A blast from my two-smoker past.

**sugilite:Me** · 31st May 2007, 23:17

Here is The RZ500 I bought at the tender age of 17

This is the rare short pipe model. Only 20 came into NZ.
I cleaned this bike more than any other I've ever owned, I seemed to have more time on my hands back then

. It is over 30,000's old in these pics.
Anyways, I finally managed to nick these pics out of my mothers photo album long enough to scan em.
It was prob the bike with the most character I've ever owned.

**sugilite:Me** · 31st May 2007, 23:22

Heres one for my mates (and anyone else

) to laugh at, see how much shorter I used to be back then!

Check out the steering dampener on photo 2. With 16 inch fat front tyres you needed one!

**gijoe1313** · 31st May 2007, 23:30

Oh my giddy aunt! Lovely bike ... and matching leathers to boot! I like, I love, I want!

**jimbo** · 31st May 2007, 23:32

nice one mate.wernt they wild

**86GSXR** · 31st May 2007, 23:33

Niiiiice bike

**nudemetalz** · 31st May 2007, 23:47

Oooohhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!! (drool)

I had one of these back in '93. Biggest regret was selling it, esp when my mate had an RG-500 and we used to have fun racing each other !!

**yod** · 31st May 2007, 23:55

great pics mate - those things were legendary!!! and lethal!!

my cuzzy and i bought a pretty rough one back in about 97 with the intention of tidying it up but it just kinda faded away.....

**kiwifruit** · 31st May 2007, 23:58

what a animal!
bike is a beast too

**T.W.R** · 1st June 2007, 00:25

Great pics mate

**vifferman** · 1st June 2007, 07:56

Mmmm... V4....

**Kickaha** · 1st June 2007, 07:58

I did a trip from Christchurch to Whangarei on one of those in 87, way cool to ride and suprisingly comfortable to tour on, it was my brothers bike and is now owned by another KB member down here

**Trudes** · 1st June 2007, 08:05

Oh my goodness, weren't you just the cutest young thing! (Not that you're not still cute... ok, I'll shut up now!) Nice one Sugi, love the leathers too!!