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masterbill  All-gear Wheelie! Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Total posts: 1503 Location: Salisbury Wilts |
Hello,
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/BHoughton/poole20may005.jpg
A rare sight 
Just repeating what I`ve put in events and meets.
Went down to Poole tonight with Andy who owns this smart RZV which is standard.
It`s the first time I`ve run my bike with another 500 and I must admit I was impressed with the way the Standard one went.
My bikes got the SS stage 3 tune and BDK powervale mod and to be truthfull there didn`t really seem to be any real performance difference 
I`ll have to stop being lazy and repaint my Nikkons and put them back on to see what difference they make 
It`s difficult sometimes on the road to guage performance, the bloke in front got the drop etc.
But we will go out again and do some sort of performance testing 
and swap bikes to see the difference.
Anyway it `s good to have another 500 to go out with and compare.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:24 pm
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z1100r Ace of Spades Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 4635 Location: Coventry |
The std ones in good nick are not slow Bill. Jimmy and myself have been miles and miles on std bikes and found only slight differences in performance. Bare in mind I'm talking about the so called rocket fast RG500 here against a stock RD500. I'll concede that in a flat out out drag race the RG is quicker...just...but add some bends and its no contest...The RG might go round them quicker...even be better handling...probably not...but exiting the corner the RD pisses any RG..thats cos they dont have any grunt at all....none...a CX500 would whoop an out of the power RG...no problem. Well the same applies to a tuned RD....a stocker will whoop its arse unless your right on it on the tuned one, and you know what that means......ooooh dear hope these BT45's can do this... 
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:37 pm
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jante350 RD/RZ Jedi Master Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 5130 Location: Bergen, Norway |
Ive only ridden one RD500, my own, wich is standard in all ways, and comparing with newer stuff its suprisingly fast, especially looking at the tech sheets comparing with newer dieselstuff... to be 90bhp and weighing what it does it goes very well... maybe my bike is a good one, dont know, but atleast it puts a lasting smile on my face everytime! 
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 11:43 am
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masterbillAll-gear Wheelie! Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Total posts: 1503 Location: Salisbury Wilts |
Hello,
I`ve been thinking about this and it might be worth checking the compression on mine, she`s done a fair few miles now since it seized on one piston and overall the motor hasn`t been touched for a long time.
Having Andy down the road has renewed my enthusiasm for the 500,
When the pound was really strong against the dollar I got some of "Ivan`s " needles and I`ve been meaning to set them up aswell.
Just got to make sometime to do it - instead of talking about it.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:12 pm
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RZ Okie Daily Burner Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Total posts: 147 Location: north of Texas |
When you do the needles don't skip setting the floats like he says in the instructions. An your in for a suprise as to how clean a 500 can run from idle up.
Luther
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 2:57 pm
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Thrasherg Powerband Master Joined: 18 May 2007 Total posts: 627 Location: Austin, Texas |
Did Ivan ever make needles for the RG500 or was it fine as standard? I fitted Ivan needles to my R1 and liked the change but never thougth to ask about RG needles (Didin't think he touched 2 strokes!).
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:59 pm
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jante350RD/RZ Jedi Master Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 5130 Location: Bergen, Norway |
| RZ Okie wrote: |
When you do the needles don't skip setting the floats like he says in the instructions. An your in for a suprise as to how clean a 500 can run from idle up.
Luther |
Not from Idle, but from aprox 3K and up it can run very clean!
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:56 pm
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candy4lo Mmm, Fully Synthetic! Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Total posts: 1495 Location: dorset |
Blimey Bill getting abit common now these 500,s,think i betta get something else!!!
Was popin down but ran out of time,but should be there next week on my fs1e special,the 500,s buried in back of shed and gotta get MOT,but couple of weeks and itll be there........
Met a guy at local Yam dealer other day with a piped Marlboro 500 so im sure hell get down one evening too.......shows them RG5 owners that you can use a 500 stroker.never seen one yet
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:27 pm
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masterbillAll-gear Wheelie! Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Total posts: 1503 Location: Salisbury Wilts |
Hello,
Right that`s it got to get going and do a few jobs 
Matt - I`ll PM you, lost your no
Mobile phone packed up  probably didn`t help me spilling a pint of cider on it
I will keep you all informed of progress - when and if there`s any
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:20 pm
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V4 HeavenDaily Burner Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Total posts: 208 Location: Wilts |
Went out on mine last week (not sure what state of tune it's in) but it still rips along. My mate was on an SV1000 and he said he couldn't believe how quick the RD500s still were!
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:01 pm
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z1100rAce of Spades Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Total posts: 4635 Location: Coventry |
what do ya mean ...we had some some young whipper snapper on on a modern 1000 or other from some mag (fast bikes) and he sh*t himself at how fast these babies are....now we are talking 1984...for christ sake. 2008 1000cc thingy me bob ...I couldn't even be arsed to see what he was on.. 
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 12:29 am
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Lordie Suburban Commuter Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Total posts: 57 Location: Leicestershire |
90% of people who buy these super fast 1000's are straight line specialists only  . I'm not saying I'm Micky Doohan  , but come on, one of our sales guys has just bought a £13 000 1098 Ducati and he rides like a muppet. It's purely a show thing.
Still a lovely bike though.
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:40 am
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