Suzuki RG500 Gamma Bikes For Sale

Specs

• Seat Height: Low (770 mm / 30.3 inches)
• Weight: Average (173 kg / 381 lbs)
• Fuel Capacity: Very High (22.0 litres / 5.8 US gallons)
• Economy: Poor (35 mpg / 8.1 l/100km / 12.4 km/l)
• Range: High (170 miles / 274 km)
• Top Speed: High (145 mph / 233 km/h)
• Capacity: Average (498 cc)
• Power: Average (95 bhp / 71 kW)
• Power to Weight: High (0.549 bhp/kg / 0.409 kW/kg)
• Redline: Average (10,000 rpm)
• Road Tax / VED: High (£73 Per Year)

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What Is It?

The Suzuki RG500 Gamma is a dedicated sports bike and is powered by liquid cooled 498 cc square four two-stroke engine, producing 95 bhp at 9,500 rpm and maximum torque at 8,000 rpm.

Features include:

• Aluminium box-section frame and swingarm
• Dual 260 mm discs up front with four piston calipers
• 210 mm disc at the rear with two piston caliper
• 38 mm fork with anti-dive system, pre-load adjustment and 130 mm travel
• Full-floater rear shock with pre-load adjustment and 127 mm travel
• Suzuki Automatic Exhaust Control (SAEC)
• Suzuki Intake Power Chamber (SIPC)
• Mikuni VM28SH carbs
• Kick starter
• 6 speed gearbox

Square four engines are quite rare, compared to the more spaced out V4 designs, because the two banks of cylinders are so close that cooling and input / output can be difficult to design in.

The Gamma is considered to be one of best final two-stroke designs, before being killed off by increasingly strict Euro regulations. Part of the appeal is the four separate exhausts, with two under the seat and two down low.

The 6-spoke 16" front wheel takes a 110/90 tyre and the rear 17" a 120/90.

Colours: Blue/white, red/white/blue, red/black (Walter Wolf special edition)

Sheene is a 2017 movie based on Barry Sheene and the 1976 XR14 race bike.

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