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WTD rg500

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:23 am
by scoobydo
Hi Guys i am basted in England and i am looking for a rg500 to restore back to its former glory any barn find garage find crashed ETC , I will pay a good price for the right bike to bring back from the grave.

Cheers To all Lewis. :smt006

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:15 pm
by Ade SYM
Good Luck finding one....

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:20 pm
by two-stroke-brit
Deep pockets are required to play :smt023 :smt023 .

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:56 pm
by RC45
It is getting a bit crazy isn't it?

For the price of a brand new Yamaha R1M and YEC race kit or a shiny new CBR1000RR SP2 + HRC kit one could buy a good condition RG500 and set about restoring it - then not want to ride due to cost :)

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 3:35 pm
by scoobydo
Hi Mate, i no what your saying but the rg500 will not drop like a brick in price as soon as you take it out of the garage and when you come to sell it you have to take a price cut to move it on. i want one to restore and keep this time because i have sold my other one in the past and miss the old two stroke from when i was a kid. And i have a r1 sp with a race kit fitted anyway so i no what i am talking about with the case of the R1m.

Cheers Lew.

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 3:53 pm
by sid bin
Well...you will have some wheels tomorrow bud ..........going to leave mine at 5.

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:00 pm
by scoobydo
ok, cheers bud see ya then mate.

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:48 pm
by suzsmokeyallan
Its cheaper to buy a bike already in good running condition. You are in the UK and the ones I know for sale are in the US or Canada, how much are you willing to spend?

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:49 am
by scoobydo
Hi Mate, cheers for the info but i want a UK bike. I will pay good money for the right bike in good nick but i like to restore them so i have to take these things into account when buying one.

Cheers Lew.

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:42 am
by suzsmokeyallan
I wish you all the luck in your search then.

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 11:32 am
by scoobydo
Hi Guys, just to let all of you no. I have just been lucky enough to get my hand on a genuine 1 previous owner rg500g that has been in the back of a guys garage for the past 28 years just rotting away. Its a real shame to see how the bike looks after all this time in the garage but all the better for me. according to when the owner said to me is that he had bought the bike in 1990 off the first owner with 3000 miles on it and then he road it in 1995 and put 2000 miles on it he then had a bad stroke which stopped him from working and driving his car and bike. so it has been left since then in a damp garage until i uncovered two weeks ago. Its in a sad state but give it some love and attention and it will be back on the road. If any of you guys can help me out with some parts for it that would be great. I am after a front lower right hand carburetor and a really nice swing arm and a pair of fairing side panels in blue and white if possible.

Cheers to all Lew.

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:10 pm
by two-stroke-brit
WOT no pics :shock:

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:15 pm
by scoobydo
Sorry mate, but i dont no how to put pictures up on the forum.

Re: WTD rg500

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:27 pm
by silverstrom
scoobydo wrote:Sorry mate, but i dont no how to put pictures up on the forum.
This will help http://www.rzrd500.com/500phpBB3/viewto ... f=2&t=6836" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Alternatively you can resize the images to 256K or smaller as post as attachments using the "upload attachment" link that appears with each post you make here.