Touted as a museum quality example of the breed, this 1985 Yamaha RZ350 has just over 16,000 miles and still sports the original exhaust and all plastics intact. From the number and quality of the pictures, this looks to be a fine ride indeed! If you’ve been watching RZs and see them float by in various states of tune with different modifications, here might be your chance to grab a stone stock example.
1985 Yamaha RZ350 for sale on eBay
From the seller:
WHEN ONLY THE VERY FINEST WILL DO.MUSEUM QUALITY,1985 YAMAHA RZ350.COMPLETELY STOCK.UNTOUCHED,UNRESTORED, UNMOLESTED!!! BONE STOCK ORIGINAL!!!!.THIS IS THE NICEST 1985 RZ350 I HAVE EVER SEEN.ALL ORIGINAL.NOT A DENT,DING ANYWHERE.ORIGINAL STOCK EXHAUST SYSTEM IS MINT,NO DENTS OR DINGS.STOCK FACTORY AIR BOX,FUEL TANK IS MINT INSIDE AND OUT WITH NOT A DENT OR DING.THE ORIGINAL PAINT IS BEAUTIFUL.SEAT IS PERFECT,THE BIKE RUNS AS NEW.EVERYTHING ON THIS BIKE WORKS AS IT SHOULD.THIS BIKE IS AS CLOSE TO JUST COMING OUT OF THE CRATE THAT YOU WILL FIND.LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT ALL 24 PICTURES PROVIDED.TRANSMISSION PERFECT,CLUTCH PERFECT,150LBS OF COMPRESSION ON BOTH CYLINDERS.YOU WILL NOT HAVE A CHANCE LIKE THIS AGAIN TO OWN A KENNY ROBERTS YELLOW AND BLACK IN THIS PRISTINE CONDITION.STARTS FIRST KICK.NEEDS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.NO DISSAPOINTMENTS HERE.
RZ350s are a hot commodity these days, and these bikes always seem to be a fan favorite (you RSBFS readers and Facebookers know who you are). What’s not to like? It makes all the right noises and smells, has great graphics and parking lot appeal, and sports King Kenny’s sig right on the fairing. Check out LOTS of pictures here. Good Luck!
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4 days left, almost 6000 bucks. This was my first, “real” motorcycle back in ’87. Bought it for about $1000, had Telefix clip-ons and Toomy’s. Super fun, no doubt. But I’d hate to see this thing go for more than $7k. Just not worth it.
Then again, people are willing to shell out close to $20k for a shit Gamma, so who knows?
I was a ski bum in Park City in ’89. In the summer a sous chef in the restaurant I worked at named Kelly bought one of these and I was SICK with jealousy. He and a guy with a CBX would ride the canyons and I swore one day I’d have one. Finally got one 23 years later. Was not this nice. But I still love it very much.
That’s pretty nice, but not as nice as mine with only 700 miles on an ’85 model.
Will be very curious to see what this sells for.
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100% stock. Means it handles like 2 shopping carts joined to a shipping pallet.
I spent 10 months and 4000km with my new RZ350YPVS in 1986 – great in a straight-line on the throttle but left a lot to be desired when the need came to turn and burn. Growing up in a coastal region with numerous mountain passes meant I was always taking a backseat and coming up back marker to the NS400, RG500, RZ500, VF500F, RG250, TZR250 crowd.
Nostalgia is a strange thing. But the obsessive money poured in the RZ350YPVS KR versions is driven by rose-coloured glasses belief that the RZ350 was a demon in stock form. Truth be known, it wasn’t at all. I would just want the unmolested engine 🙂
this looks like a museum /”reference” quality bike, i.e. collecter not rider. RC45, minor mods & it will corner like a real TZ350, if your skills match your book knowlage, the ”DOCTOR” needs you.
I don’t think cornering prowess means much in Naples, Florida
florida is a good place to ride choppers,hardlyablesons