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New book ! : Yamaha RD500LC and RZ500: icons of the ‘80s. Available here: www.lulu.com |
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FIRST
PRESENTATION @ september '83 PARIS SHOW. As you can see, the bike is
the prototype that YAMAHA used for the first '84 brochure: This is the
EUROPEAN coloring but with Gold rims (instead of black), with "RD500
YPVS" on lateral panel (instead of "YPVS RD500"), end
can of pipes are chrome-plated (instead of aluminium), it miss the rear
stay bar and it had an aluminium frame instead of steel frame !
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The RZ/RZV/RD 500 was the Kenny ROBERTS GP500 bike replica. |
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'84
RZV 500 R JAPAN
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'84
RD 500 LC EUROPE
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'84
RZ 500 AUS, CDN
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'85
RD 500 LC EUROPE
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'86
RD 500 LC FRANCE
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'86
RD 500 LC UK
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The visible differences between the JAPANESE model from the rest of RZ/RD500 are the aluminium frame and it RD350F2 light indicators style. The RZV500R is 7 kg lighter.
