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Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:49 pm
by BRG1200
Big thumbs up!
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:37 pm
by phil1rowe4
Thanks BRG,
Here's some pics of the bike finally finished (with lights and mirrors etc) and on display at a local bike show.
I plan to get it registered in the next week or so and then having fun!
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:43 am
by hybrid
Very nice buddy.
I feel like it needs some stickers or something.
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:22 am
by JonW
Its stunning!
I see what youre saying Jeff, maybe a ypvs decal on the tail and somewhere else. no need for engine size, it keeps em guessing lol
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:10 pm
by phil1rowe4
Hi Hybrid, Jon,
I agree. I was intending to have a white Yamaha sticker on the black part of the lower fairing but it didn't arrive while I was painting. I'll have to put it over the clear. A ypvs or RZ sticker on the tail or upper fairing might look good too.
Definitely won't have the engine size
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:08 pm
by JonW
sounds good Phil, I like the idea that this bike will have most of the younger lands scratching their heads.
Im wondering if it would have perhaps been better to have Yamaha on the fairing and RZ on the tank... sort of like the XT500s were. Ok, its a moot point now that its painted of course and it looks great like it is, but we always want 'a bit more' dont we lol
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:09 pm
by BRG1200
There isn’t an emoticon for taking my hat off.
Amazing turnaround Phil.
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:08 pm
by James W.
Bravo, Phil - bloody good effort..
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:36 am
by Ozhammer
Top job Phil, hope it rides as beautifully as it looks. It could almost be something that Yamaha themselves mght have developed these bikes into, so hats off to ya fella.
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:37 pm
by phil1rowe4
It's taken me a while to sort out the carb jetting and re-learning a lot in the process.
I'm pretty happy with it now although still running the bike in. Done 400kms and nothing fallen off so far.
Here's a YouTube of it running.
https://youtu.be/3nyYtkMDBaU
Out for a test run
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:34 am
by jools
When a bike looks THIS good, it doesn't need stickers to distract the eye from it's excellent lines.
Re: RZ350 Hybrid
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:03 pm
by Ozhammer
Best thing I have watched on YouTube for an absolute age Phil!
Kudos to ya for executing your vision so beautifully, it is one of the best looking bikes I have ever seen and the fact that it could almost pass as factory, shows what a terrific job you did.
Enjoy riding it and don’t forget I have first dibs if you ever wish to move it on!
HNY
Mark