Quote:
Originally Posted by wayner
Street bike.
I believe they actually used the same bottom end as the tz250 GP bike, but a softer top end and lower level components such as forks etc.
If the TZ250 was the gp bike, and the rz350 was a race replica for the street, the tzr250 was the real deal in a streetable form.
Many tzr250s were actually converted to the race bike top ends as a less expensive way to enter the 250gp class at the club level.
|
don't confuse the tame street version with a race version. the race bikes were fun and known to power wheelie @ 100 mph when they came on the pipe. greg esser use to tell me about the good times