Yamaha Rzv 500r V4 2stroke Trackday Manfeild New Zealand Raw sound 

2 strokes bikes are something else, they have their own unique feel. Nowadays they are almost extinct on the roads, pity those who never been on one.

There is a very small race track near me here in Japan, and I get to see kids racing on it with very small 2-stroke bikes. Dads are set up in the parking lot with the trailer and watch their sons do laps while their kids in tiny sets of full leathers run 25 second laps for an hour or so. The bikes sound like slightly larger than normal weed whackers. It's a great sight.

Absolutely awesome. So much more desirable than many modern motorcycles.

Well done mate, that's the way to ride the lady...... I loved that bike !!!! Wonderfull to hear the sound of the foot rests scratching ;-)

Thanks for sharing. My buddy had a rz500 in 1987 i used to run alongside him on the highway in my 440 powered 70 superbee. I'm glad were both alive today and can laugh about the good memories.

Finally a rider who gets the revs right up there right in that sweet spot. Lovely sound. The amount of vids on RU-vid and they are short shifting! It’s painful. Nice buddy! ✊

This takes me back to the day I took my RD500 to a track day at Snetterton in the UK. I had that bike for 23 years from 1989 to 2012, happy days

Well ridden. It takes me right back especially the long lost soUnd of scraping pegs.

You are a braking CHAMPION! Going after those liter bikes with the Rzv500r was bananas. Your camera and mount are amazing. That was a fantastic video. The clarity was great, the sound was fantastic and your ring is superb. Bravo! Keep these coming!

This brings a smile to my face. 2 strokes - man I miss them. This is unobtanium today.

Love 2 strokes. Such a great powerband and high revving engines. We need them back

Brings back memories of my 1979 RD400F Daytona Special. 😎👍

Cut my teeth on two strokes back in the 60s... always loved them...... The older bikes from the 80s were great, not full of electronics to 'idiot proof' them. My present ride ('88 CBR600 Honda) has no rev limiter, no ABS, no traction control (except my right hand), no quick shifter (just as fast without if you know how)............. goes well, handles pretty well for its age on original shocks.forks stops well too. Bur above all it has 'soul' like the ringdings I used to ride. Bikes now are wonderful bits of technology, but the pursuit of speed and sophistication has taken a lot of the character out of them, at least in the sport classes. Love my old classic..... would love one of the old 4-cylinder two strokes though... they are getting scarce and VERY expensive.

Anyone notice......? ... nobody passed this beauty... lol... gotta love the power and fun factor of the two stroke... thanks for sharing... brilliant!

Loved your bike bro, I was on the Z1000 in your group that day

I had an RD500LC in the 80s, great fun. This vid brought back some good memories!

I used to thrash my 350lc like that... But it would have probably seized on lap 5 lol. Amazing bikes. Got a duc 1198 now but still has more fun on my LC. The sound of microns going from 5th to 6th lives with me forever.

Loved watching this. Pure two stroke madness. Wish I had one to enjoy. Thank you.

two stroke on the boil always sounds ace absolutely adored the sound of the suzuki and kwak tripples when they were on song!!

Awesome to see one of these still going. Good circuit too.

This is the Yamaha two-stroke of my dreams is missing in my collection (collection that does not stop, use all of them soon). Congratulations RZV500R and thank you for sharing with us this wonder. I'll sign up I profile, as seen in answer to my friend +Thiago Rodrigues (who lives near me) you have other 2T. Hug.

Brilliant! Didn't want it to end! Thank you for sharing :)

Lol I found myself actually leaning in to the turn pegging shifts with you thxs for the share

Brought back memories of the old Vic club days. Thanks for sharing

Amazing. I bought in 1983 the RD500 LC is currently closed in my garage and I've not started for 15 years. Maybe the time is come. It seems she asks me "play me or trade me" . I remember that sound. It was better to hear for people on the street than myself on my bike.

Great video...enjoyed it from start to finish... nice riding there mate...i also have the RZ 500, Suzuki GT750 ,two RD350,s and two 851 Ducati's

He's ringing the bloody piss out of that thing. Love that sound.

Once of the most amazing onboard ive seen

sweet bike, great sound - nothing revs like a two stroker .

Nice how it basically destroyed everything out there. And nice driving by the way, you're certainly not afraid of it ;)

Back in 1985 I had an RZ 350 and then an RZ 500 loved them both wish I still had the RZ 500.

Adoro esse ronco 2 tempos já chega assustando os motorzaos ...

Awesome, that thing sounds so good, power must be incredible

Best video and sound. Thank you. That bike and rider are tops!

Great Vid. Not too much wind actually. I was on the edge of my seat the whole last half!

Grew up on 2 stroke dirt bikes , 1 st rode bike rz350lc couple of year's. Then rz500l then rz500l track bike .huge smiles

Nice safe comfortable ride well handled enjoyed your video and ride.I always use go into red line often too without realising.They certainly seem to tolerate it ok.Approaching 50 now so itching to pulling out my RZ500 from 27years storage.I became a fan of the rz500 when they won the Castrol 6hr race here in oz.

A buddy of mine had one of these monsters - an '85. I had a '92 GSXR 1100 and couldn't shut him down until I hit 3rd gear!!!

I remember when back in the day this bike came out, it was an absolute sensation! Also remember that the exhaust could be swapped with the exhaust of the racing model, and the street bike would immediately get a big powerboost. Damn, those were the days.......

beautiful machine, and well ridden! Enjoy !

You are really giving it the stick. Great stuff. I miss my RD250LC and RZ250. Raced the LC in South Australia.

Awesome! Good rider, I thinks he's done this before

Very nice when you think of it. 1984 technology is still able to keep pace with modern day liter bikes. Great to see late breaking and good drive out of the corners to chase them down... Not to mention finding parts for these old war horses is a challenge.... I thought I even seen one other 2 stroke you passed on the right.

Had an RD350ypvs brand spanking new in 1986. It was the most fun bike ever.... Nothing could outgun me in the corners..

Love how he catches them in the corners , on an older bike no less.

Congratulaciones 2T. imbatible insuperable 2T por siempre! !!!

Two stroke have a crazy power band. Top end horsepower unmatched!

At Last !!!. someone that can ride a 2stroke really well !!!.. mate,,, well done, thought i was alone and wish id been there tagging ya . lol.

Great video. I wanted one of these so bad. I was stationed in England from Dec 84 - Dec 86 and saw them race one in the Transatlantic Challenge at Donnington. My plan was to buy one, or at least the 350 version, when I got back to the states but they weren't an option any longer when I got home.

Congratulations! Your motorcycle is my dream! Classic Power!! Enjoy it! I have the "little sister" of your bike, I have RD350LC = )

caramba meu! vc anda muito da hora seu video, show essa RD500

thanks for posting this... just a fun run on my favorite bike. i came so close to getting one that i could smell it but the $€!+ head backed out on me. fun vid though..

2stroke for life

How awesome to see one being used the way nature intended. Thanks Mate

brings back great memories ...had two of them , also rd250lc,a couple rd350lc ypvs,and rg500. the yam 500 was a beast , brakes modified ,other exhausts (enormous weight gain), like you, i removed the mirrors and signal lights with leathers on gained 7kph top speed ...flat on the tank. rider me(in that time 63kg)needed a wp steering damper on it. revs and kph not visible , through the red zone .... between nippon seiki .friend flat full out with kawa zx 10 ,and 500 slowly(!) pulling away topspeed. stability was great ,better than the rg . now memories:: life is a bitch.

As a previous owner of a dozen or more RD350/400s and two RZ350s by 1985, i would have killed to get my hands on a RZV500R. I finally did in 1990, WA state title, like new, 6300 miles. A few months later i sold it as i wound up caring nothing about much of anything. It'd be ok to have a restored one now. Or at least the engine in a current sportbike frame.

Nice video, I'd love to have an RD/RZV 500 one day, but for now the RG 500 will do :]]

that tach needle is deeeeeeep.....a little red mist, to go with the blue haze,................... i miss mine, this was fun, thx......wb

That was so cool I remember when they came out new they were $4,999.00 Canadian and I was too poor to buy one

Orgasmic .... For those who know what it feels like in the power band

I had one of these back i the day, I actually preferred it to my RG500 which i also owned a couple of years later..

Sin control de tracción,carburadas y a puro piloto! Excelente

Thank you. Brought back memories from a RZ350 that I had. Before that, an RD350 & RD400 Daytona Special. The Daytona would become vertical if you shifted a little bit to fast! Then, before the front wheel hit ground 3rd gear would bring it up again. I believe the RZ was balanced to avoid that. I missed it although in a way glad for my life sake.

In late Sept. of 1989, I rode my new (secondhand from Ed) '85 RZV500N (custom painted white frame and rims, ported and polished, Boysen racing reeds) from Toronto thru the mid-states up to Alberta over the Rockies and ended up in Vancouver where I drove it for 11 years all seasons on Michelins a 185 on the back. It ended up becoming an extension of my brain. The RZ also had clout, enabling me to trade it for a day with an ex-cop from NY dude/buddy to drive his all-black whale tail turbo '83 Porsche 911SC Targa, fat af rears with the wheel flares. Now that was a head-turner sporting the cool NY plates growling down the road top-down downtown. Running around with the RZ and a helmet on, no one knew who you were and the girls were scared of that smoke puffing monster - I guess it'd have helped if I took off the solo seat, huh. Anyway, that infamous RZ ruled the Vancouver streets, I believe, until one day a glossy navy blue R1 gracefully slingshot by me (almost disrespectfully) up to the red light driving 'round BC Place (the Indy track area), which set the tone for the future of road bikes to ride, in my eyes. Regardless, I lost my license due to too many points riding that thing ragged wherever a "safe" opportunity presented itself. Nonetheless, I wiped it out driving too tired in traffic around a curve doing 60kmh after being blinded by a van while changing lanes on that curve and bailing at the sidewalk curb to avoid an illegally parked car on a four-lane road and wrote the RZ off selling it to a restoration Edmonton guy as is for $250. My next bike if ever, may be a Ducati 998 or a slightly uglier Yamaha M1 (200hp). Expect the unexpected while riding and enjoy that 500 2-stroke cafe racer. It's not a matter of if you'll wipe out but when. And remember don't ride hard too tired in traffic. BTW thanks for the vid and showing off your RZ.

Great machine with awesome sound and its fast. :-D

Golden age of bikes, I won't let anyone tell me otherwise. Not for the tangibles, today's 4 stroke supersports win out in nearly top trumps hand but for the soul of the machine and the intangibles they can't come close.

It's obvious he wasn't doing an imitation of Kenny Roberts or he would have passed every bike there. Beautiful video to remind us just how wonderful the 2-cycle technology is. Today the 4-strokers have no idea how good they were. Another great idea of world governments to ban them.

Sweet 2stroke sounds✌️😁

Very cool to watch. Thanks man.

whaaaouu! very nice video! and very well ride, many modern sport bikes in this video will be for sale after this! lol Ps: Im french, sorry for bad english :p

Congratulations I loved your video I hope to find a classic power is japan

l Just love it, perhaps its time to go old school .

Rode one in 1984-85..meanest bike ever

Best bike I've ever owned, and that includes the more powerful and faster on top end four strokes I've owned.

2 stroke sound like a sing of angel, beautiful but wild..

I got one just run in for three grand in 1990 , had some fun on that

Einfach immer noch ein "Klasse" Bike‼️ ✨💙💙💙✨👍

Looks like 1000% fun

o cara e muito bom,,, mas essa moto e top, cara como pode uma rd 500 da pau nessa maquinas modernas ,,, imagine essas motos 2 tempos com a tecnologia de hoje entao, da daria yamaha

how i miss the Schwantz Rainey days .. Moto gp of today is just not the same as it was back then with crazy 500cc two strokes and pure rider skill and huge brass balls

Very fast!!! You break and turn better than of all riders. Excuse for my english.

At least you ride it like you stole it!, and show people how to ride these bikes, I used to ride a RZ250 to work each day and starting the day smelling of Motul two stroke oil, bliss!

The best, again.

Awesome 👍🏻 Thank You 🎉

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Trazer uma dessa para o Brasil, heim? Aí sim !

had a 350 back in the day wish i had 1 of these

Nice video!!!

It fucking fly's mate, what a beautiful machine ! Great video absolutely slaughtered modern stuff !!

Super gefahren 💯

Very cool bike.

When the valves open, that’s when the fun beggings and the fear sets in.

On son si magestueux ! Sa me fais frissoner! Continu mec !!! (même si tu comprends pas forcément )

4:47 this part 🤤

man, that is so sweet!! I had a early eighties rz350, it was so great! live in the United States so it had like an emission exhaust that I replaced with a nice racing pipe and air box used to eat 750 up all the time. 500 were illegal in the United States but some people would get them in from Canada and retitling as350

Holy cow batman, amazing. LOL front tyre will last a long time as it was off the tarmac a lot

Sounds of what Moto GP use to be. 👍🇳🇿

When the rz500 came out in 84 no bikr ubder 1000cc could touch them. Wasn't long before your hands and feet would start to tingle

Yamaha is very cool!

2 stroke 😍