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Looks like a win to me.

Fair price for what would be a nice bike once you got all that hideous blue anodized junk off it.

https://www.facebook.com/share/17vaG3ixkr/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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The 3XV is as close to a street legal TZ as you can get. Crankcases are identical except the machining for the generator. Rods are identical, Cranks fit, cylinders fit, reed valves...intakes...transmissions and clutches...
I love my RGV's but a properly built 3XV has to be the ultimate corner carver
The head designer of the 3XV also created the 4XV...
...the first gen R1...

Yes, this exactly.

4DP bits bolt right on.

Never again.

You will love it. Consider yourself lucky to have it.

Maybe not worth tearing it apart to do the mods unless it's ready for a top end anyways.

Don't know where you live, but best course of action is usually ride it through the summer then tear apart to work on it in the winter.

I had one of those.

Fantastic bikes that feel like they have more power than they really do. Great midrange grunt, but kind of runs out of steam as the revs climb.

Pipes and SP/TZ porting will really wake it up. I really regret selling mine before bringing it to its true potential.

I bit the bullet a number of years ago, as I also made a decision to finally go big, or give up on owning a 4cyl stroker. Although my RZV was very clean and original.... It was a serious money pit. Glad to say I did it, but I'll never be interested in another 4cyl stroker again. Definitely out of my system.
Good luck on the trip...Hope it's not a long one, and you are happy at the final destination you create

Thanks, I have mixed feelings about the whole thing.

I can (kinda) afford it, but I know it's just to do it, and a total waste of money. I barely ride around town anymore, and if I'm headed out of town, or out of state, I'm not gonna choose an RG.

I'd probably end up flipping it after I clean it up and ride it a bit. I just don't have any more room for shit I don't use.

Jim, are we to understand that you've found THREE RG500s and that at least two are Walter Wolf spec??

Haha, this guy has five RG's!  They are all 400's, but the one pictured without bodywork has 500 cylinders.

These three are all genuine Walter Wolf's, with all the bodywork and WW spec keys.

I believe the two others "in storage" are standard models, not WW. One of them may be a 500.

Still working on the details. 🤓

The last thing I need is another shitty old motorcycle.

That said, a few years ago I decided I was done fucking around and was ready for the final boss bike.

It's crazy what you can find when you start asking around.

Sounds like that dude spends too much time around cows, and not enough time around people.

Or maybe vice-versa.

Period correct.

No use driving the price up. All the action on BaT happens in the last few minutes.

Seat is def Giuliari.

Thee best looking cafe seat for Yamaha RD (and many other middleweight bikes).

Common in Europe, but very rare here in the states.

Typically a middleman is needed when buying off Yahoo Japan and other auction sites.

This can be a web based broker like Neokyo, Buyee, etc.

https://neokyo.com/en/product/rakuma/20e608e6b8227de3051efeebb9eeb54c

Or a private middleman like Drew Jonsen at Unobtanium or Graeme John Crump at GJC Trading.

https://gjc.motoauc.jp/about-gjc

Basically, you tell them what you want, they bid on it, it gets sent to them in Japan, and then they send it on to you in the States.  I've done it a few different ways, and have never had a problem.

Looks like an xjr400 'arm could be had for around $300 including shipping and tarrifs.

I saw that. Reminds me of those ones out of Florida Ben Schmitt was selling a few years ago.