OK, this isnt my RZ. Its someone else's totally rad RZ, with a Spec II fairing. Doesn't it look cool? Mine had lots of safety wire, spray paint, and a cracked fairing. You guessed it - the poor bugger was a race bike. A used and abused slag, ridden hard and put away... well maybe not wet, but tired and abused. I had purchased it from a righteous dude for $1,000. Apparently, he couldn't get it to "rev up". Being a mechanically inclined individual I decided to take a peek. What I found was the most horrible terror of all possible repairs, one that sent me reeling into a state of panic, the throttle cable had come loose from the carbs. I laughed, grabbed my tools and tightened it down. Kicked her over and spun up to 10k on my favorite twisty road - albeit on a totally non-road legal/worthy bike. Still, it was a happy day. If its one thing a dutchman loves its a deal.
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