Should I?

Always hankered after one, but could never justify the outlay. Also been put off by the negative reports - heavy fuel consumption and slightly odd handling.

However, I'm at an age where such things can be overlooked, and more to the point upgraded!

Any opinions?
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a few of my mates have had RGs and RDs and after seeing both of them i would rather go for the RG, the RD is MASSIVE really long and really tall and ugly to as well as being not as good as the RG (so i am told dont start throwing stats at me!!!) .
personally if i was gonna go own the silly 500 route, a mate of mine has found a kit so you can fit the gamma engine in an RGV frame they sell the pipes and everything already fabricated.
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Since beauty is a subjective thing, I think the RD500 is one of the best looking bikes ever! Stuck in the eighties me...

As for the RG being better, I think all I've ever read says it is, but I think it's a bit ugly, and is a Suzuki...
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I'd love an RD500, painted up in the Kenny Roberts colours.

i did like the RD 500 we saw at Llandow,shame about the Ducati fairing he fitted,it still makes me laught now when i think about the way he warmed it up :lol:but it did sound good.Get one Dave

get the RD you know you want to. if i could sell the kids i,d have one, its next on my list of RD,s to own.

Dave, I know its a suzuki, but i know someone who has a mint and i mean mint rg500 that may be for sale very soon, 12,000 miles! apart from the od trip this summer just to have it serviced it spent its previous years in someones front room. if you where intrested i could get some pics!

Thanks mate, but really, the RD is the only one for me - always has been. Especially since I owned an RD350F2 before the FJ (15 years ago!). Be nice to have the big brother at last...
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nsr.monkey wrote:
i would rather go for the RG, the RD is MASSIVE really long and really tall and ugly...

Wyn, a guy I met in Florida could possibly change your mind on that Monkey:

Dave Ett wrote:
As for the RG being better... ...I think it's a bit ugly...

And Mark, another friend from Florida, may change you mind on that!




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Here is a link to some intresting parts for an rd500. Just break out the old credit card and give it a good work out

http://www.micoproducts.net/
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Andy,

Nice try, but I don't like the top pipes on the RG - too sticky outty!

The RD looks good, but I wonder how much of that is original? One of the best bits of the RD is the seat hump in my opinion...
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I like 'em too.
Undoubtedly inferior dynamics to the RG - but that can be fixed.
Crank DOES go at 30k

May be tempted to get one in a 3XV chassis when I've finshed the Honda....
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