Suzuki RG500 MKII on eBay UK

This entry has been published on April 28, 2010 and links to eBay may have been updated to point to similar bikes of interest.

SUZUKI RG500 MKII EX JOHN NEWBOLD RACE BIKE

If you want a rare bike, why not go all the way. This nicely restored RG500 MK II is definitely an eye catcher. I know you can’t tell everything from pictures but to my untrained eye this sure looks like a nice, professional restoration. The bike appears to be a 1978 model and has quite a history with a sad ending. I was actually following a thread on North American Two Strokes where the owner was looking for some info on the bike. Incredibly some members of the board knew the history of the bike just by identifying some specific parts on the bike. I bow to their knowledge.

Here is a little history on the MK II since I don’t think it is as well known as the later RGB customer bikes:

The Mk II, introduced for the 1977 season, incorporated detail changes, the most obvious being the more upright shock absorber mounting employed on the new model. Suzuki also followed the lead of the racers who had ridden the MK I variant and who had routinely dispensed with that models oil injection system, in deleting the system. The consequent switch to pre-mix lubrication on the Mk II which resulted in blanked off disc valve covers gracing the Mk II’s crankcases and the exhaust system adopted integral silencers. The rest of the machine was little changed from the previous season, it retained the wire spoked wheels, quadruple 34mm Mikuni carburettors and four crankshafts of the Mk1 which delivered a power output reputedly of 103 bhp.

Here is some info from the auction:

SUZUKI RG500 MARK 2 , EX-JOHN NEWBOLD RESTORED IN 1995 BY MOSSEY ,TEXACO HERON TEAM COLOURS USED IN IOM SHELL 500 TT RACE , DUCK-BILL FAIRING , LETTER OF PROVIDENCE , BEEN IN PRIVATE COLLECTION DRY-STORAGE