For Sale: Suzuki RG500 MK1
Forget about your “livery branded” streetbikes and your repli-racers – that is all kiddie pool stuff. Dump the JC Whitney bling to the curb. Leave your “Kevin-Lucky Strike / Pepsi” homages in the garage. Take a pass on the ELRs and the King Kenny Editions. It’s time to man up and ride the real thing.
From the seller:
your chance to buy a rare Suzuki rg500 mk1 road racer number 17 of the first 40 mk1 produced this super rare 1975 rg500 has been fully restored taking care to preserve original partsall new paint on original bodywork
re anodised stock rims ,fitted new tyres stainless spokes
engine/transmission fully rebuilt by geoff howie who was World champion phil reads mechanic at suzuki team life ,this bike starts easily and runs wellfully floating front brake
full compliment of factory “xr14″magnesium fittings ie,rotary disc valve covers,carbs,twist grip,etc .etc
We do not see many straight up racers in the pages of RSBFS, and this one looks quite good. No mention of any documented race history (always a big plus on these machines), nor any listing of spares. Full on race bikes are difficult to research, as these are often modified as the years go on to fit in with various classes and sanctioning bodies; it is rare to find one that has not been modified to some extent or another. Still, the basic package is more rare than practially anything we list on this site under normal circumstances. We don’t see them often.
This bike is located in Sydney, Australia. That may be a long way to travel to source your next track day monster, but summer is just starting to bloom down under. What a perfect opportunity to score a vacation AND a souvenier all in one shot. As you can imagine, such a package deal will not come cheaply. The opening ask on this one is a cool $49,500 USD, with a BIN of $51,000. Click the link to jump over to the auction and check it out!
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What the heck is going on with the rear shock mounts and angle? Very strange period modification for long travel? I know Suzuki used KYB’s laid down like motocross bikes around 1976, but they didn’t look like this.