1978 Yamaha TZ 350E road race bike

Yamaha TZ350 E is a beautiful and very fast light road race bike.   Highly sought after by collectors and racers alike. Yamaha made a very small batch of road race bikes each year for sale through selected dealers and the demand was always greater than supply. 1978 was the last of this particular chassis shape and featured a few modifications over prior years.   Fully rebuilt from the ground up to go racing in the 350cc Forgotten Era P5 class in Australia. F500 AHRMA and similar classes with other race organizations. New pistons. gaskets. seals. rebuilt crankshaft. OEM six speed close ratio transmission with air cooled clutch and self generating Motoplat ignition (mag).   It has not been run since the rebuild.   It does come with a few spares. a drum of 100 Octane race fuel and an Accu-Mix jug to get the right fuel to oil ratio.   Upgraded front forks with later model damper rods and Gold Valve Emulators. This is an excellent example of this model water cooled Yamaha production road race bikes. Aluminum tank with high flow petrol tap and stock or later model fiberglass race seat.   Scitsu electric tachometer and Daytona digital temperature gauge comprise the instrumentation.   No digital dashboards back in the day.   This is a race bike built for the race track but would look at home in any private collection of period race bikes.   My son raced this bike for a few years with a later model fairing and TZ750A reed valve top end (available separately).   It is being rebuilt with stock 1978 fairing and pipes and the correct piston ported cylinders. The cylinder head is in the shop being machined to as-new condition and if the bores on the 350 barrels are less than perfect. a set of NOS 350 barrels and pistons will be fitted.   Most of the pictures are as it was raced and the last one is a borrowed picture. but that is basically how it will look before it leaves the shop. It comes with a few race spares including 250 and 350cc barrels. It will have the original OEM fairing with alloy belly pan as shown in the sample picture.   I think I have a spare original belly pan somewhere too. It is 99% original.   It is located in VIC.   Winner must pay a $500 deposit and the balance on pickup. If you need it to be shipped somewhere. please contact me through ebay and we'll try to work something out for you. Note: It is a race bike and they never had a title and cannot be registered. but ebay rules require a seller to choose one of their predefined options.   I can provide a Bill of Sale/Receipt but no title or registration documents. Good luck.

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