RG500 LIves!!

Well, my Ebay purchase is looking up!

Got everything working this morning and took her for MOT - passed with
flying colours! Mechanic passed verdict that she looked a good'un
mechanically and with a bit of TLC she'd be a peach.

Although on the way to the MOT she started running on only two - after some
fiddling it became apparent that DPO (Dreaded Previous Owner ;o) had not
only lost the main fuse but had routed the fuel pipes incorrectly! Doesn't
run well as a tandem twin.... ;o)

Anyways - haven't given her full beans yeat - although she's really smooth
when she comes 'on cam' (yeah - I know - but you know what I mean!)

After all the interest at the bike shop, the young lad in the petrol station
(18 ish) said 'what the bl**dy 'ells that mate?' He was really impressed
(even though the bike must almost be as old as him) - do Gammas normally
draw a lot of attention? Having said that - it's prolly like my Duke 851 -
always draws a crowd at the Ducati dealer - dispite rows of 916/996/999s. I
guess it's good to be different - but riding the RG today - did feel like I
was riding a bit of motorcycle history...

As this will be a rolling restoration - prolly to absolutely original
condition - I'll be doing some debug rides over the next few weeks - must
warn the local petrol station to stock up ;o)

Sure feels light and flickable comparared to some of my other machines...

Iain (UK)
VF1000F-II Bol d'Or x 1.5, FZR1000 Genesis, Ducati 851, GPz750
Unitrack (in bitz), RD125LC (in bitz) - and now with added RG500 Gamma!
+ Lotus Turbo Esprit and Lotus Elise

 

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Very nice! Let us know what it does to the gallon...

I like that.

 

Hmm, ISTR you are possibly part of the Oxford-isti [1]

If this is the case, do you intend to take the beast to either Cassington or
Ludgershall?

[1] I may be wrong, if so blame the Alzheimers

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Erm - have been led to believe over 30mpg - *if* I take it really easy.
Mechanic from MOT today said he used to get high teens on one he had for a
few weeks...

Still - it's *only* money - just watch out for the hole in the ozone layer
right above my garage! ;o)

Picked that up from the various Lotus groups I've been known to hang out
on - it's a *very* common comment! ;o)

 

You'll not be wrong there - just bordering on the Gloucester-isti [1a]

Dunno yet - depends on what I'm up to with work - and whether I've got as
far as trusting the Gamma to go that distance without exploding! ;o)

Hmmm... and another thing - I think I'm going to *have* to start route
planning via petrol stations...

[1a] 'tween Chippy and Burford...

 

Ahh right, so certainly Cassington should be possible then.

BTW, CIHAGM?

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

I remember doing that with a dodgy GS550, which someone had fitted a
different, and smaller, tank to. Thrashing down the M5, got about 85 miles
from full to reserve. I did once get it to do more'n 100 from full to
reserve, by riding *very* gently - it was sunday, I was in the wilds of
pembrokeshire and half the garages were shut.

 

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:08:10 +0100 If I have seen farther it is
because I have stood on the shoulder of giants "Iain Ogilvie"

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I believe "on the pipe" is the expression you're looking for

As you're in the Cotswolds, and I'm in Cheltenham, we ought to arrange
to meet at this Cassington place Dan mentions - any idea where it is?

I'll bring my 750 turbo.

 

Heh, Cassington is just off the A40 between Witney and Oxford

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)