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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. It came out as the RD350L/C in non-U.S. markets in the 1981 model year. The L/C model did not contain the "powervalve" exhaust port device available on the U.S. model RZ350's of 1984 and 1985. It was the evolution of [[Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.|Yamaha]]'s popular and well known [[Yamaha RD350|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. It came out as the RD350L/C in non-U.S. markets in the 1981 model year. The L/C model did not contain the "powervalve" exhaust port device available on the U.S. model RZ350's of 1984 and 1985. It was the evolution of [[Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.|Yamaha]]'s popular and well known [[Yamaha RD350|RD350]]. Production was carried on into the 1990s and a variant of 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". | ||
==1984== | |||
[[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-0.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-1.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-2.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-3.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-4.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-5.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-6.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]] | [[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-0.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-1.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-2.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-3.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-4.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-5.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]][[Image:1984-Yamaha-RZ350-Kenny-Roberts-Yellow-6.jpg|left|thumb|1984 Yamaha RZ350 Kenny Roberts replica in Yellow]] | ||
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*The yellow 1984 model shown above is not stock, the owner has added full bodywork and Toomey expansion chambers for increased performance. | |||
*He also has added a solo seat cowl and a braced Metchamax swingarm. | |||
*Stock pictures are needed.--[[User:Budlight|Budlight]] 21:52, 20 October 2006 (PDT) | |||
==1985== | ==1985== | ||