Another day, another good looking RZ500. Life at RSBFS is good. This particular example is not as clean as the RZ500 in Canada posted earlier in the week, but it is still a freaking RZ500, and the fact that it is already titled in the United States makes it pretty freaking cool. Check out all of the pictures provided by the seller. This is truly an indoor/outdoor model as depicted, and shows much of the normal patina that nearly 30 years of use will bring on. The seller indicates that this bike has never been to a car wash (isn’t that a good thing??), but it looks like it could use a few minutes under the hose. Only 8,430 kilometers showing on the odometer – which works out to just over 5,000 miles by my math (the seller is claiming 5,600 miles) – and there is a garage tip over to blame for some of the damage indicated. These bikes are highly sought over and easy to nit-pick on …. but not easy to find. The old adage is to buy the best example you can afford. These bikes are getting more and more expensive, and this example has a BIN of $16k. The bidding is well below that with reserve still in place, so the final days of this auction could get interesting. Good Luck!
1985 Yamaha RZ500 for sale on eBay
From the seller:
Here is a two owner, 100% stock (except for tires) 5623 original miles (8435 KM’s.) ’85 RZ500. This bike has been a living room display for most all its life. Previous owner store in his business warehouse. It is started, warmed and ridden every two months. Let me state that this bike is dirty! It has never been to a car wash, only wiped down by hand. It has also never seen a wet road in it’s life.
RSBSF, Thanks for the highlight! Actually it wasn’t a “tip over” garage incident, a board fell from above and dented the tank and cracked the Temp. gauge lens. New OEM tank installed last year $$
Thanks again RSBFR!
Richard
Welcome to RSBFS, Richard. That RZ looks great, and I’m sure many people on this site wouldn’t mind it in their garage (me included). Thanks for the update on the details, and good luck with the sale!
-Mike