Scary Fast: Yz80

[theKDX200rider]

I purchased a YZ80 from a freind. I don't know what he did to it but it's a fast SOB. I was on a Flat-track,was switching from 3rd to 4th and it flipped over backwards. And trust me, it throughs a gnarly roost.

 

[husabutt]

I purchased a YZ80 from a freind. I don't know what he did to it but it's a fast SOB. I was on a Flat-track,was switching from 3rd to 4th and it flipped over backwards. And trust me, it throughs a gnarly roost.

The 1994 YZ80 was the fastest production mini ever produced. In fact it was too fast and production was halted a few months into the model year. Its legacy can still be felt in the slower YZ85's. Any one lucky enough to have one of these bikes should take great care not to throw too much gnarly roost at other racers and extreme care must be taken not to give it full throttle while shifting as a flip over will result. Refrain from racing larger displacement bikes as you will needlessly embarass them (and might flip over too). Now you know why they call the 1994 YZ80, The Widowmaker.

Be careful out there!

 

[jason33]

hahaha i havent heard of that one,my93 kx is fast as hell

 

[husabutt]

hahaha i havent heard of that one,my93 kx is fast as hell

Jason, Jason, Jason............I have bad news for you my friend........1993 KX'es were the slowest bikes ever produced (except for a honda Trail 50). Most KX riders were run off the track from the gnarly roost from 1994 YZ 80's. The good news is that you are not in danger of flipping over. You are lucky to still be in posession of a 1993 KX as most rusted away. They were so slow that their pistons rusted in place in the cylinder while running. Now thats slow!

 

[Chris Long]

Not sure if this applied to the 1995 YZ80, but I had one of those and that thing had so much hit when the RPM's came up, it was dangerous. I've ridden a few other 80's and nothing touched it. I thought it was the big rear sprocket I had on it, but maybe it was built in 1994.