If you find a low mileage original Suzuki RG500 you can consider yourself lucky. A zero mileage RG 500 would be a rarity and only available through word of mouth among collectors. What we have here is more than that and it demands that you pick up the phone with your left hand and hold a check on your right one! What about an official Suzuki race kitted RG 500…brand new ?
Apparently only 50 of these were ever sold to privateers, so they could race them in the F1 class in the mid eighties. Here is one of them. This jewel, was held in a private collection since. It is now on sale and visible in Palermo, Italy. At 18000 EUR and with a set of precious spare parts (that fuel tank and rear swing arm must cost a fortune alone), if this ad is genuine, then there isn’t a second that you should wait.
Given the rarity of this exquisite last in series two stroke monster and the fact that the bike is new, it would be better suited for a collector. While it must be incredibly exciting to hit 10000 rpm in second gear on your favorite track, it would be a huge shame to drop it by chance. This 0 mile race tool is probably better suited in a temperature controlled room, where your friends will be able to enjoy it as much as you, when you invite them over. The pictures look somewhat dated, like if they were taken at the time of delivery of the bike, so contacting the owner beforehand would be highly recommended. Again, if this is real, than the asking money will be the last thing you’ll worry about. Think about this, a really good and low mileage Suzuki RG500 would easily hit the 12000 EUR mark.
Ok, this won’t accompany you on the weekend ride in the canyons but…who cares ? If it were myself, being stupid, I would buy it and occasionally ride it a couple of times a year at track days. I wouldn’t do that to show off, I would actually do it because I couldn’t resist the temptation. I would be very careful though, when exiting corners and twisting the right hand grip. I imagine this motor will something like “all or nothing” and “all” probably means “more” than what my limited experience would allow me to handle in safety and enjoyment…but can you imagine the adrenaline when giving it a go at the next straight ?
…Superb….
Official Suzuki Race Kitted RG 500 in Italy, new at 18000 EUR
Claudio
Oh man! I want it, but wife would kill me and then whats the point?
Darn it. I only have 17.000 Cs with two lines through them.
Guys – this thing has been up for sale a few times in years past. Here’s a link to a blog post in 2010:
http://blogracers.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/two-stroke-power-suzuki-rg-500/
And here’s a link to the RG500 customer race kit at my buddy’s RG500 resources website:
http://www.rg500delta.com/RG500_racing_kit.html
No need to pay that much for the bike – you can source dry clutch NOVA kits and build more powerful engines from stock bikes.
It does look like a stock gamma, except the dry clutch and few other things. I will stick with my stock RG500 and RG400, just add air filters and jetting, everything else rocks! Unless you are racing, its already way too fast for the road.
If that bike has documentation showing it truly is an official Suzuki factory kitted bike then it’s worth every euro and more. You can, no doubt, make more powerful engines and better handling chassis using parts from here and there but you will end up with a very fast bitsa that is worth less than the sum of its parts. And there’s nothing wrong with that is there?
Excellent point Djani, too many folks butchering these beauties, not that this bike is one of them, I still wish I could afford to get my hands on this one!