1988 Suzuki RG 500, 498cc. Registration number E558 WAT. Fra...

Hammer

£12,200

1988 Suzuki RG 500, 498cc. Registration number E558 WAT. Frame number HM31A -106280. Engine number M310 107308.
It has recently been recovered from storage and not started up. Sold with the V5C, V5, old MOT, purchase receipts, two keys.
Derived from Suzuki’s 500cc RG Gamma XR45 factory Grand Prix racer, the Suzuki RG500 was a road-legal replica racer produced between 1985 and 1987.
Barry Sheene achieved back-to-back 500cc championship titles in 1976 and 1977 before the Gallina Suzuki team repeated the feat five years later with riders Marco Lucchinelli and Franco Uncini in 1981 and 1982.
To capitalize on their reputation Suzuki decided to develop a production version of its competition square-four machine based on the XR45’s race-bred 130 hp unit.
The engine produced 95 hp at 9,500rpm and 53ft-lbs of torque at 8,000rpm. Weighing in at just 340lbs dry, the RG500 offered a top speed of over 130mph and could achieve quarter-mile runs in 11-seconds. The engine had rotary valves and twin-cranks, it featured Mikuni 28mm flat-side carbs, an exhaust utilizing SAEC (Suzuki Automatic Exhaust Control), a six-speed cassette-style gearbox and thermostatically controlled liquid-cooling.
WAT was first registered on the 15th May 1988, and by 1993 it was in the hands of Nicholas Edwards of Yeovil. Gary Povey of H.M.S. Osprey, a Naval airbase by Portland Harbour (was Gary a British Tom Cruise?). He bought it from GT Motorcycles of Plymouth for £3,195. An MOT on file from 1995 states it was at 14,690 miles. Our vendor bought it through MCM in 2001 from his parents, as he overseas for £580! It was then placed into storage with his other machines.
It has recently been recovered from storage and not started up. Sold with the V5C, V5, old MOT, purchase receipts, two keys.

More Information

The bike is in our premises and can be viewed by prior arrangement. We do not not post documents on our website or send to individuals due the possibility of fraud.