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Why the f@#k did I sell mine back in the day....if I only knew.

Can you send me a pin to this lookout. All the internet information shows that it’s only a hiking trail to the lookout. And your video. Clearly it isn’t. Thanks a lot. Grear vids. Ant

Should have continued on to bridal falls lookout. Gone down the front side and ended up at hwy1🍻

Brings back so many memories from the 80s and 90s on my two strokes. Thank you from Richmond.

Nice, had RZ350's and an RG500, no comparison, but both are great bikes in their own way.

Two fantastic street stroker machines. The Yam was the looker, the RG had the edge on performance. Back in the day when I was looking to trade up from my Yam 350 LC, I almost bought the Yam 500. I got the RG instead.

Where the heck is this? Beautiful scenery!

Still one of the best looking bikes ever made IMHO.

This bike was so far ahead, that to this day, people are trying to figure out, why.....

RG 500 is the motorcycle , that haunts me in my wet dreams. Ill give anything for that. Anything ( I rode the 250 and 350 from yamaha, back in the day). Might I say, that even designwise, these bikes age very, very well

I had 125 Yamaha 1986 looked just like yours same color white-red YPVS . 23 horse power liquid cooling red seat , my weight was about 85 kg but it could make top-speed 145 km/ hour pretty easily !🥸 Greetings from FIN .

The Gamma was the bike, that thing owned the 600 production class at Westwood 1986/87. Rims were a bit narrow and you had to remove the belly fairing ( ground clearance ). Add a Fox Shock and braided steel brake lines and some decent rubber and you could go very fast.

I wish I had either one of these bikes,I wish I NEVER sold my RZ350.Nothing beats the sound and smell of a two smoker!!😊

First may I say sorry this had to happen, never like to see things like this. BUT, I'm sorry, two important points for this new biking option, safety and the enviroment. I have over 40 years either working or recreating in the area. Many years ago my co-worker and I bumped into a guy on a street bike, close to the center of the Island, had to stop and talk. Indicated this was section of road he looked over while the trail was being deleoped, and allot of hard work went into it. We left thinking a good use of "industrial roads" given Recreation was part of my job description. At the time I recall also having an after thought about the crossing of cultures, the Forest Road user vs. the paved rider. Please consider ,in all my time, that I never never saw a cop, an ambulance, peddal bikes, and a taste of the biking newcomers off pavement, so what is different, lol. THere is a whole REgulation book on the subject of Forest Use Roads, desined because of the conflict out there as it is, for those who work there, lol. That is culture number one, crusty old guys ,that operate heavy eqipment and are just getting used to a Subaru with a couple of Kayaks on it. Now I did require a bike licence for work. But we throw them in boats, to get to islands, check in at a remote logging camp office, and listen to the logging truck drivers on the radio confirm your presence, but they add you are going to look real pretty flattedned to their radiator rolling into the sort. You drove dead slow so you could hear them, then headed into the bottom of the ditch, and you hear them on the radio as they pass compalining to the office they missed you. So now comes culture two, which honestly I know nothing about but it has me worried. Now I do not know everybodies part in this video, just providing insight into how that crusty guy might be looking at this, lol . What first stopped me dead, and bugged me till the viedo was over was, "what the hell is everybody doing standing around on the road"? And I mean everybody! Me and the crusty guy would have stopped, droppped me off while co-worker placed road markers around each corner then parked the truck at the closest pull out and walked to the site once the office was called. We all have first aid so I would have completed or confirmed it was done, then imediatly asked the bikes join the truck.....this is also a workplace, those rules apply. It may seem picky but the difference between pavement/gravel and 2wd and 4wd is huge,.Road design is sloped and domed for drainage, washboard or pot holes drives you out to the surface extremities, right where the grader deposits the loose stuff that sucks trucks off the road. First is traffic, never assume this is remote, its industrial, there are work trucks working at the ends of roads under spot lights at night to keep machines going, an engineer off the end of any road, I never assumed I was alone in an entire valley, traffic! And any time after quitting time traffic going out might be hauling butt. All of this is why the site of the filming was tough to watch, thinking how another vehicle could have stumbled into the entire clip. What I was immediatly looking for was a lay of the roads and anticipated traffic, I think a saw a double reversed turn in a short distance. What I see is a guy coming around either way around a corner which means he is waiting for anything to happen and it does. As the corner progresses he is adjusting his track however...he then notices the incident and the natural thing to avoid an accident is to go wide...you forced the truck into a position where he may not have been able to drive the center. The road is not wide enough for an adjusting truck and a bike on either side. Another huge observation was why the accident,? So we have covered those who stop in the middle of the road, poor choice. So again I ask, why have I never come across, industrial or recreational, an accident? AS most, close, but never contact.r. Im guessing here but I think its the mentality of what is a safe driving speed is, that dirt verses pavement bit. For fun an example of even if you try to do it right...I was eneteringg a long drive along a lake shore and noted heavy dust rising up about 1/4 of the way and closing. So I estimated the point to just stop was just before and bling vertical rock face with the name of a logger signed on it, that means some logger way back when did something stupid there costing the company a fortune (Forest history). THere is a pullout but facing traffic, would be off the road, but was facing traffic, or go for it. Well twenty minutes later and many thoughts of no way am I going to be the one, I see only the front end of a logging truck, all you see is the bumper, hood and the windscreen, then nothing but dust. Good thing is he sees me. Bad thing is he is holding up one finger, pointer by trade, indicating one more truck following dont move, and Im in total blindness due to dust, but IM off the road so relax and just wait I think. Next thing I see is two headlights, one on each side of me as I sat in the cloud. I figuer at 2 meters which closed to 1 as I slammed it into reverse and the whole thing stopped. He foolishly talked on the radio appologizing he could not see the lead truck so followed the rockcut ditchline, into the pull out. You cant win, lol, you come close but at least you were both on the same page. Point of this was, we both waited for the dust to settle, 20 minutes of down time for two trucks out of courtacy, a little gone wrong,lol. But also driving dusty is something that actually slows things down in the woods, except for the guy out front of course. you just accept its going to hold you up, pull over and fill the coffee cup, hope the wind is blowing, and wait tilll you can drive what you see. As mentioned ....the enviroment. I won't detail my authorities however, when employed if I had been on site to see the bike take the foot trail to the so called beach , and I will word this as legaly as I can,, at the point he left the beach I would have been, on the spot, writing out a ticket I was confident could be presented to a judge for a case of "altering fish habitat". ??? you say. Thats what the public gets when you try to stop logging from hurting fish and they want you to produce the hurt fish for proof, you get broad and gray legislation. So what most do not see as I would present it would be the bike being within the seasonal high water line of the lake, fish habitat....surprize. Point being, I actually dont even see trail bikes in the bush, so this is new, you can get there so you do, but are just new to the forest /eviroment rules as I am the joys of bikes. At this point I'm still glad this happened, sorry the interface is proving itself almost scarry to me. So please consider who and what is out there, I have no suggestions for how roads favour the trucks so you know your machines, drive the best you can under these cross over objectives.

Petrol station tour😂

You didn’t mention that this bike was virtually the GP racer that Yamaha was selling at the time: direct to crankcase carburetors, an oil pump supplying oil to the gearbox to lubricate the gears under pressure reducing friction and, of course, water cooling and electronic ignition.

Faimfey

Flat batteries doesn't stop it from starting

so where is part 2...??

i have tzm150

I ❤ YAMAHA

you characters spend more time in the gas station than riding. You do realize that anyone watching a couple legendary bikes like this don't really want to hear or see you two? We just want to see powerbands, sounds and wheelies.. Perhaps you two should give me those bikes. I'll give you a prius. more your style.

I had the rz 500. biggest mistake I ever made selling that work of art. Sorry, biggest mistake I ever made was getting married.....

Love tzr 1kt ❤❤❤

I want it.... always wanted a 2 cycle (2 stroke).... I did buy a 2 stroke Aprilia (5 hp) hahah.

The 990/950 is painfully allergic to sharp turns without sliding the rear.

Awesome

magnificent machines. i owned both and wish i still did. an rg500 now worth a fortune

Great commentary. Thanks!

I had an rd500 and it was awesome , paid £2300 for it and sold it for £1200 with a sick motor , this was around the 90's, i then bought a tzr3xv sp 250 which i still have, its a 1992 model,. paid £4000 for it around 1995,.got love your yamaha ,..

Awesome bikes. a bit different from my 4 stroke v4.... Honda vfr 800 :D

Nice.Yamaha 2stroke.Thats what they were good at.

What a great guy to swap bikes! However now with the price of RG500's every mile that poor guy is thinking "got to save up, darn this thing is slow!". Great video !

Thanks for sharing!

So Cool!! ..and FUN!! I have a Suzuki 500cc Gamma but I’m an 🇺🇸residing in Japan🇯🇵so,..Can get it restored , customed and running again for some “Nostalgia Racing” events next year I hope!! Nice Vid Guys❣️🏍️💨 b(‘_< )

I love this video guys. Two regular guys riding these awesome bikes. No pretentious bullcrap, just having a good time. The sound of the TZR takes me back to 93 with my 87 2MA UK 250 TZR. The parallel twins have that great sound. I still have a TZR's, but now a 3MA reversed engine and a couple of 3XV v-twin models. I miss the shit out of that standard parallel engine. Loved how you show that ting no mercy. Full revs my man! Thanks for sharing.. josh

It would sound S loads better with some aftermarket exhaust pipes and lose at good 10 pounds. Check out k2-tec exhaust in Japan. Great price not wicked expensive. Weak yen they are $450 usd right now. Friend has them on his 2ma which happens to be an 87 Canadian model. The Japanese model has way better mirrors than the dorky ones the Canadian n UK models came with. Too many straight roads guys these bikes shine on the tight twisty roads. I know you have them up there n b.c I'm down in Seattle I have a few of these bikes. Rgv nsr newer tzr.

Niether of which made it to the USA. Sucks to be me....

both amazing bikes .. I just remember the TZR sounded like a bloody chainsaw ..wicked sound .. also remember very clearly clipping the back of a citron 2CV in France. On the way to Le Mans. I’m breaking my leg and a half on the RG 500

Happy days

I had both of these bikes from brand-new

Quá đã, VN khó có thể sở hữu và trải nghiệm một chiếc như vậy đó là điều ao ước của bao người đam mê 2 thì

Brilliant. I owned a blue one back in 1988, wish i still had it😢

Like my friend RD Top 🇧🇷👍

Had a 500, mad bike 😅

Those are some expensive bikes these days. Very nice!

Outstanding! Long live the 2 stroke DNA.

Great riding👍🏻

Rod !!! Man oh man I’m looking forward to this loop. Never been.

Need a mic hooked up to your camera. Can't hear the dialogue over the engine sound. The forward view is great.