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The Yamaha RZ350 is a two-stroke motorcycle produced by Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Yamaha between 1983 and 1996. Available in the US from 1983 to 1985, Canada until 1990 and Brazil until 1996. The RZ was the final evolution of the popular and well-known series of RD Yamaha motorcycles, and as such is also known as the RD350LC II or RD350 ...
In some countries, like the US, the YPVS models were sold as Yamaha RZ350. It was made in Japan from 1983 to 1986. It was replaced by the RD350 F2 in 1986, In 1992 the production was moved to Brazil, and the model was called RD350R and was produced until 1995. (New front fairing with two head lamps.)
The Yamaha RD350LC was a two-stroke motorcycle produced by Yamaha between 1980 and 1983.. Although it immediately succeeded the larger RD400, the RD350LC was powered by a smaller 347cc parallel twin two-stroke engine which actually had the same bore and stroke as the older RD350 (64 x 54mm).
Yamaha entered the ATC market in 1980, after paying patent-right to Honda to produce their own version of the All Terrain Cycle. Starting modestly with a 125cc recreational ATC that would remain the foundation of their line through 1985, the YT125 featured a 2 stoke engine with sealed airbox with snorkel intake, an autolube oil injection system, and featured a narrow tunnel above the engine ...
The Banshee 350 (YFZ350) is an all-terrain vehicle, produced by Yamaha Motor Company.It was manufactured in Japan from 1987 through 2012. They were available in the United States from 1987 to 2006, in Canada until 2008 and in Australia from 1998 until 2012.
Yamaha YZR500. The RD500LC (Race Developed 500CC Liquid Cooled motorcycle) uses a 50-degree, twin-crankshaft V4 engine layout.Linked Yamaha YPVS exhaust power valves are controlled by a single electronic unit and servo motor and are designed to give a broader power band.
Yamaha often leveraged the marketing of their RD and RZ series road motorcycles by referencing the TZ series. See also: RD250, RD350, RD400, RZ250, RZ350. The TZ motors provided the inspiration and engineering basis of Yamaha's contemporaneous road going two strokes.
The RZ-350, the largest displacement model, was a popular hot-rod bike of the 1980s and continued to be sold in some countries into the early 1990s. Throughout the 1980s the motorcycle industry gradually went from building a few basic but versatile models designed to work well in many roles, to offering many more specialized machines designed ...