Riding an Icon: Suzuki RG500 | Feature | Motorcyclenews.com
Still fresh, crisp and angry. Three decades after Suzuki stunned us with the brutality of their GP replica RG500, MCN's Michael Neeves grabs a ride on this wildest of two-stroke legends.
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Still fresh, crisp and angry. Three decades after Suzuki stunned us with the brutality of their GP replica RG500, MCN’s Michael Neeves grabs a ride on this wildest of two-stroke legends.
http://www.2stroketours.com
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cant believe there are people saying “why would you buy a two stroke bike”
maybe the fact that they can handle like twice the power of the equivalent
4 farter and be much lighter and simpler to work on . all the 4 stroke 125s
are slow a 4k wr125 will get shit on by a 20 year old dt125 lol
That’s what Tuscany needs, stinky 2strokes farting around
Yes I had all the Yamaha two strokes I possibly could back in the day and
my old RZ350 was the best of the lot.
That smile says it all. Can’t beat a smoker, at least for the afternoon.
Last one i had was a TDR250 YPVS, loved it.
YOU JUST CAN`T BEAT THE SOUND OF THESE BIKES.THE DOGS BOLLOCKS…….
Smoking is good for you!
That sound, that blue smoke, the kick start… just for the enthusiasts. Love
it
Could have done without the music, other than that beautiful bikes and
brought back some great 2 stroke memories of mine.
Brilliant,,,,memories
when you reach powerband that’s heaven…
An MCN video with AMAZING video quality and AMAZING sound quality. This
must be a dream come true. Great video MCN! 🙂 Sorry for the caps but I’m
really excited.
still have skoal bandit replica that dad bought new in 1986. love this
bike. full restoration when i can swing it. i remember going to bike
rallies on this thing and feeling like a rock star. lol
Smell the two-stroke smoke, just brilliant! :-)
If only I could afford one now. Had 3 rg’s I my day and loved every second
of owning them. 4 strokers just don’t understand.
RZ (RD) 500 all the way but each to their own I guess. By the way, when you
were editing this video how could you not get how frigging annoying that
music was..
Whats up with people here hating on the way 2 strokes sound? You obviously
haven’t been close to one going by at full chat. Motorcycling is mostly
about sensations, and these bikes provide an overload of it.
SKIPP THE MUSIC
My rg500 is probably the most exciting bike I ever owned in my 40 years of
motorcycling. That includes R1,gsxr1000 and many more bikes.
LOVED my RZ500, wish I still had it, but an extended unemployment during
the dot bomb era forced it’s sale to raise some cash.
olha isso +Luck Harold
This was hilarious, the part where everybody was struggling with
kickstaters and with chokes and then at the end where the guy editing left
out the company name on the screen (on purpose I think!) great video
Maybe its just my age but i despise 2 strokes, they sound terrible and they
aint exactly the most reliable bikes.
Wish this was the scratch n sniff edition 🙂
Dirty, noisy, smelly two-strokes… Don’t you just love them! Thank you
MCN; this video has made an old man smile on a dull, grey, wet morning.
two stroke is iconic…i used to have RG115 and RXZ135(asian market).i do
some mod on them….such a powerhouse for little penny.the problem
is…fuel consumpsion is out of chart when you open throttle wide….make
my eye bleeding seeing fuel meter going down.but….the trill ride on them
is priceless.
Very few Sound recordings really capture the true sound of a big two stroke
but in the flesh they sound amazing (especially an aircooled one) For those
that have never herd one think fireworks going off in the distance on the
tickover changing into tearing sheet metal on the powerband
As a canadian this is kind of weird to watch. My ears tell me a snowmobile
is coming but then I see a motorcycle.
I’m not a fan of the sound of them while tootling about, but they don’t
sound bad when caining it. Different yes, bad no.
I wouldn’t buy a 2 stroke but I would love a go on one!
That V-Due is just gorgeous! Wonder if they got the fuel delivery sorted.
remember my old days with 2 stroke power.
while i hate those sounds those are some evil bikes!
Nice feature but that music over the entire sound track ruins it. Very
annoying and completely unnecessary.
fascinujúci štart pomocou štartovacej páky 🙂 500., 2stroke dvojdobý sen
:-)))
Great video!
Watching it, brightened my day! Thank you MCN!
Beautiful..
Turn off the bloody opera…
Wow they sound like snow mobiles when idling :D
when we going to get a ebr1190 test
loved it
he is so happy !
Hate that sound with a passion…
Where’s the website address?
That V-due its an heartbreaker
Where do I sign up
Why would you buy a bike with a 2-stroke engine?
You had me at Tuscany…
http://www.2stroketour.com/eng/video.html
oh and great video
until you don’t ride a 2stroke you have no idea how awesome it is !!!
my first bike was R6 but then I bought nsr125 and I love it just as much.
when the powerband kicks in its just amazing !!!
Haha, I miss the boxes shape of the tail section on motorcycles.