magazine article on the CANAM 500 streetbike+ 500 roadracer

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magazine article on the CANAM 500 streetbike+ 500 roadracer

#1 Post by 2smoke » Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:29 pm

1976 Magazine.
Really good story and pictures.



http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/CanA ... 197606.pdf
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#2 Post by ns86 » Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:51 pm

Nice find Colin. That 250 rotax cafe racer you are building sounds awesome :-|
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Re: magazine article on the CANAM 500 streetbike+ 500 roadra

#3 Post by Martman » Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:30 pm

2smoke wrote:1976 Magazine.
Really good story and pictures.



http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/CanA ... 197606.pdf
Very cool. A friend of mine has one of these in his basement, along with a race version I believe. He was/is a well connected Bombardier guy, former race mechanic, etc.
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Re: magazine article on the CANAM 500 streetbike+ 500 roadra

#4 Post by 2smoke » Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:38 pm

Martman wrote:
2smoke wrote:1976 Magazine.
Really good story and pictures.



http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/CanA ... 197606.pdf
Very cool. A friend of mine has one of these in his basement, along with a race version I believe. He was/is a well connected Bombardier guy, former race mechanic, etc.
I have read that only 4 of the 500 bikes were made and they are owned by ex canam guys.
That would be incredible if you could snap a couple pictures sometime!!
I really want to see the taillight arrangement as it doesn't show up in the crappy limited pictures out there.
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Re: magazine article on the CANAM 500 streetbike+ 500 roadra

#5 Post by Martman » Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:57 am

I will try and get some.


2smoke wrote:
Martman wrote:
2smoke wrote:1976 Magazine.
Really good story and pictures.



http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/CanA ... 197606.pdf
Very cool. A friend of mine has one of these in his basement, along with a race version I believe. He was/is a well connected Bombardier guy, former race mechanic, etc.
I have read that only 4 of the 500 bikes were made and they are owned by ex canam guys.
That would be incredible if you could snap a couple pictures sometime!!
I really want to see the taillight arrangement as it doesn't show up in the crappy limited pictures out there.
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Re: magazine article on the CANAM 500 streetbike+ 500 roadra

#6 Post by ns86 » Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:49 pm

The Almost CAN-AM. Just by chance got this for Christmas. Inside Motorcycles December 2017.

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1986 RG500
1986 RG500 C
1992 RGV500 WW ATR
1992 RGV500 LS
1985 NS500 Spencer p
1989 TZR500 Biaggi p
1984 RZV500 Rainey p
1994 NSR250sp R
1983 NS250 p
1987 RG250 WW p
1983 RG250 p
1988 YSR50 p

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Re: magazine article on the CANAM 500 streetbike+ 500 roadra

#7 Post by 2smoke » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:46 pm

Wow, interesting article.
Thanks for posting this. I bought an old magazine on Ebay with another story on this streetbike. Just waiting for it to arrive.
The featured bike in the article is owned by Gary Robinson. (basicly the founder of Canam).
So hoping for better pictures...
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Re: magazine article on the CANAM 500 streetbike+ 500 roadra

#8 Post by lost1750GTV » Sun May 27, 2018 10:29 am

Hi, new guy on the board, new owner of a rz500 reading up on stuff - and this caught my eye, because I have an 87
CA 500 mx,.
old enough to remember that article, the rotax roadracers etc, tnt and black widows.

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