1984 Suzuki RG 500 Mk 11

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vintagemunro Store Don’t mind the low feedback – I trade commercially as loudbikesteve on eBay and enjoy an excellent reputation. I set this account up to keep my personal stuff separate from my business stuff.. I’m listing this 1984 Suzuki RG500 Mk 11 for a very good friend who’s not very computer savvy. I’ve personally seen the machines and took the listing photos last summer. This Suzuki RG500 has some interesting history – raced by Trevor Nation in the 1986 TT. From RealRoadRacing.Com: "The Senior Race was even more exciting, and so nearly provided the highlight of Trevor's racing career. He took the RG500 Suzuki into the lead by Ballaugh on the first lap after early leader Steve Cull retired, and soon overtook Joey Dunlop on the road on his way to a cracking lap of 116.55mph. Joey emerged from the lap 2 pit stops just ahead on the road, but Trevor soon passed him again to lead Roger Marshall by a slender 2 seconds in the race. A great dice on the roads between Trevor and Joey then followed during laps 3 and 4, but as Trevor pulled away he appeared to be in command, leading the race by 13 seconds, when disaster struck. At the 32nd Milestone on lap 4 the bike suddenly expired, apparently out of fuel and Trevor could only look on in despair as Roger Burnett took advantage of problems for Marshall and Dunlop to take the win." George Beale restored the machine, which was acquired by Kevin Wilson; who ran it at the Isle of Man Jurby circuit and then brought it over to Canada. It was then purchased by the current owner who ran it at a track day at Mosport in Ontario, Canada about 8 years ago and then decommissioned it (fogged and drained). The machine is one of three built by Padgets in '86 through Suzuki under contract as a factory MK11 with a MK 9 power valve engine. One was built for George Farlow, one for Trevor Nation, and one for Darren Dixon. Original cases #: rgb500-10150, rebuilt cases #: rgb500-10501 and Harris frame # HPMK.102. The bike includes the factory manual, parts catalogue and a stack of documentation. High resolution pics are available HERE.If you have zero feedback, please contact me before submitting a bid. Any questions, feel free to email me (I’ll gladly give you my phone number if you need to chat). Good luck with your bid!