1974 Yamaha TZ750: Pure Unobtainium
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- The TZ was missing on #1 cyl, but still made some sweet sounds. More on Billy's TZ coming soon.
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A really mint one just sold a few months ago at Mecum in Vegas. I bid it to $50k. It sold for $60,500. One of the best motorcycles ever made in my opinion.
The Best of the Best.
Yeah I have triples and rd,s and Suzuki's but they're all cheap compared to that one that's my dream ride..
I used to race against RZ350's in Shannonville, Ontario, Canada. They raced with the 600cc 4 strokes.
Raced production 750’s in same era as the Canadian RZ series. Good times!!
I grew up next to Shannonville Motorsport Park. I can still smell the Saturday morning smoke rolling across the fields. The back straight was over a 1/4 mile and in the evenings the locals would race a "Run what you brought" drag race. Everything from farm trucks, Skidoos, and blown mustangs. I use to love watching the bikes for hours.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL MAN ! you guys are such wholesome people. 🍻
Went to Mosport Ont in the seventies to see Steve Baker totally dominate on his tz750. Wire to wire win.
I know where another one is- my high school small engines teacher had one and converted it into a dirt dragster.
Broke my heart even then to see that he drilled the water jackets and made it air-cooled.
Reproduction parts such as cases, cylinders and such are being produced so you can build a brand-new TZ750, but it will be prohibitively expensive. A set of cases alone will set you back a cool $25K.
Out of the crate they made 140hp and the clutches of the time werent really up to the task of handling it. With modern tech and porting, 200+hp is attainable.
the 500 twin crankshaft with 4 individual top ends from the YZ125 liquid cooled dirt bikes made up Yamahas 500cc "square 4" made 400HP per liter as is this 500 actually spun the dyno to 200rwhp ...and it was king Kenny Roberts first American and first rooky of the European Moto grand Prix to ever take the championship and several years more of anything else
There is absolutely no greater thrill than owning and riding 2T street bikes.
The only one that ever scared me to ride it was the Kawasaki H2 Triple. Massive horsepower on bicycle tires and drum brakes!!! Lol
@@billallen4793 Ha Ha!!!! How could I forget that frame?!?!?!!! Dear God if this generation ever rode what we rode, they’d find a new hobby lol
In '74 as a Sr. in H.S. I bought a pristine like new '72 H2 750. I added clip ons, expansion chambers, 34mm Mikunis, conical air filters and a port job and tune by my YZ125 Motocross mechanic (my Dad, who was a Rocket Engineer out at Cape Canaveral). It was a very fun scooter.
If Yamaha made these again , they would sell every single one they made !
I was bummed out yesterday when you mentioned it but never showed it. I'm happy now.
In the 70s I'd watch these race at Bathurst, they radared them doing 200mph down Conrod straight which was a slight downhill, halfway down there was a hump and they'd lift the front wheel off the ground at round 180
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Full-blown
Those brakes kill me but, they were made to go, not brake for stupid drivers.
Nasty Machine right there
😲 Holy smokes.... Really. That is insanely rare. LISTEN TO THAT F***IN' THING!!! DAMN!!!
Wow !!! Immagine this in a banshee quad!!
Imagine it in a 1970s street bike frame with 1970s suspension and brakes. XD
@@nsname3295 don't have to cuz thats what you see here in kaplan's video ..how about a TZ750 motor in a dirt track frame special built by the Yamaha factory and given to king Kenny Roberts to f*** with the Harleys at the Indy mile as this really happened in my hometown of Indy and again in a spectator show at a later Indy mile ...here's Kenny telling you how it was⤵
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@@donniebaker5984 I was just being cheeky by paying tribute / acknowledging the beautiful TZ in the video...
What a freaking motorbike man, a TZ 750 Yamaha from the 70s amazing, and to be able to see it every day, right in front of you, across from yer desk, wow, awesome, I'd have to get a chin strap to keep my mouth from gawping open and drooling, lol.
Lucky sh1t. Grrrrrrrrr. Only kidding, but you are a lucky sh1t, man.
Awesome video Ken. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧
if wicked was a motorcycle
Thank you for showing us the TZ750!!!
This channel takes me back faster than the Docs De Lorean.
Mbahnya RZR 135
Wow one of my favorites. I actually got given a number plate from aus government for my Duke and it's TZ250. If I sell it I'll send it over. 🤣
Ken you should bottle the smoke and sell it. I run a RD350lc here in the UK all the over 50s say it smells wonderful. It's all about the sound and smell and letting her hit 6000 RPM off she goes 🇬🇧🇺🇲👍
All deaf ,,definitely not dumb,,,
Sheeiiiiiit mayne,,,,,
That fukr will make you bar up,,need a sidecar for your ball's to ride this masterpiece of moto motion,,,
DAMNSTR8EVALUATE
Fyi, assuming it is a real numbers matching 1974, unless you have one of the Kenny Roberts or Agostini 1974 TZ-"750", it is actually a 700cc engine. In 1974, in preparation for Daytona in February '75, only Kenny and Ago got the new ('75 and on) 750 cc engine (a guy who raced a TZ350 (B) in the '75 Daytona 200).
Your WRONG! Its not 2 RD350's put together! Yamaha designed the tz750 engine to run backwards to counter act the gyroscopic effect of the wheels! THIS is what made this bike so special!
I would imagine if the engine was running forward as well as the wheels it would have been a deathtrap? But what a machine! ❤❤❤❤❤
You must have big brass ones to take that up to 180mph.
The Grand Kenny Roberts, 💘💘😍😍♥️ Continental Circus Tz replica OOOOOO yeeeee
People didn’t wear ear protection back then......What?🤷♂️😏
When King Kenny Roberts was ripping apart the competition
😍😍😍😍😍♥️♥️♥️❤️💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘 The Continental Circus oooooooooo my Gold
Love that you showcased the TZ but some many historical and comparison errors it makes it painful to listen to. The only thing the TZ shares in common with the RZ350 is the manufacturer and the bore and stroke. 99.99% of the parts will not interchange in any way, especially the cylinders. The build numbers are rare but no where near the rarity mentioned. Over 500 built in the 6 model years and a large number of that total in the United States and England.
TZ 750 is like pure sex and sound to my ears ......would out run the old mack iv 750 kawa triple ?
Wow awesome bike. Respect to you sir for looking after it. 👍👍
God I cannot wait to visit the museum. I was supposed to check it out in September for my birthday but got covid. I gotta check the visitation hours and what not before I take the ride up from Milford
I will trade you all of my Star wars cards including boba Fett and my Lexus and all the change in it... Let's make a deal lol
WOW just wow that sound man
If those breaks are the same as those on the RD 350 (Which they look like) then they are 2 piston brakes. And they are awesome!
I still keep my Kenny Roberts TZ750 poster up👍🏻
A fucking unicorn........gotdam that looks like fun!
Jeff should defently ridden that bike, he said so😢 come on wheelie that thing. 👍🇳🇴
I've been trying to find one of these forever...
I have a pile of parts for them. But, no bike just yet.
OMG! Holy grail Yamaha 2 stroke heaven!
Ultimate race bike.
- scott 700 twin early 1900s.
Holy mackerel!
Now that's a rippa for sure😀
Ooo sheeet 4 cylinder 2 stroke baby. Ill take a rz.
WOW! Those things are sick!
Love the history
Awesome
⚡👁⚡ If I sat on the yellow one, I'd spoil the machine!
Min. 1:35 "It feels like two of THOSE!" 😆
Very rare bike ! Kenny roberts probably rode that bike.
Few knocking about over here😍
My Goodness 😲, only on the Kaplan channel bruh!
WoW crazy ride !
That video is well too short😂 could watch an hour of this
The TZ750 is my dream bike
Since you have a tz750 and a dyno...
Simply Impressive!!!
One sick and scary 2 stroke bike!
What a Kick Ass bike...
Badass!
rd 125 lc 120 mph tuned
What is the yellow bike?
super slick bike, the frame looks a bit wimpy though.
nice rz 350.
super cool jealous as F###K
Thats.......just sick man.
I have 2 TZ750's......
Worked for Jim Davis, in nor
Cal. We had unobtainable.
My hardest job was a 650 v twin hawk motor stuffed into a tz 250 from. A stressed part of frame into a frame that had an engine bolted into. Fun
@KAPLAN AMERICA
thank you for your dedication and for documenting such an historical motorcycle.
Wha..... The song!!!!!!
When Yamaha was developing the tz 750 for dirt track after king Kenny's first test ride he reportedly said they can't pay me enough to ride that thing !
Sure wish Conn. To FL was only around the block. 😲
Hell
That is bad ass, legendary tz 750,love the rz to
now these where great race bikes.thanks for showing us.
That's awesome. Ty for sharing
Who the heck would dislike this?? geez!
Billy thank you for sharing!
👍👍 I bet that 750 is scary fast!
Insane sound!
Riding a TZ750 in a pair of shorts * shakes head *