i love this bike...all about the sound..never see selling brand new rg nowday..😢😢
@2stroketimebomb
7 жыл бұрын
Look on eBay there's one for £29,995!!! LOL
@michaeldunn9228
3 жыл бұрын
Superb but the beauty and pleasure of these is that power band and it didn’t look like you got chance to use it on that track 🤔👍🏻
@Mytim34
7 жыл бұрын
Gamma 5 is one of the holy grail bikes. I really love them.
@dobermann2237
6 жыл бұрын
Next time, take it into the power band.
@theblytonian3906
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Doesn't come on the pipe until the SAEC power valves open at 7800RPM on the way up (mechanically switched by the solenoid motor electronically receiving a signal from the tacho sensor). They close at 8000RPM on the way down. So the engine only comes on the pipe as the tacho visually indicates 8000RPM. Although the 500 square four develops peak power at lower RPM and has a wider more tractable power band than its lesser capacity RGV250 stablemate, nevertheless anything below 8000RPM that you're just touring. Between 9000 and 10,000RPM is where you want to keep it with the gearbox on the track. Efficiently ridden, 9000-9500RPM is pretty much where you want to be for tractability and acceleration, but it keeps delivering power above that. Also worthy of mention from watching this vid. It's a two stroke, an extremely quick steering, agile yet stable one at that with its 16" front wheel and light weight even with it small bias ply tyre fitment rim induced ground clearance issues, so need to and can carry that corner speed. Lay off the unnecessary braking.
@zeusandathena4094
3 жыл бұрын
Nice video. My brother still has his 500 gamma. Plus an RZ 500 , RZ 350 and the NS 400. He was talking about selling them this spring here in Ontario Canada as a package deal They are show case bikes. You watch these videos and one can change their mind easily about keeping them
@pitbikelifanfucktop
2 жыл бұрын
did you sold them.
@Hilux244
7 жыл бұрын
Given a choice between this and a liter class 4stroke sport bike. I would choose the former, hands down
@philipcooper8297
7 жыл бұрын
To have a ride, yes. To own it, no.
@theblytonian3906
7 жыл бұрын
+Philip Cooper I suppose you're inferring maintenance? These are cheaper, require less maintenance and easier to service than a similar technology multi-cylinder 4 stroke. The are also super reliable. Owned one now for 32 years. Still running sweetly. Although today's technology could do much to make a stock RG even better, the things it cries out desperately - and always did, for are simply 1. radial friendly rims, and 2. a larger brake rotor on the front to go with the tyres that would afford. Also, the original monoshock was prone to fading, and would die within 20-25k km, so better unit needed there. At the time the original shock design couldn't be rebuilt. It can now, but most of the originals would have been long since been replaced at the time and discarded. Mine has an RG500 specific factory built Fox with remote reservoir I had built for my weight and imported direct from them, although I also have the original in box in the garage should I ever wish to restore to that status. The 6 speed cassette gearbox had a documented (fixable with rebuild) quirk, but has proved trouble free for me, arguably reliable for the kind of rider with sufficient nous and finesse to ride one to its performance capability. The rest was adequate, but with a worked motor producing more HP than stock for even higher speed opening radius cornering at racetrack speeds, beefier front shocks would be the ideal if done without an unsprung weight penalty. The example bike in this vid is being poorly ridden as can be heard and seen - no disrespect intended to the rider keeping within his personal competence and comfort zone. That's wise, but .....Safely doesn't necessarily need to mean slowly. In complete control is safe speed regardless. e.g. Rossi rides in complete control ....most of the time : )
@ianmangham4570
3 жыл бұрын
@@philipcooper8297 The gamma 5 is a very reliable bike
@manos3790
4 жыл бұрын
My still good friend had a very limited edition black/gold, which he let me ride, (unlicensed!) when we were 19/20 yrs old and I reached 145mph across the forest.
@LEGOTROLL1
6 жыл бұрын
i hope you still have this machine.
@DasWookie
7 жыл бұрын
Should have seen my eyes go wide as I was watching this and I heard that tire lockup... :)
@whalesong999
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was a little unnerving to hear. It takes practice to find the balance between the brakes from high speeds. The front one is always the most effective but needs care and learning to be steady.
@jlmainusa
6 жыл бұрын
Me too! The front brakes are double opposite pistons on both sides - but they aren't quite as good as modern ones - as I found out :-/
@yommmrr
4 жыл бұрын
Yep I shit too
@john123456889
5 жыл бұрын
You can tell that it wants to give you a fast pass to the cemetery
@mxsteven
6 жыл бұрын
Anyone saw the temperature rise? almost hit the red zone... is that normal? as i remember for my rg250 in the past it would never happen.
@timexironman100m
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah i saw that temp needle move up too. I had a 250 Rg.. only time my temp needle rose was sitting in traffic jam.. otherwise when engine was up to working temp the needle sat at half way all the no matter how hard or soft you rode bike...
@timmason7430
3 жыл бұрын
Could be the timing is out a little.
@theblytonian3906
3 жыл бұрын
Not normal. I live and run mine in a very hot climate. Even hammering it, it'd be unusual for it to indicate anywhere but just to the right of that white line in the green assuming jetted properly, oil pump lubrication delivery adequate, sufficient correct grade coolant, water pump impeller working, no blockages internal or external. Even on the hottest summer days where we get humid 35~40C days, it still wouldn't climb into the red.
@garysmith8418
3 жыл бұрын
Fun to get into the triples (100mph+) and still have one, may be two up gear changes left .Been there, done that on my BMW k-1600.
@darrenjpeters
2 жыл бұрын
Mate, my RG 500 was good for 160kph or 100 mph in 3rd gear, with 3 left to go. You would get 200 out of 4th, 230 out of 5th, and 240+ out of 6th with terminal velocity depending on whether you were going up or down hill, and what direction the wind was blowing. Plus it was lighter than any 250 road bike on the market at the time, including the RG 250.
@GrrMeister
5 жыл бұрын
Never ever in UK on my RG500 CH 1989 seen my temperature go over the middle, mind you is a bit cooler here and in Europe. Once at near 90° near Freiburg on my way to Switzerland, told to stop engine by Police at Traffic Lights, when pointed out only had 'kick start' signalled OK. Even at full throttle up Swiss passes and Racing (Track Days) Cooling never a problem, Tyre wear and fuel something else, loves eating Rear Tyres and gobbling Petrol at an alarming rate.
@geirerlinggulbrandsen851
7 жыл бұрын
That Paint finish was on my brand New when I was 17! A dumb junkie stole it later and managed to drive almost 80 miles before death for both him and the Gamma. I cried over that stroker!:(
@grahamsmith8122
3 жыл бұрын
They function best when spinning over 10k otherwise they bog and smoke all the time. Appreciate its old and you want it to keep it together. I used to PDI these when new and thrash them to death on a trade plate, round Milton Keynes, UK. Customer would pick them up and the tyres would be scrubbed in! Those where the days.
@theblytonian3906
3 жыл бұрын
This illustrates only that you've never ridden an RG500 Gamma, nor possibly any contemporary liquid cooled CNC machined modern metallurgy tolerance two stroke with power valve system. Talk a good ride though.
@grahamsmith8122
3 жыл бұрын
@@theblytonian3906 Guess a Husky 300 does not count?
@theblytonian3906
3 жыл бұрын
@@grahamsmith8122 We're not talking ego here, but fact. I still own an 11/85 production RG500 Gamma bought new in 4/86. 34 years experience maintaining, rebuilding and riding it like it was meant to be ridden and surviving, I know it and all its characteristics well. They aren't as you describe. I concurrently also still own and ride an 9/98 production RGV250T bought new in 6/2000. One of the final export & unrestricted production batch prior to cessation of production of the model. Those are the two rides I've chosen to keep from several dozen owned and ridden over a lifetime. Other than the fact the RGV250 has a narrower and much higher RPM peak power band, 10,500-11,500 if you want to keep it on the boil, neither of these SAEC power valve bikes "bog and smoke all the time" under 10,000. 'Thrash them to death' reveals much. To go fast on 500 or 250 high performance two stroke especially requires intelligence in conjunction with high degrees of intrinsic motor skill and experience if you A. want to be fast, B. Stay alive or avoid serious injury. They are all about understanding physics and the advantages of their light weight and power curve/traction characteristics, staying off the brakes for high entry high corner speed maintaining it through to a high speed exit, finesse with gearbox and throttle manipulation both of which constitute a mentally challenging intense workload, but most of all, SMOOTH. Thrash doesn't engender comprehension of any of that. The multi-cylinder liquid cooled square four RG500 engine or RGV250 V twin cylinder engine are completely different from pre liquid cooling 60s, 70s through first years of the 80s transverse triple, twin or single cylinder air cooled dirt or street two strokes. Edit: Written on tablet, edited later on the PC for paragraphing spelling & typos.
@grahamsmith8122
3 жыл бұрын
@@theblytonian3906 Clearly an expert.
@theblytonian3906
3 жыл бұрын
@@grahamsmith8122 Not at all. Never made that claim either. But I'm also not prone to superficiality or false modesty. Rather, holding a lot of actual riding experience on a great number of bikes with expertise developed over a longer time than you've likely been wasting oxygen on the planet, and in particular with THE particular motorcycle the subject here. SO I have no need to pretentiously talk out my arse as you have in trying to sound knowledgeable but illustrating to those who are that that you're actually clueless. I've already pointed out that Suzuki's RG500 isn't anything like the air cooled old metallurgy, before CNC machining and oil tech of required high clearances with rattly fast wearing rings and liners, non power valve permitted peaky power bands incomplete combustion smokey oil burning technology of previous generation two strokes such as Suzuki T500 Titan & T350 Rebel, Yamaha's RD350A/B, RD400, & Kawasaki's H1 500 Mach III et al.
@elcaballoblanco9627
4 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a 500 two stroke made using the same technology as they apply to 1000cc sportsbikes. The two stroke would kill everyone of them on the track
@boneav83
4 жыл бұрын
www.visordown.com/news/general/ronax-500cc-v4-two-stroke-race-bike-road They only made 46 so you'd be lucky to find one, either this or a Suter :)
@andrea71italia
3 жыл бұрын
Rg 500 gamma moto the best in the world
@jhstony
6 жыл бұрын
What will it do flat out? You didn’t really push it too much. Lovely bike 🏍
@jlmainusa
6 жыл бұрын
The bike's in amazing shape but she's 30 years old. She's got great bones though and could easily be tweaked to run flat out (~150mph). You only have to look at Bruce Anstey's Isle of Man YZR500
@mleventsltd
6 жыл бұрын
I had an 86 stock model in the uk before it was dyno'd and would pull around 135 but was rough and stuttery, that said it was only 4000 miles at the time, mototrac in Ellesmere Port had to set up the carbs and a few updates and it was an amazing transformation, never rode the bike in anger, it was such an amazing delivery.
@jlmainusa
6 жыл бұрын
I believe people have pushed them to over 150mph but that's asking a lot of this old gal.
@timexironman100m
6 жыл бұрын
In road form it peaked at about 160 mph...i know bike today will hit ove 190mph.. but the rush and the scream of the 4 pot 2 stroke was just as good as my then girlfriends orgasm being modest about it...:)
@timexironman100m
6 жыл бұрын
Typo ..bikes today do over 190 mph...
@finnhermansen2177
3 жыл бұрын
Amaaaazing :) :)
@jader1709
7 жыл бұрын
Bela maquina.Gostaria de ver um comparativo com a YAMAHA RD500-.BRASIL.
@rickmarrlot7212
3 жыл бұрын
Don't compare to a TZ 750, does it? Anyway an RD 400 IS THE NICEST 2 stroke. Ride it to work, and/or take it up to 50bhp add XS 750 front end, (double disk+thicker stanchions), 530 chain and 4 teeth on back sprocket you got a 600 eater (4 strokes) at least in a straight line.
@darrenjpeters
2 жыл бұрын
What a load of crap. This bike in stock form for the street makes more power than a TZ 750, plus it handles. If you start tweaking it it will absolutely shit all over a TZ 750.
@9736grunn
6 жыл бұрын
You ride it like a 4stroke...need to downshift it !!
@jlmainusa
3 жыл бұрын
She's 40 years old. So old she was first in line to get vaccinated against covid :-) I'm nervous to rev hard in case something breaks
@SmellyEllie2
6 жыл бұрын
Nice RG,,,,,,Do you want to sell it ???....
@jlmainusa
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Sorry, not for sale. Having too much fun. Nothing like a 500cc 2-stroke coming on pipe :-)
@SmellyEllie2
6 жыл бұрын
Those were the days......Nothing like a nice 2 stroke : )
@zeusandathena4094
3 жыл бұрын
Lol trying to convince my brother to NOT sell all 4 of his 2 stroke bikes this spring as a package deal..
@ardhaarmawan8142
3 жыл бұрын
Rare bike a like it
@gdfggggg
3 жыл бұрын
My little RGV 250 would push 135mph.
@2stroketimebomb
3 жыл бұрын
135mph? Where? Off Beachy Head!!!!
@gdfggggg
3 жыл бұрын
@@2stroketimebomb on the motorway
@darrenjpeters
2 жыл бұрын
I rode an RGV 250 a few years after selling my RG 500, and I was amazed at how quick it was for a 250. Not in the RG 500 league for top end, but ludicrously fast for a 250. I was very impressed indeed.
@gdfggggg
2 жыл бұрын
@@darrenjpeters it was very quick. When the powerband hit it was quite something. On the twisteys, no big bike could stay with me.
@MrMassive321
7 жыл бұрын
only v due said something
@geirerlinggulbrandsen851
7 жыл бұрын
MrMassive321 I bought one in 98..and then they were banned??? I took an RS250 Aprilia instead,but I sold that soon. It was the size of a moped!!:)
@darrenjpeters
2 жыл бұрын
This guy can't ride for shit. He's using the clutch to change up, totally unnecessary, just back off the throttle and click her up a gear. He's riding it out of the powerband for almost the whole lap, I mean, what's the point. On the plus side, this bike is identical to my old RG500, and very well looked after. Damn I wish I still had the old girl.
@jlmainusa
2 жыл бұрын
Mate. This gal is 40 years old. She needs to be ridden with respect. Feel free to post a video of you gunnin your RG 🤔
@darrenjpeters
2 жыл бұрын
@@jlmainusa Fair enough, none of that had occurred to me. Good point, keep the old girl running sweet, mate. My apologies for being disrespectful.
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