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12-23-2003, 09:04 PM
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BooRadley
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Location: Kentucky
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Originally posted by cr25ovet
yeah i am just a little south of you (tennessee)
always wanted a rg 500 and this one was for sale in tennessee with a tennessee title. i could not resist.
I burn with envy. Enjoy the glorious masterpiece of your square four two-stroking
PS: To those who have no idea why I'm so envious of his "15 year old bike "... the RG500 is the closest thing to a MotoGP bike ever released for the street, in terms of powerplant. 500cc of technological two-stroke wonder. Had an odd square 4 engine layout... two sets of two cylinders with 2 crankshafts. Suspension was far ahead of the day.
Granted , it is not as fast as a new GSXRs as they have pushed the edge of performance past sane, but it is the pinnacle of two-stroke streetbikes built. I'd say a mildly modified RG500 is comparable in speed to an oil cooled GSXR750 (<96') or a pre 2000 GSXR600.
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