phoar what a way to spend 5k

[NoYou]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kOn6Vrp2OM&feature=player_embedded#

[Mark_Able]

Me like... [smiley=thumbsup.gif] 8-)

[AndytheCat]

why does it sound like a 125?

Looks too fast to be a 125 though? :-?

(Oh ****, i can feel a ripping comming! lol)

[NoYou]

why does it sound like a 125?

Looks too fast to be a 125 though? :-?

(Oh ****, i can feel a ripping comming! lol)
You're mixing up 2 stroke and 125, its a 500cc 2 stroke. A majority of 2 strokes that you see are 125s hence your confusion.

[AndytheCat]

jes a 500cc 2 stroke! That must be mental. Still sounds like a scooter though!! ;D

Shows what I know about bikes so far!!!

[NoYou]

No scooters sound like that not the other way around :D:D
Its a fairly easy mistake to make tbf.
Personally i absolutely love the sound of 2 strokes and the smell... and pretty much everything else actually :D:D
They have a bad reputation for being unreliable and more hassle than they're worth but that is only down to people not looking after them properly and 17 yolds thrashing the tits off of them and then complaining when they explode in a big cloud of smoke!
Yes they have slightly shorter service periods than a 4t and much shorted engine rebuild periods but none of it matters because there isn't anything quite as fun! And they're so much easier to work on so for a somebody who loves tinkering (something i'm very guilty of) they're fantastic.
When i've got my RS sorted I'm thinking about getting an RD250/500 to play with for when my license restriction runs out. Yay for disposable income! :D :D
And yes to answer you it is mental, and that one has had the bollocks tuned off it too xD

[Flying Half-Dutchman]

Oh yummy. That reminds me of my old 350. Those 500's are mentally quick!

[NoYou]

Oh yummy. That reminds me of my old 350. Those 500's are mentally quick!
Aye they're quick even by todays standard tbh, but with a 500 in decent condition going for anything over 5 grand at the mo its not cheap xD the one in the vid was bought as a non starter for 2k and had over 5k put into it
even the 350s are 2k+ seems i'll need to start saving xD

[Wes]

A very nice looking and sounding bike there, takes me back a bit, mate had a rg 500 gamma and a 350 ypvs that was stan stevens stage 2 tuned :)

[abxv535]

very nice 8-)

[470four]

why does it sound like a 125?

Looks too fast to be a 125 though? :-?

(Oh ****, i can feel a ripping comming! lol)

The RD500LC has a 500cc V4 engine - so has 4 125cc cylinders with 4 separate exhaust's, hence its sounds like 4 125cc bikes ;)

Yes - sounds like a scooter/moped, yes, will still give modern bikes a run for their money!

Very light, very quick. 8-)

[crewy]

Reminds me of the real close good racing there used to be in the gp's before motogp replaced them

[NoYou]

Reminds me of the real close good racing there used to be in the gp's before motogp replaced them
Racing that will now be completely abolished with 125GP being replaced with moto3 :(

[470four]

Wont be surprised if large road-going 2strokes are outlawed soon? Made uninsurable due to the high emissions etc? :(

[NoYou]

Wont be surprised if large road-going 2strokes are outlawed soon? Made uninsurable due to the high emissions etc? :(
Aye, I'm living in hope that they're not but won't be at all suprised if they are. The only thing going for them is there aren't that many out there so its not going to have a huge effect by abolishing them!
Will be a real shame if it does happen

[470four]

Wont be surprised if large road-going 2strokes are outlawed soon? Made uninsurable due to the high emissions etc? :(
Aye, I'm living in hope that they're not but won't be at all suprised if they are. The only thing going for them is there aren't that many out there so its not going to have a huge effect by abolishing them!
Will be a real shame if it does happen

Yep, not many left, certainly not used on the roads? Spares must be getting rare & cant be cheap to run?

[whizz]

beautiful bike .... now where do i buy one?.....

[470four]

Start saving! :)

[NoYou]

Start saving! :)


Indeed the cheapest 500 on fleabay atm is on the nasty side of 5k! The 350s are better at just over 2K, i,m considering one in the next couple of years. I just love me a smoker!