This Is What The XSR900 Yamaha Looks Like Turned Into RD500

Yamaha XSR900 was transformed into RD500. (Doc. Motorcyclenews)

JAKARTA - British two-wheeled custom modification company Velocity Moto is doing its creativity to modify one of the Yamaha's motorbikes, XSR900.

Unmitigated, they changed the motorbike like a racing motorbike in the 1980s. In fact, XSR900 was transformed into a Yamaha sports motorbike, an iconic RD500.

Reported on the Motorcyclenews page, Monday, June 5, the modified Yamaha XSR900 was red accompanied by a white color with a black line typical of a Yamaha racing motorbike in the previous era.

The XSR900 display is very similar to the Yamaha RD500, especially on the back. The passenger seat is covered by a cover that looks a little brainy to make it look like the racing bike.

The fairing part is also equated with Yamaha RD500. Velocity Moto embeds a new bracket as a place to hold the main light. The thickness of the fairing also resembles this iconic racing bike.

Velocity Moto does not change a few parts in XSR900. Take the engine and size of the motorbike for example. The motorbike still maintains a fresh 3-cylinder engine that has been embedded in XSR900. Meanwhile, Yamaha RD500 uses a 2-tak V4 engine with a capacity of 499 cc.

For the results of this creation, praise also came from Marketing Manager of Yamaha UK, Jeff Turner. He said that the idea of changing XSR900 to RD500 was brilliant by making the design more compact. Although, XSR900 looks wider.

The Yamaha RD500 was created to celebrate Yamaha's success in the Grand Prix race in the 1980s through US racer Kenny Roberts, who at that time rode the Yamaha YZR500.

Yamaha RD500 started its production period from 1984 to 1986 by entering the sports category. With a 2-tok 499 cc engine of cooling liquid, this sports motor can emit 88 dk and a 65 Nm torque combined with the transmission performance of six accelerations.

This motorbike has different names in each country, for example the British region is called the RD500LC, while for Canadian countries RZ500S, and Australia with the names RZ500N.