One of the shining stars of the two-stroke GP era, the hugely popular Kevin Schwantz and fellow American Wayne Rainey made headlines for their epic rivalry and “winner-take-all” on-track brawls. Although he actually raced an RGV500, a number of Suzuki’s road-going RGV250s were created with replica paintjobs to capitalize on Schwantz’ racing success riding with Lucky Strike…
1997 Suzuki RGV250 on eBay Few things are as synonymous with the golden era of motorcycle racing as the now forbidden cigarette liveries. This one has been painted up in the classic Lucky Strike scheme that will remind anybody of Kevin Schwantz and his 500cc GP World Championship in 1993. Making over 70hp in it’s de-restricted state…
Another spot from Doug is this restored and upgraded 1989 Suzuki RGV250 in Lucky Strike livery. Ian is our RGV expert but he’s on a well deserved vacation in Montana at the moment. I mention that only because I’m not as well versed in these models and not sure I’ve seen an 89 Lucky Strike…
Welcome back to our latest sales report, where savvy buyers and sellers keep an eye on market values. We blogged a record 85 bikes in May and witnessed an all-time high of 29 of our picks getting sold. In fact our readers bought 23 bikes in May! Here is a review of 29 of the…
Welcome back to our latest sales report, where savvy buyers and sellers keep an eye on market values. We blogged 60 bikes in April and here is a review of 20 of them, most having sold. In fact 4 of them sold to our own readers. Lowest sale price was $1900 and highest was $64k!…
Update 1.31.2013: Back on eBay but with a dramatically lower opening bid of $5900. Links updated. -dc Update 11.14.2012: Back on eBay a month later, now with a lower opening bid of $10k. Links updated. -dc Another Lucky Strike RGV250 and another case of detective work needed. Lets dive right in. Is this a 1997…
Ellington, CT– 7,800mi – $3,450 with Reserve If the NSR250 featured last week isn’t quite what you are looking for and you’re more of a Kevin Schwantz fan than a Freddy Spencer fan, then check out this quarter-liter smoker. The VJ22 features a set of upside-down forks and the always call banana style swing arm,…
Two Stroke Needs Home, Please Help: 1996 Suzuki RGV250 SP (VJ23) Update 8.26.2012: It’s back! Buy-it-now shows $10150. I’ve also included the most recent seller description which is much improved. Good luck to buyers and seller! Links updated. -dc Update 4.29.2012: According to the seller in the listing, this will be the last time this…
