Are you looking for a rare and yet totally exciting motorbike to ride? I’d recommend a Suzuki RG500 which was produced in the mid eighties and featured a unique “squared” 4 cylinder configuration 2 stroke motor. The bike delivered about 95 bhp in orginal trim for a feather weight. If this is not exclusive enough for you, then you can opt for a limited edition Japanese or Canada only Walter Wolf version of the RG500.
For the record, Walter Wolf was an Austrian born and later Canadian business man who made his fortune in the oil business. He happened to be a giant motorsport lover and funded an F1 team. In case you don’t know, he must have been a special character as in 1975 after having purchased a Lamborgini Countach, he claimed this wasn’t fast enough and asked for a special version of it with a more powerful engine. And so, in addition to the special edition Suzuki RG 500, there are apparently 5 ultra rare Lambos named WW around the world as well. Now that’s exclusivity! Going back to he world of fast and furious 2 wheels, here we have one pristine example found in the glamorous cote d’azur in France and on sale on the French eBay website (see link at the bottom of page).
This version here correspond to the Japanese model as it has a temperature and fuel gauge in one. These bikes are very rare and prices for a good condition sample can easily reach the 20k$ mark. The model here has 18000km on the clock.
With its original trim it on sale for 14000€ which I guess is inline with market prices. So, if you are after the EEROR (exciting, exotic, rare of the rare) this might be for you.
Suzuki RG 500 Walter Wolf special edition
Claudio
Wow, very rare RG500 in WW jap spec paint, it looks new, nice bike. Very few RG500’s sold in Japan, hope this is not a RG400 with a repaint. Regardless is an awesome bike
After looking , I am sure its been repainted. Not that it really matters, it looks great, but the wolf on the tank is too far back.
Definitely Repainted: 1) emblem on tank side to far back and not slanted forward. 2) Text size for Special Addition to far back and to small 3) Full floater text to large and to far back 4) large WW emblem to close to red/gold line 5) a original paint scheme has a WW racing emblem on top of rear seat cowl 6) No picture of leftside… there should be W Wolf signture in script on mid-fairing in gold text I have a original bike see pictures on website above
(Oklahoma)
i was fortunate enough to see a lance gamma WW at alice’s this year. showroom condition and had all the upgrades that you’d want. i can’t imagine that he paid less than 25k, but i didn’t want to ask. “you only live once,” he said. and he’s right.