Latest purchase: feel sick but loving the feeling

[Kickaha]

Now have you started a list of improvements to be carried out ?
- pipes and stingers
-new wheels in modern sizes
-fairings in your favorite race team colours
-polish the frame, new braced swing arm
-ohlins shock and forks
-radial brakes or 6 pots, wavey disc rotors

Excellent list of things to make the value of the bike decrease

[HenryDorsetCase]

Now have you started a list of improvements to be carried out ?
- pipes and stingers
-new wheels in modern sizes
-fairings in your favorite race team colours
-polish the frame, new braced swing arm
-ohlins shock and forks
-radial brakes or 6 pots, wavey disc rotors

Divorce lawyer.

You would do all that and end up with something less functional than a three year old GSXR600. The point of that RZV is that it was pretty original and unmolested.

If you had one that was crashed or rough as guts, sure, do what you want with it, but it seems silly to fuck around with one that is complete and running. Even if you subscribe to the "bikes as investments" theory.

[Drew]

Yep, certain bikes shouldn't be molested. This is one of them...Although I'd have thought the RG was on the list too these days.

[mossy1200]

Yep, certain bikes shouldn't be molested. This is one of them...Although I'd have thought the RG was on the list too these days.

Idd molest it and it wouldn't involve changing any parts.

[husaberg]

Borrowed the money, paying 10%.
Wife is not talking to me.

Had to do it.

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Don't blame you, roll on the angry sex

[Arronduke]

Have to agree, if she cant talk I don't have to listen to her moan and shit.
But seriously now that last nights booze drains from the system. (Ok lets not be silly, busy re filling) Have I done a wise thing?

End of the day... in 5yrs will I lose money? Maybe but only if it turns in to a rusted heap, I ride 100k on it, burn it etc etc.
Other wise it will always be worth what I paid.

I like that.

How cool is it to like bikes that increase in value over time and not decrease like the new clone we see now.
Shame the same thing is not true for women... they just get old and hairy.

[Voltaire]

Make a nice Post Classic bike, after all thats what they are for, not collecting dust in the garage.

[nudemetalz]

I had an RZ500 back in the early 90's and a mate had an RG500. We used to do the Akaroa GP quite often. The RG was slighty quicker down the straights (at 100km/h of course.....).
Found the RZ handled better but used to bump steer the front end shocking. The RG had troubles keeping the front end down out of corners.....

Personally I'd have an RZ over and RG anyday. Better looking IMO.

Well done, keep it clean and tidy.

[george formby]

Have to agree, if she cant talk I don't have to listen to her moan and shit.
But seriously now that last nights booze drains from the system. (Ok lets not be silly, busy re filling) Have I done a wise thing?

End of the day... in 5yrs will I lose money? Maybe but only if it turns in to a rusted heap, I ride 100k on it, burn it etc etc.
Other wise it will always be worth what I paid.

I like that.

How cool is it to like bikes that increase in value over time and not decrease like the new clone we see now.
Shame the same thing is not true for women... they just get old and hairy.

Yup, the best of the bikes they don't build anymore. Check out UK prices for classic smokers.
I like bikes that change their personality with the weather, bikes that have personality.
And don't knock the women, from a brutally honest perspective the bikes are old & hairy, literally, compared to the taut, modern wee things. The same rules apply regardless, yer new classic, the missus or a modern homogenised bike, the more you put in & the more often you do it, the happier you are.

Great score! Delicious bike.

[ktm84mxc]

So the view is to keep standard and ride it sparingly , will Aaron be able to restrain himself when he's been banished to the shed again ?
If you mod it keep all of the standard bits to go back on it at a latter date, best of both worlds.

[misterO]

THAT is one of the coolest bikes ever built. I remember when it came out: it caused me to have unclean thoughts. Congrats and Enjoy!

[Rcktfsh]

Never saw no RG500 doing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhAr5fTDuBE

[Drew]

Never saw no RG500 doing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhAr5fTDuBE

Fuck that Bol'dor looks like a handful. Hehehe, pogo time!

[eelracing]

Have I done a wise thing?

End of the day... in 5yrs will I lose money? Maybe but only if it turns in to a rusted heap, I ride 100k on it, burn it etc etc.
Other wise it will always be worth what I paid.

I like that.

How cool is it to like bikes that increase in value over time and not decrease like the new clone we see now.

An RG and RZ500 in the same shed,you're a sick man as well as a glutton for punishment...but you can't put a price on cool.
The best maintenance for any smoker is to ride em.

[Mental Trousers]

Ride it occasionally, clean it regularly and keep it in a glass case in the lounge. Anything else and it'll lose value.