Monday, April 22, 2013

Radical RZ350 / TZ250 Hybrid

From the looks of it, coming along nicely! Checkout the dry clutch, the sweet aluminum frame courtesy of the tz250, and the r1 (or at least it looks like a r1) - front suspension, forks (ohlins maybe?)... for some reason carbon on tw-stroke bike chambers just looks so right. This guy has some insane fabrication skills.

Putting a rz350 motor in a tz frame was always one of my dreams. I just really, really dislike the look of the RZ frame and tank... it looks 80's - and a bit tired. I do understand that it functions perfectly fine, and stuffing a rz motor in a tz250 frame is a huge undertaking. still- for the fact that its going to look like sexy gp race machine when your done- isnt it worth it? The answer, to me, is yes.

I believe this is the original build thread, did the best I could to hunt down the italian original version. Looks to me like he is just welding up the expansion chambers, and fitting them in this thread though... hmm.

http://www.2t-special.it/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1223

If anyone finds the original please post it in the comments!

Now, with some proper plastics on it and a paint job, this tz250 / rz350  beast would really look rad. Not that it doesnt look good naked either...

Dry clutch --- mmm, reminds me of my 900ss!






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