Thread: Getting power out of a harley

Originally Posted by outlander

Was the RG much quicker than the RZ. I had the first RZ in South Africa as a second joice as the RG never arrived in 1984. Most I ever saw was 250 kmh on the Yamaha.

Don't really know. They did get better reviews than the RZ but I think that was more about power delivery than outright power. 245 was the best I saw on the RGs clock. Their biggest drawback was the narrow rear rim. You couldn't put a decent wide tyre on the back as they would tend to squirm a lot under power. Good mate of mine had an RZ but got rid of it before I got the RG so we never rode together on those bikes. He has a 2018 Tuono factory now and just recently bought a T7 after I nagged him enough telling him he needed an adventure bike.