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dangerous
30th January 2005, 20:14
cool looking bike aye peoples..... I have seen them around at bike rallies as I have The norton's but have never heard a Suzuki running.
What do you lot think?

ps: how many roters do they have? I think its two.
Kickaha
30th January 2005, 20:17
cool looking bike aye peoples..... I have seen them around at bike rallies as I have The norton's but have never heard a Suzuki running.
What do you lot think?

ps: how many roters do they have? I think its two.


There's at least two in Chch I've seen one being ridden a couple of times and another one in a different colour out at the track
merv
30th January 2005, 20:19
Single rotor engine as far as I know. It ended up being a bloody bulky and ugly looking engine for the power it put out, but back then Suzuki were the 2 stroke kings and if they went straight to 4 strokes they were kind of chasing Honda and I guess they wanted a point of difference..
Jantar
30th January 2005, 20:19
coll looking bike aye peoples..... I have seen them around at bike rallies as I have The norton's but have never heard a Suzuki running.
What do you lot think?

ps: how many roters do they have? I think its two.

They have a single rotor, rated at 497 cc. There are around 1700 left in the world out of a total production run of 6750. Around a third of the ones left are parts bikes.

The one in the photo is one of the original "M" model. That is with the round instrument cluster. It looks quite tidy, but its not in orininal condition. They came out with spoked wheels, but alloy rims. It looks like this one has inherited a set of wheels from a GS750. Have a look at my profile for another pic. Or visit the RE5 website http://www.rotaryrecycle.net/

:rockon:
Hitcher
30th January 2005, 20:29
There's an absolute minter written up in the latest BRM magazine.
Jantar
30th January 2005, 20:35
yep, Its absolutely imacculate. Its an "A' Model, and looks like an import from USA.
Jackrat
30th January 2005, 20:45
Saw one up north in about 75-76,the only one I've ever seen.
Can't even remember what it sounded like,I was just kind'a stunned over all the round bits.Instruments,tail light ect,ect.
I reckon most radical things like that are a bit much for most bikers,we're a pretty conservative lot really.
Very interesting bike but.
thehollowmen
30th January 2005, 22:43
There was one selling on trademe a few months back, went for pennies and was in ridable condition.

NZ must have more than their fair share of them...
Jantar
30th January 2005, 22:57
There was one selling on trademe a few months back, went for pennies and was in ridable condition.

NZ must have more than their fair share of them...

I bought one of mine through Trademe. It was a runner, but needed some work done to it. I used some parts from my parts bike, some from the that one, and ended up with a tidy bike. One recently sold on ebay for US$12000+, but that was a new bike just out of the crate.
Waylander
30th January 2005, 23:01
Looks like a good bike, good condition aswell. Im not a fan of those older bikes like that though.