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nklr rz1 yamaha goes 'round the world
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:44 pm
by Harry Myhre
Does anyone on this list watch Two Wheel Tuesday on the Speed Channel?
They ran an interesting piece the other night about a fellow who is taking
a Yamaha RZ1 sports/touring bike around the world. Was an interesting story.
Because when you first hear about that you think "sports bike? Why not an
adventure touring bike?" - lord knows there are many bikes capable of that
kind of riding...
And they asked the guy that, and his answers were interesting.
They showed the guy all bogged down in mud in south america with his RZ1...
The guy claimed his street tires acutally perform BETTER in mud than knobby
tires of dual sport bikes.
The funniest part of the story (for me) was when he was forging a stream -
engine fully underwater. The guy gets out of the river. RZ1 is totally
stalled out. The guy stars cranking the RZ1 and the camera focuses on the
exhaust pipe. "glub glub glub" goes the exhaust pipe. Water is just POURING
out of the pipe. And then?? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzoooom, the bike fires up and all
you see is steam pouring out and the guy zooms off again.
Very cool feature and I apologize for not remembering this fellow's name. I
think he was from Holland
harry
nklr rz1 yamaha goes 'round the world
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:26 am
by Eric L. Green
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Harry Myhre wrote:
> The funniest part of the story (for me) was when he was forging a stream -
> engine fully underwater. The guy gets out of the river. RZ1 is totally
> stalled out. The guy stars cranking the RZ1 and the camera focuses on the
> exhaust pipe. "glub glub glub" goes the exhaust pipe. Water is just POURING
> out of the pipe. And then?? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzoooom, the bike fires up and all
> you see is steam pouring out and the guy zooms off again.
Some people are just plain nuts. In a nice way, mind you, but nuts
nevertheless
.
-E
nklr rz1 yamaha goes 'round the world
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:53 am
by fasteddiecopeman
> Some people are just plain nuts. In a nice way, mind you, but nuts
> nevertheless
.
>
> -E
Erik,
Your comment puts me in mind of a friend who used to own some oil-patch
companies, and drove Lincoln Continental two doors - you know the ones:
big, long and powered by 460 cu in V8s, and he'd get a new one every year.
He would drive these monsters down pipe-line right-of-ways as if they were
4x4s! ...and never got stuck! I sure wouldn't have wanted to own one after him!
Ed
nklr rz1 yamaha goes 'round the world
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:52 pm
by Eric L. Green
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, fasteddiecopeman wrote:
>> Some people are just plain nuts. In a nice way, mind you, but nuts
>> nevertheless
.
> Your comment puts me in mind of a friend who used to own some oil-patch
> companies, and drove Lincoln Continental two doors - you know the ones:
> big, long and powered by 460 cu in V8s, and he'd get a new one every year.
> He would drive these monsters down pipe-line right-of-ways as if they were
> 4x4s! ...and never got stuck!
Those old Detroit tanks could do a whole lot more than you'd think. Heck,
even the smaller ones could. I regularly took my Chevette onto beaches
with deep sand, for example. As long as you kept your speed and momentum
up, you coould just "surf" the car through the loose sand to get to the
firm part near the water. I only got stuck once, when some turd in a 4x4
cut in front of me and forced me to veer into some ruts. Somebody else in
a 4x4 hauled me out, so no harm, no foul, but the point is that you can
get into some pretty amazing places even with the most pathetic of
vehicles, as long as you don't give a **** about tearing it up (which
defines a Chevette big-time
.
-E
nklr rz1 yamaha goes 'round the world
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:03 pm
by Charles Earl
Dang, I would have liked to have seen this. I do
happen to have three clips from the movie, including
the water scene mentioned, that someone sent to me as
email attachments.
How can I make these accessible to the list? I'm
pretty sure I can't send an attachment to the list.
Charles
Message: 21
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:37:43 -0700
From: "Harry Myhre"
Does anyone on this list watch Two Wheel Tuesday on
the Speed Channel?
They ran an interesting piece the other night about a
fellow who is
taking
a Yamaha RZ1 sports/touring bike around the world. Was
an interesting
story.
Because when you first hear about that you think
"sports bike? Why not
an
adventure touring bike?" - lord knows there are many
bikes capable of
that
kind of riding...
And they asked the guy that, and his answers were
interesting.
They showed the guy all bogged down in mud in south
america with his
RZ1...
The guy claimed his street tires acutally perform
BETTER in mud than
knobby
tires of dual sport bikes.
The funniest part of the story (for me) was when he
was forging a
stream -
engine fully underwater. The guy gets out of the
river. RZ1 is totally
stalled out. The guy stars cranking the RZ1 and the
camera focuses on
the
exhaust pipe. "glub glub glub" goes the exhaust pipe.
Water is just
POURING
out of the pipe. And then?? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzoooom, the
bike fires up and
all
you see is steam pouring out and the guy zooms off
again.
Very cool feature and I apologize for not remembering
this fellow's
name. I
think he was from Holland
harry
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:11 pm
by Dave Cobb
Lost my instruments riding in Copper Canyon. Turned out to be a
connector hidden in the black cover under the speedo/tach. I don't
know if any of my other things were not working, but had no tach.
Pushed the plug together, and zip tied it!
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>
> > From: "brucedwilson_ca"
> > Subject: Lights out!
> >
> > It's the headlight, the taillight, and the instruments. The turn
> > signals and neutral indicator work (horn too!)...but all is dark
> > otherwise.
> >
> > The two fuses (10A and 20A) under the seat above the battery are
> > visually good. Are there other fuses somewhere?
>
> Not sure if the fuse would be the problem, given the symptoms, but
> always check the fuses with an ohmmeter (or a new fuse). The link
> doesn't always blow in the middle, sometimes they're bad and look
OK.
>
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nklr rz1 yamaha goes 'round the world
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:35 pm
by Harry Myhre
Exactly! I have seen a lot of features on two wheel Tuesday.
But the one about the guy going around the world on a Yam RZ1 sport bike
really takes the cake. Those Tuesday night 2wheeler shows on speed channel
are the Best. I watch 'em all. Two Wheel Tuesday, American Thunder and
Corbin's Ride On.
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> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] NKLR RZ1 Yamaha goes 'round the world
>
>
> Dang, I would have liked to have seen this. I do happen to
> have three clips from the movie, including the water scene
> mentioned, that someone sent to me as email attachments.
>
> How can I make these accessible to the list? I'm pretty sure
> I can't send an attachment to the list.
>
> Charles
>
> Message: 21
> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:37:43 -0700
> From: "Harry Myhre"
>
> Does anyone on this list watch Two Wheel Tuesday on the Speed Channel?
> They ran an interesting piece the other night about a fellow
> who is taking a Yamaha RZ1 sports/touring bike around the
> world. Was an interesting story.
> Because when you first hear about that you think "sports
> bike? Why not an adventure touring bike?" - lord knows there
> are many bikes capable of that kind of riding...
>
> And they asked the guy that, and his answers were interesting.
> They showed the guy all bogged down in mud in south america
> with his RZ1...
> The guy claimed his street tires acutally perform BETTER in
> mud than knobby tires of dual sport bikes.
>
> The funniest part of the story (for me) was when he was
> forging a stream - engine fully underwater. The guy gets out
> of the river. RZ1 is totally stalled out. The guy stars
> cranking the RZ1 and the camera focuses on the exhaust pipe.
> "glub glub glub" goes the exhaust pipe.
> Water is just
> POURING
> out of the pipe. And then?? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzoooom, the bike
> fires up and all you see is steam pouring out and the guy
> zooms off again.
>
> Very cool feature and I apologize for not remembering this
> fellow's name. I think he was from Holland
>
> harry
>
>
>
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