Search Results for: RG500

Talking to the men who grappled on the racetrack with the 652cc Suzuki XR23 in its various guises, elicits a variety of reactions ranging from satisfaction to disgust. It is …
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We will call this one an “unofficial” Wes Cooley edition because Suzuki never actually marketed the bike a Wes Cooley GS1000S. It was simply a blue and white S version …
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On July 12th, 1992, a modern two-wheeled fairy-tale came true. In a brave and tactically brilliant display of wet-weather riding on a drying track, four-time World champion Eddie Lawson won …
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Just over twenty years ago, on December 13, 2001, the motorcycle world lost one of its greatest free thinkers and most innovative engineers, when 46-year old Frenchman Claude Fior was …
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Earlier this year I showed you the RZV500R and my RG500 resto jobs. Well, I also had the pleasure of doing up a mate’s TZR250. Now, this was no ordinary …
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In late 1999 Heather and I were living day to day in Sydney, me a bike courier trying to get a start in journalism, and Heather working a city office …
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I have to admit that I am a certified RZ nutter. My first road bike was an RZ250FN and I’ve had a few RZs over the years as well as …
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For 1972 Harald Bartol acquired the ex-works Suzuki RZ64 twin on which Germany’s Dieter Braun had won the 1970 125cc World title, and Barry Sheene had finished a close runner-up …
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The annual Shannons Club Online Show and Shine Competition is here, and it’s bigger than ever, with a huge $37,500 in cash prizes up for grabs! You can also nominate …
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I hope you are well and got some riding done between the flames, then floods, the killer beer flu thing and the completely mental dunny roll war. Me? I did. …
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