Perennial fan favorite, the RD500 LC (also known as the RZ500) is seen often on these pages. Not so often that you wouldn’t think they are rare, but RSBFS responds to what readers want to see, and you have told us that this ranks way up there on the top 10 bucket list of wanted motorcycles. This particular example looks pretty good, although it has seen its fair share of use. With nearly 17,000 miles on the clock, this bike is proof that two strokes can be more than garage queens; they can be riders too. Admittedly this one is not perfect – the bodywork leaves something to be desired and the new plastics on order may well be non-OEM NOS reproduction items. Hard to tell from the details. The pipes look pretty mean on the bike, although I would be a bit concerned with the lack of miles on the new pipes after the jetting change; there may be more work involved to get this one to a proper state of tune. All in all, this looks like a great bike for someone who wants to ride and be involved. The buy it now price is set at $13,900, but the seller is open to offers. Check out the pictures below, with more at the auction itself. Good Luck.
1984 Yamaha RD500 LC for sale on eBay
From the seller:
1984 Yamaha Rd 500 LC – Runs great starts in one or two kicks. Great power and Nice condition low miles. Stored in garage. Clean Utah title in my name. Has new JL Gp pipes stainless bodies and carbon fiber tips. 4 Carberators cleaned and re- jetted with over sized jets 200 main jets and 25 small jets. Less than a 4 miles on with new pipes and jets it was stack before. Comes with stock pipes. These were very heavy and I think had a catiletic converter but not sure. The new pipes are much lighter and it feels faster with the new pipes. This bike also has a new lithium light weight battery. I have ordered a new planstic kit for $1200 and it has not come yet and It does not come with it because I’m not sure if it will ever come. The original plastic is shown in the pictures. . It does have a couple small scratches on the bottom of the pipe.
-MI
B.I.N. $18,500 now. Those aren’t scratches on the exhaust, they are cornering touch down medals, be proud of them. Nice job!
$18,500 with that many miles?! Yikes!!
Wow – $18,500 BIN? Very ambitious, but if the market will bear it good luck.
So many typos and incorrect words.
I was wondering if you would post this. I saw it a couple of days ago. That’s a lot of cash for what looks to be a neglected machine. I’ll pass on this one.
I bought one brand new in 1987. Nobody wanted them!!! It was a new non-current. Paid $4000.00 for it. Even did my first year of racing on that bike. The then new Hurricanes, when ridden properly, mopped up though. The RG500’s did better, but the four stroke onslaught was too much for the two strokes. A lot of fun, though.
Kinda funny how that works. Now I see the same thing is happening to the Suzuki TL1000 models. I see that Suter is offering a for sale V-4 500c.c. two stroke for sale. 200 h.p.! I believe it’s $80,000.00 for the engine alone! A work of art.
Beacause thats what the internet is all about, proper spelling sentence structure and grammar…
How comfortable would you be with the knowledge the previous owner talks about “small jets”? Would you feel as though he was a competent caretaker or even owner of it? Adding to it the general neglect of care, these add up to be a seller I would not want to buy a bike from. Not that I’m a potential buyer. But seriously, 4 misspellings, among which one of them could change the meaning is a bit much for someone that wants premium dollars for a rare bike.