What is your favorite racing motorbike?

**DEATH_INC.** · 8th April 2011, 15:07

This old thing

**Metastable** · 8th April 2011, 15:12

Man hard to argue against Brittens, and 750cc 2-stroke dirt trackers.... but in terms of beauty (and keep in mind beauty is in the eye of the beerholder) .... my pick has to be:
1988 YZR500 this is what I remember when I think back to GP racing and I thought that bike was beautiful, and I still do. Love those air intakes on the lowers. BTW, for those of you who might not have been around back then.... it's the red/white one #3, and that is Eddie Lawson, the same dude sliding the ass end on that bike 1981ish Kawi superbike pictured 2 posts back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtNTRXJXn6w

Comment about the above GP action, no way a current day GP rider would race at a place like the Salzburgring... those walls were close and that was a VERY fast track.

**racefactory** · 8th April 2011, 15:14

Best looking race bikes ever

**Crasherfromwayback** · 8th April 2011, 15:33

Originally Posted by Metastable

1988 YZR500 this is what I remember when I think back to GP racing and I thought that bike was beautiful, and I still do. .

And this model too...

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**HenryDorsetCase** · 8th April 2011, 15:39

Spencer's 1983 NS500. Three cylinder two stroke: less power,plus better handling + Spencer = world championship.

Best looking bike ever: the star wheels, and the HRC paintscheme: before it was covered in horrible cigarette packet advertising.

**James Deuce** · 8th April 2011, 16:06

RC30.

This is the exact model I had. Mine was bike 189 and had the black mirrors and soft valve seats.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 8th April 2011, 16:11

Originally Posted by James Deuce

RC30.

This is the exact model I had. Mine was bike 189 and had the black mirrors and soft valve seats.

my PC desktop wallpaper is a cutaway painting of that bike in that colour scheme.

mmmmhmmmmm.

**James Deuce** · 8th April 2011, 16:14

Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase

my PC desktop wallpaper is a cutaway painting of that bike in that colour scheme.

mmmmhmmmmm.

Same paintjob for mine. Those forks are still the best I've ever experienced on any bike. You could feel travel, compression, rebound actually happening through your fingertips and ride accordingly.

**george formby** · 8th April 2011, 16:23

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

should make a grown man piss his pants from 5m away.Attachment 236181

It's a worry I so often agree with you. I was scratching my head on how to find a piccie & voila!

**Metastable** · 8th April 2011, 16:34

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

And this model too...

If you ever want a YZR500 replica..... there is this local guy that will make a 500cc 2 stroke replica (that actually has a 500cc 2-stroke engine), that isn't too far off the mark.
website: http://www.adjustmenttech.net
Picture: http://www.adjustmenttech.net/images...tr_yzr5009.jpg

Although, considering you are a Suzuki dealer, you might want to get this instead.

http://www.adjustmenttech.net/images...0/atrrg500.jpg