It's great that you guys keep these old race bikes on the track. The sound of the engine and the smell of Castrol R. Lucky that i am old and can remember when GP bikes were 2 strokes.

Brilliant. What a beautiful running machine. Thanks for taking us along.

Nice to see a TZ with a working water temp gauge! And nice bump in the pit lane. :))) Thanks for posting, I miss racing 2strokes.

I can only imagine how much fun this bike must be to ride. Nice clip.

I've a video of me on my TZR250 3MA and I pulled it up and ran it alongside this, and the induction noise from under the screen sounded almost the same, mine revs to 13,000 but I was being gentle with the engine and only going to 11,000. I'm knocking on a bit now and the thought just occurred to me when they push my coffin through the screen at the crematorium a two stroke going up the box and back down would be better than music. Noticed Christopher Pearson mentioned the TZ700. Back in the early 70's I was at a club meet and Ron Haslam had turned up on hisTZ700 just to try the bike and have fun, I was running 5th on a modified RD350 road bike and he lapped me just before the flag, then he shut off and waved me by so I could end on the same lap as him, and the 4 guys ahead.

You've got nice throttle clutch technique very easy on the engine and the clutch. I like the way you were keeping it under 10 grand on the warm-up lap. 👍👌

What a great bike Remember John Boot had a first ever win on TZ700 before the official team raced. Great track lost another great memory Andrew Stroud wheelstanding the Britten. Also it was this track that I ever saw Chris Swallow racing before his last visit to IOM

Man, that thing really revs. Nice.

Love it! ❤ I read a few of the comments. The guys dishing out the free race coaching probably don’t realise it’s a guy around 60 years old riding it, just enjoying having a blast on a ridiculously awesome (and expensive) bike. Sweet as bro!

What a beast. Miss this F1 sound😢

The bike sounds great, a blast from the past.

How many people caught themselves leaning their head, with the bike on the turns?

You've got that running beautifully. Massive acceleration, takes balls just to open it on back straight. I'd say gearing looks bang on.

Cool as heck. I like being able to see the lean of the bike in front

Great video, thanks. That thing really hauls arse in a straight line. And sounds awesome! sure it would red line in top easy

Love that little bump. We used to do this also!!!!

I raced in the '75 Daytona 200 on a privateer fully sponsored by Island Yamaha (Merritt Island Yamaha, Merritt Island Florida) TZ350 (B). During one of the open practices earlier in the week I got to take a couple laps on a privateer Yoshimira Team TZ700 (only Kenny and Ago had the 750cc engines at Daytona that year). I rode a pretty highly tuned (ported and carb'd up) Kawasaki H2 750 on the street at the time (I was a Sr. in H.S. at Astronaut H.S. in Titusville Florida). The TZ700 was a blast to ride...the frame kinda flexed and wiggled through the high speed corners just like my H2 on street high speed corners. I would have loved to have riden one in the big race.

Nice video. This is a rocket!!

What a joy it is to be at a 30 degree angle with the bike biting the pavement like a bulldog!

Taking a very conservative line. But if your passed and he's pulling you, watch the others live and start out riding him. 2T's have a tight line, use that to your advanage. Four strokes are passing you have a large radius and apex. Get in that power band sooner and use the lower CG to your benefit. I raced a lot, and I mean a lot. You can do this, it just takes practice and do not be afraid of that power band. Great vid.

9:17 You got the Power!

Thanks so much. Sounds great but water temp gauge is dodgy lol .Cheers from Wanganui

RIP 2 strokes

Fading at the end Mate. You gotta stay on it. Great show nohow. Feeyaaang!

Not bad bro, a couple of suggestions...get that turn after the back straight sorted out, you miss the apex almost every time. This kills your exit the successive couple of turns, there's probably a second in that sequence. For that turn practice a little patience, better slow in and fast out until you get it sorted. Possibly just a braking marker issue. Also, in general, if you're using modern tires....be a little more heavy handed on the throttle for your corner exits. There's a good second there too accumulatively. It seems like your to tentative on the gas. Is your red line really at 11K or ? If you can push it more do it, another place for small accumulative gains. Imho....edit: I think it's your downshift timing, you often seem to get the last shift in to late, so your not ready to turn in. Practice either being earlier with the second down shift or even doing a double at some point. That will increase your engine braking, so proper clutch release and timing is important so you have the bike settled for turn in. Of course it's something you have to practice and get used to/comfortable with...again, imho.

Thanks for riding that so I don't have to. Terrifyingly beautiful

Come on Yamaha, do the right thing, bring back the bloody two stroke!

Great Sounding Bike 🏍, But To Many Add's Drove Me Crazy 🤪😳😜

11000 rpm 😎 from the sound looks like it still able to pull up to 11500 before shifting. btw the gearing setup was too short for a TZ750

Used to a run a TZR 1000 with the chair, hard to keep it on tune but when it went it really went.

I can imagine the adrenaline rush from riding that vicious ol girl, what a legendary bike, love my Hammers

I was worrying about the temperature gauge not working...

Id be shifting gears during and out of the turn. This guys shifting before the turn. Keep the accelerator pegged!!!!! Its a 2 stroke!!!!! Ride!!!!

If this is the Kerry I think it is. Hi from CW I am envious!

Good strong motor👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥

Temp gauge quit the job at middle of the race😂

Nice wide powerband and a joy to watch.

Hmm temp guage was reading a very low water temp at the end of race, ????

Short shifting alot scary bike I know but on a track rev it out every gear listen to that thing sing music to my ears

shame about the temp gauge or is it that cold in NZ😉

That bike is demonic.

n'est pas Kenny Roberts qui veut, la machine ne fait pas le pilote.

You smoked him at 9:17 lol 💪

6:40 gage sensor gets loose

What the heck is Pukekohe?

Lol so tell me about your experience riding a rz750. Definitely just proved you don’t have any

2:17, psychological warfare...