I have a bone stock RG500 that I have owned since 1991. I am happy to say that this bike is absolutely comfortable (remember the wonderful 80's sport bike's sit up position?). Since that time, it never once fouled a plug nor left me on the side of the road. I put oil in one hole and gas in the other, oil the chain, check water levels and tire pressure and just ride! Below 7k RPM (with the power valves) it is so very civil, smooth, agile, with good brakes. It even gets 50mpg and will act like a perfect gentleman like this all day with no complaints. But it is also the perfect partner when you give it some juice and let it sing from 7k - 10,500 RPM the front gets light, and everything gets blurry around the edges pretty quickly! Any decent 600 today will spank this old bike, but nothing for sale comes close to the exhilaration and sound of this grand magical machine. I own 34 Suzuki's (maybe subconsciously a tribute to the great Kevin Schwantz?) - mostly 2-strokes, and no less than 8 of which are Suzuki RG's! The RG500 was my first RG and it started my addiction to collecting almost the whole family: RG50, RG125, RG150, RG200, RG250 Walter Wolf, RGV-250 VJ21, RGV-250 VJ22, and the RG500). My overall collection includes Suzuki's from the 60's to the 2000's and I will tell you this one is hands down my favorite. Unlike many bikes that are remembered more fondly than they actually were, this bike is still to this day a total pleasure to own and ride everyday. I have ridden some 300 mile days on this bike, and at the end of the day, you still just park it, and look at it in awe and immense appreciation of this amazing bike... I wish I could shake the hands of the engineers that made this magic happen, and to Suzuki for deciding to build the bike in the first place... I raise my glass of sake towards Hamamatsu... Cheers!
@MrGamman3yt Жыл бұрын
50 mpg, hahahah. Wow.
@vmontijo Жыл бұрын
@@MrGamman3yt - well it might have bene 45, but still really pretty good! My Rg-250 (no power valve) on the other hand gets horrible gas mileage - more like 30 mpg even trying to be "efficient"... but hey mpg is not why we ride these bikes! Smiles per gallong is still off the charts!
@Patrickwardle-ct8jp11 ай бұрын
Lucky lad wanted to swop my jota for mates rg
@dougiep27693 ай бұрын
Ahhh ya on smooth asphalt. It was pretty tough on the wrists under hard braking all afternoon on choppy country road pavement in Canada.
@chrissinclair8705Ай бұрын
@@dougiep2769 Good on you brother. Keep that bike! I had a 1978 RD400 that was jetted and had Bassani pipes that was a handful and it was my first bike LOL. Hell the 80's we're pretty demented. Lol. KEEP THAT BIKE. Cheers brother.
@crobulari232810 жыл бұрын
RG500 was one of God`s best tools. Watching this, I could smell the 2 stroke exhaust emission. I`m too old now but I still want my old RG500 back for a last bit of lunacy. Bloody marvellous!!!!.
@fabriziopedrocco36485 жыл бұрын
me too
@toast476244 жыл бұрын
I've just turned 50 and never owned a road bike but for whatever reason I really want to buy one of these. Ex Moto crosser. It's a 2 stroke thing. lol
@deborahchesser73753 жыл бұрын
@@toast47624 hell yes it is, mixing gas and oil, the smell, that 2 stroke hit, NOTHING like it , NOTHING
@Siivuradio3 жыл бұрын
@@deborahchesser7375 I was once test driving Yamaha RD 350 LC, and even that felt fast at the time. But i would give my right arm for this Suzuki, it´s still THE bike to me..:) greetings from Finland..!
@tdog542 жыл бұрын
Hell yes! Iam almost 40 and purchased a 97 CR500 six months ago. Love the castor oil smell. Long live the 2 strokes.
@jd7437 жыл бұрын
Hands down the best thing on 2 wheels. For those who were not blessed enough to ride this machine it was my all time favourite. I rode gsxr 1100, gsxr 750, gs1150e, fzr1000, interceptor 1000, fz750, ninja 900, rz500, rz350 as well as dirt bikes of all sizes. Nothing compares to the Gamma. I would give my left nut to get back on one. 1986 gamma rg 500 = 4 lbs per hp wet weight 2016 gsxr 600 = 4 lbs per hp wet weight. Not a lot of difference in 30 years. gamma was and still is the cats ass of bikes.
@AnEssentialQuality9 жыл бұрын
Lovely to hear a well-jetted RG being fed some berries. Contrary to popular opinion, they were no widow maker. With decent tyres and suspension, they are a safe, fun and comfy motorbike at speed.
@POOLEYTONY17 жыл бұрын
this guy is not scared of the red. love it.
@TheLindsaysam3 жыл бұрын
I found an original untouched one owner 85 model RG 500 with 4000 km on the clock in Sydney Australia back in 1995 , it took me a few weeks of reminding the owner of this just how dangerous this bike was and that he should never ride it again before he sold it to me for $3800 , on the way home I pulled up at the first set of traffic lights and when let the clutch out nothing happened so I gave it some more throttle and I was still sitting there not moving, thought the clutch had let go but when I looked around I could see that the 10 year old tyre on the rear was the only thing that had let go , that thing was smoking up good n proper I just kept winding it on until it finally got some traction and launched ,I have ridden bikes from the 40s ,50s,60s,70s,80s,90s through to 2018 but 500cc two strokes of the mid 80s are the hardest to ride well and produce the biggest smiles and loudest laughs when mastered ,this also applies to all the 500cc two stroke single cylinder mx bikes from this era, you just had to have both , sadly no longer available
@mrbongobeats9 жыл бұрын
A young mans dream bike back the late 1980's
@Dunstire9 жыл бұрын
Yeah but sadly most of them ended-up getting spread over the tarmac like a thin layer of jam! I had a 350 lc and that was mental enough.These things were lethal in the wrong hands.Only for the (very) brave.Lovely sound though
@historyhunter52156 жыл бұрын
David King sgit it 2018 and i want one... Lost my kawasaki kz550 a year ago....
@jamesd21284 жыл бұрын
Yep, it sure was, goddamn did I lust after this bike .
@patrickcloarecadelaide70824 жыл бұрын
Beyon singer wan quai west Derrick screamoer lci boat pupilles track rocker tcheckjackerer haire rizottamamarch'adpalesourdiner 68/84 bull bœuf
@turic953 жыл бұрын
my favorite bike!!!
@larryleadfoot11 жыл бұрын
I was only lucky enough to ride one of these once but what an amazing ride. Love the vid, just as I remember, crazy power delivery, nothing delivers like a 2 stroke.
@rdaystrom45402 жыл бұрын
Best 2 stroke motorcycle ever made. I wish they had made a whole line up of similar bikes.
@sallysmith148411 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Two strokes rule. Only owned one, an RD250DX from 1980 but best bike ever, that razor-thin power band and the easy wheelies... love it wish they still made them!
@Mytim347 жыл бұрын
I've got the original suzuki brochure from 1985 featuring this bike and all the gammas and Gsxr's, which were new out in that year in the uk. I actually kept it mint from picking it up at the bike shop 32 years ago. Very nostalgic!
@Spymell10 жыл бұрын
2 stroke for EVER !!!
@BossaNossa19 жыл бұрын
I can hear the commentator yelling, " Look at Kevin Schwantz powering up and lifting the front wheel!", as he exit's the last turn at Laguna Seca after passing Wayne Rainey...
@TheBlytonian11 жыл бұрын
Kevin I still own my stock (save replacement of the rear monoshock with a rebuildable Fox unit with remote reservoir) RG500 Gamma bought new in early 1986. In late '86 I had the opportunity to have it speed tested by Police radar. Suzuki spec a top speed of 245mph. Recorded top speed of mine was 247kph. I weighed 72KG at the time. Linear to 200, diminishing curve to 225, slower curve to 235, tuck and wind up to 247. Does it with ease. With perf mods, this is a 280~300kph bike..
@omorjit8 жыл бұрын
Wish i was a kid again...with more money! Never rode a Gamma, but loved my RD. :-)
@seanm63116 жыл бұрын
Yeah I loved my 1976 Suzuki GT 250 2 stroke twin...with race chambers it was awesome!
@riddlezxz9 жыл бұрын
Now thats a full bore 500 beast
@savagele11 жыл бұрын
Wonderful machine! Made in a time when motorcycles had personality all their own. I'll own a Gamma one of these days...
@ymlas02 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a blast back to the past, I've been watching several videos on the RG500 and yours is the only one with someone who knows how to ride a 2 stroke; the others were just a fouled plug waiting to happen.
@woodey0286 жыл бұрын
Best sounding bike ever. I remember the 250 and the 500 on the showroom floor at our local Suzuki dealer.
@vicksurname784010 жыл бұрын
I used to have one of these. Wouldnt power stand in 3rd however. Thanks for the ride and the memories...
@cptskellern9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. ;) A big thanks for taking me back :)
@j.thomas71289 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. I would love one of those.
@chezpicker12 жыл бұрын
I used to have one with swarbrick race pipes.sounded like four cracklers coming up the road at once.,lol.hope to see more vids in the future keep the memories alive for me.i get my kicks out of an audi rs4 b7 now.v8 versus powerband.....mmm slip that clutch fella ha ha.
@vinigretzky9710 жыл бұрын
Pretty sick throttle control.
@andrewscott76554 жыл бұрын
3:05 is the best bit. What a bike
@steliosslkds2 жыл бұрын
Whenever i miss my youth, my RD250LC and my NSR250PROSPEC i'm here!!!!!
@gcsmowfo10 жыл бұрын
Sounds like an angry chainsaw, love it! !
@zebulahbaldwin11 жыл бұрын
I second this motion. I've ridden one of these. The speed achieved by the top end of third gear should be restricted to untraveled backroads only. That being said, awesome fun. Awesome bike. Glad to see another one in such great shape. Nothing quite like the sound that thing makes when the power valves rotate and you hit the powerband.....Keep the shinny side up!
@cramersclassics8 ай бұрын
Fantastic! I think there was a 4th gear wheelie or two. Would be great to see it with the new stabilized GoPro cameras too. Cheers - Kirb
@POOLEYTONY16 жыл бұрын
i remember them. a friend had one. used to beat almost anything back in the day.
@MrPennyBlack9 жыл бұрын
2T PoRn MasteR!!!!!+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Well Done my fRiend!Racing GRettings fRom GReece...
@wheelie6310 жыл бұрын
That was FUN ! Thanks for the RIDE !!! Will
@paulmoore1488leeds9 жыл бұрын
We call it the widowmaker in the u.k,as you can understand.beautiful machine.
@paulmoore1488leeds9 жыл бұрын
Love it
@davec185111 жыл бұрын
Ring-a-ding-ding-ding! I love it! I'm absolutely GOING to put my H2 back on the road this year. Been waiting for me too long. I wish they made bikes this cool today.
@user-cr4ni7cm1c Жыл бұрын
Remember dropping the front back down in third many times and you get chirp and smoke. What a classic beast it was.
@mro94663 жыл бұрын
10k rpm glorious sound
@naldyano7 жыл бұрын
2 stroke for life!
@rdaystrom4540 Жыл бұрын
I would love a slightly toned down standard version street bike with this wonderful engine design.
@stormrider696 жыл бұрын
C’était de vraies motos! Merci!
@JrSlaya11 жыл бұрын
Back in the late 80's those bikes were the shi* here. My buddy had the RZ500 amd I had a ZX6-R
@leandrocampicelli866110 жыл бұрын
Bella e la piu' potente due tempi di serie inpenna con tutte le marce favolosa!
@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal29216 жыл бұрын
That's with stock expansion chambers. With competition chambers ,jetting and porting this bike gained so much horsepower it was almost unrideable by anyone less than a professional. The top end on this bike was so scary it was like being shot out of cannon. It reminded me of current electric vehicles, but way worse because the acceleration was so hard at 80 mph that you actually had to really concentrate to just hold on. These bikes came to Canada detuned severely and needed jetting to widen the powerband immediately. The stock chambers were off also and needed to be replaced to get the revs in the stratosphere.
@verbosedude6 жыл бұрын
Thiosemicarbizide Benzoyl Alcohol This is a fully built 550cc with Nova Transmission billet grears, full motor, bored carbs, Tommy Crawford flow-formed chambers, absolutely everything bike built over the course of over a dozen years... it IS the real deal...!
@zoomjoo6 жыл бұрын
What the RWHP?
@verbosedude6 жыл бұрын
zoomjoo Never ran dyno, but peak power is not as important as the smooth, balanced delivery of a very broad and powerful curve with this setup. Not many of these will power-wheelie third gear... ^_^
@redin5756 жыл бұрын
It always amuses me when people spend thousands upgrading components on a bike or a car, yet won't spend $50 for a couple of dyno runs. Makes me think your priorities are more about looks than results. Or, possibly, you're just making stuff up. What does "full motor" even mean?
@verbosedude3 жыл бұрын
@@redin575 LOL. “Full Motor” means $4,000 worth of complete motor build, porting, re-centered domes, groved head with copper O-ring seals, off-center-bored carbs, custom pistons, cleaned and smoothed cases, Nova billet-hobbed cartidge transmission, balanced cranks and balanced rods to the fraction of a gram, re-pressed micro-polished end bushings, flat-ground thrust-washers to spec, polished rotary valves with custom window conrours, etc, etc… why the cynisism? I had this bike and spent twenty+ years having it built to the trim as shown… then let my lifelong trophy go on to another to live their dream. Honestly, your post was a troll. Cheers!
@pigsmellfrommecca9 жыл бұрын
THE ultimate machine
@RX8PZPilot9 жыл бұрын
Great Bike, Great Video! LOVED every minute of it...............
@roadrocket78 жыл бұрын
+RX8PZPilot Me too! When I'm totally pissed at the world and knowing the human race is going down the crapper, I just pop on these awesome vids of these legendary machines. Then, my faith in humanity is restored. It's the closest thing to being on one. The sound, the revs, the smoke, the blurred scenery....TWO STROKES!!!!
@budha5911 жыл бұрын
That sound! Reminds me of my friend's gamma 250 (the one with the exhausts om both sides of the bike, not one side), with gold anodized cans and Schwantz lucky strike paint job. Mind you, that was about 15 years ago.
@sparutapresenza8611 жыл бұрын
this is the power of a two stroke engine...awesome
@PedroPlckle6 жыл бұрын
You can see the scenery hit the power band, lol
@3984ja8 жыл бұрын
I just love that bike..........
@DickWheels11 жыл бұрын
Dude that thing is sick. I just got my license and am looking at RD's. Maybe I can get one of these some day. Thanks for the video
@starman58724 жыл бұрын
Me: i wonder if this bike is powerfull. Also bike: whellies in third gear withouth any effort
@farchmarch704310 жыл бұрын
Wild and brutal...like a 500 RG!!
@CM-bm9xl5 жыл бұрын
Love to see a short shift at 10 grand
@SamTeks11 жыл бұрын
What a beast. I bet this is even scarier to drive than an RN01
@richsmobileautorepair9203 Жыл бұрын
Road one 2 different days. 1st day the new owner DIDNT fully clean the carbs. Engine leaned out on me I hit the choke and reserve and it seized. I pulled the engine apart for him and cleaned the carbs. Reassembled the engine Then had my 2nd ride. Oh the sound of those Jolly Moto pipes and that wonderful 500 cc 2 stroke. Loved the weight, power and of course the SOUND! before they created Viagra they made this motorcycle.
@jasoncashmore66752 жыл бұрын
I remember test riding one of a mates, jepus from around 9000rpm to 13000 rpm in any gear was like hitting power band on a dirt bike. Got the old knees a wobbling. Great bike glad I got the privilege to ride one👍🏼
I miss my old beast. Only bike i ever had the police didnt even bother chasing back in the day
@aequannrentama98676 жыл бұрын
1000 ème like pour 2018 cool la vidéo 😉😁
@seanm63116 жыл бұрын
That's the way.... give 'em heaps of revs..and hang on!
@gordclemas51938 жыл бұрын
Awesome bikes. Had one in 89 and 90. Some prick stole it.
@theodoricdodgeville11326 жыл бұрын
Whoever wrote eargasm nailed it! Thanks for not putting lame music over that sweet motor. Just keeps nailin that beeotch, bless his heart, not a one and done wussy rider.Friggen hero status!!! One of best videos ever!! Thanks for sharing! Side question; how many miles can one expect outta a RG motor ?
@dougiep276910 ай бұрын
Lovely little grocery getter. Buddy your supposed to shift while its still up. Bet it was blowing some nice smoke rings out the pipes after that little clean out
@siegfried432511 жыл бұрын
Hey, thank you for your answer. i'm on the way to get an rg500. Regards, Kevin
@chezpicker12 жыл бұрын
Awsome bike fella ,definately the all time greatest
@athame5711 жыл бұрын
Makes me want my flying Pepsi can back again!
@adm220412 жыл бұрын
Incredible machine. I really want an 80's 2 stroke for my next bike.
@richr1busaman555 жыл бұрын
Brill bike lots of fun apart from 75 miles then it hits reserve😂 smiles per miles ! Miss my 1986 gamma
@gregmaggio52175 жыл бұрын
Whoa, acceleration !!
@a-voroshilov8 жыл бұрын
0:01 wowowow волшебник)
@Bazawaza110 жыл бұрын
I grinned all trough this :)
@markbarber7839 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I had one for a number of years. Everyone loved to test ride it. However it was a terrible street motorcycle. Great for flogging but honestly nothing else. Drive it like this and it was happy and would use 20L/100 gas. On a hot day in town your a$$ would roast off. Rings every season, 6mm screw heads and barrels too weak, prone to strip. If you didn't drive it hard it would cake up with oil. Wheelie 1st gear shift into 2nd and you're at 80kmh.
@bqeberle11 жыл бұрын
This is so awesome.....got my heart rate up just watching...so sick! Sounds amazing.
@6marco511 жыл бұрын
Cool Spider !
@robertsudduth700010 жыл бұрын
I own one, built by lance gamma of Marshall NC . This bike is awesome, and will power wheelie easily in second gear. I only weigh 142 lbs.
@DimaPVD10 жыл бұрын
Andy, it's a 2 stroke, they blow up from engine braking so it's advisable to clutch in decel @ Emtildeath: have you ever ridden an RG? didn't think so, that is a power wheelie all the way!
@dariolauria8004 Жыл бұрын
Con questo video ho goduto!! Very impressive.
@veeken7773 жыл бұрын
Wish I still had mine. You just cant beat a Gamma
@goody157111 жыл бұрын
That sounds beautiful, i love two strokes. Keep your hand near the clutch lever though!!!!!
@smallpoxvirus15407 жыл бұрын
It's a good thing I could never afford one one of these bikes when they were around.
@1211spanner11 жыл бұрын
F##kin love the smell of 2pokers awesome bike
@sallysmith148411 жыл бұрын
The only real motorcycles - two strokes! And this was the king of two strokes. At least until the Bimota V Due came along, and who can afford a V Due?
@randalflagg90868 жыл бұрын
RG 500 was everything the RD500 should have been imho
@peterjaszczyk80564 жыл бұрын
Nice Power Wheelies 👍
@freddiecunningham69176 жыл бұрын
Bad ass I am the same way when it out tac it out.great Job !!! I am putting the same engine in a quad
@trevormerkley79734 жыл бұрын
I use to ride my cousins. Very fun bike. Light!! 340 pounds wet.
@ImNotADeeJay3 жыл бұрын
now imagine the Grand Prix version with twice as much power
@fimpudentdotcom3 жыл бұрын
Bellissima l'impennata in 3a!!
@kendryden7575 Жыл бұрын
Those were the days 😂 I had a rd500 lc and my best friend had a rg500 we were crazy
@AdamKyleAnderson10 жыл бұрын
3:33 is very much a clutch up wheelie.
@verbosedude7 жыл бұрын
Emtildeath6666 Nope, snap of throttle, clutch left engaged.
@kentbergstrom3020 Жыл бұрын
That's how to ride a two-stroke 👍
@stefanomantese23414 жыл бұрын
Fantastic sound, amazing 😍
@thejkyle4 жыл бұрын
These things were weapons back in the day.
@richardeade37664 жыл бұрын
Awesome I've always wanted one , but there like £12,000 to £16000 in the uk