ cups".