As the title I am selling the bike and a couple of cars and throwing everything into trying to get my hands on a Cagiva 500 GP bike or a genuine RGV500.............................. Whatever happens I am not going to e-bay it.
There is lots of information on this site about the bike but a brief spec is:
Fresh 570cc Terry Shep motor, cranks re-built by Chris Appleby
Harry Barlow one off Pipes with Arrow carbon/titanium cans
Brand new GHN gearbox
New Rotary valves and covers
New complete clutch
Carbon fibre ram air scoops and air-boxes
£5k on engine in all.
Brand new loom, CDI, AEC controller, coils, servo motor.
Chassis is re-engineered RGV with 1" added to the depth, bracing added everywhere, one off suspension and engine mounts, all done by Spondon engineering.
Front forks are Ohlins from the Ducati World Superbike Team (not copies or built to the same spec) and are re-built by K-tech to suit the bike.
Rear shock is the same story and has Ohlins racing splashed all over it, multi adjustable and completly unobtainable.
Brakes are from the same bike, the front rotors have carbon fibre carriers (Ducati P4 pads and discs fit so no problem with spares), Brembo radial cylinder squeezes the front and a GP thumb brake operates the rear through stainless hosing. You can stand the bike on its nose with one finger.
Wheels are brand new (circa 500 miles) Marchesini magnesium wheels currently wearing Micheline Pilot intermediates.
Swinging arem is a heavily modded Yamaha R7 item with a carbon fibre hugger. Tripple clamps are Spondon adjustable and an absolute work of art, most fastners are titanium. The bike was built by a guy who makes carbon fibre parts for F1 cars!
Bodywork wise the fairing was sourced direct from the h*nda GP team and is carbon fibre, linked to a ram air intake from the same source. The seat unit comes in two halves the hump being removable to access the two stroke tank, the front section being self supporting and does not require (and does not have) any form of subframe. The tank is carbon fibre and has a solid carbon fibre tank cap, the seat and tank are mounted on two one off milled frame sections as per the original bike.
Other items:
Digital instruments, one of top fairing frame in aluminium, brand new wiring loom, carbon fibre/ali adjustable rearsets, Spondon clip-ons, dream machine paint, one off high capacity curved radiator, billet shift support section, and just far far too much to list............................ It is like a GP bike on the throttle, on the brakes, and in the corners.
Own probably the finest two stroke Grand Prix replica in the UK for less than you might imagine, serious enquiries only to barry_j_jones@btinternet.com or PM me. P.s. also comes with One off aluminium padock stand, spare CDI, spare renthal grips, and anything else RG500 related that I have.
I might swap for an interesting 911 (964 or 930) as that is the other thing I will be buying once the bikes/cars are off loaded.
Last edited by barryj on Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:17 pm; edited 1 time in total
