RZ350

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mike's RZ Web Pages</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |    </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mikes RZ Web Pages"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RZ500">RZ500</A>   |   RZ350   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RZ350R Project Bike">RZ350R Project Bike</A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RZ350 KR">RZ350 KR</A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Bikes">Other Bikes</A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favorite Links">Favorite Links</A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me">Contact Me</A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LanceGamma Ralley 2007">LanceGamma Ralley 2007</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="071f4290.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="297" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> This is my 1985 RZ350.  I bought this bike in 1992.  The previous owner had installed a K&N filter kit and Factory pipes.  All I did at that time was add a steering dampener and eliminate the rear fender.  It had been wrecked when I bought it, but not bad enough to flex the frame.  I put about 10,000 miles on it.  Some were on the racetrack at Road Atlanta.  In 1996 I completely stripped the bike down to the frame, cleaned and replaced some chassis parts, and rebuilt the motor.  While I had the pipes off I noticed they were about rusted through in the header area.  So I replaced them with DGs.  The DGs are decent pipes, but not as good as the Factory ones.  I also did some mild porting, installed Boyseen reeds, stainless brake lines, and a Telefix fork brace.</div> <bR> <div> I decided to keep the stock look and not go any further with chassis modifications.  Instead I purchased another 1984 RZ350 to do all the popular FZ and FZR conversions.  See the <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RZ350R Project Bike">RZ350R Project page</A> for my progress.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>