The Yamaha RD500LC is a high-performance two-stroke sports motorcycle, also sold as the RZ500 in Canada and Australia, with a lightened but detuned version called the RZV500R made for the Japanese home market. It was built for a short period between 1984 and 1986 and is now a sought-after collector machine; strict United States EPA regulations kept the RZ500 from being sold there. Yamaha developed it as a road-going replica of its YZR500 Grand Prix racer, which Kenny Roberts had made successful in the early 1980s, using technology from the smaller RD series. Its engine is a 50 degree, twin crankshaft V4 with linked YPVS exhaust power valves, intake reed valves, four side-mounted Mikuni carburettors and lubrication by direct injection through the Yamaha Autolube pump. The RD stands for Race Developed and LC for liquid cooled.
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The Yamaha RD500LC is a high-performance, two-stroke sports motorcycle, also known as the RZ500 in Canada and Australia.
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Using the similar technology of the smaller RD series of two-stroke motorcycles the RD500LC was launched in 1984.
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Produced for a short period between 1984 and 1986 it has become a sought after collector's machine.
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The Yamaha RD500LC is a high-performance, two-stroke sports motorcycle, also known as the RZ500 in Canada and Australia.
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