Suzuki RE5
MagicRat
08-21-2005, 09:51 AM
Hello,
Does anyone here have any experience with these bikes?
It's a rotary engine machine, (think Mazda RX7) high tech (for the time), heavy (560 lbs), slow, (67hp) and almost completely unique.
They were only made in '76 and '77, and sold in small numbers.
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=39
I have found one for sale and I'm wondering about their value.
Around here, Japanese bikes from the 70's are cheap. I would have thought nobody would want one (lowering the price) unless the owner thinks its really collectible, so he might hang on to it, thinking he'll get big$$$.
It might be cool to take of the tank badges and go to a bike meet. Chances are nobody would know what it was.
Does anyone here have any experience with these bikes?
It's a rotary engine machine, (think Mazda RX7) high tech (for the time), heavy (560 lbs), slow, (67hp) and almost completely unique.
They were only made in '76 and '77, and sold in small numbers.
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=39
I have found one for sale and I'm wondering about their value.
Around here, Japanese bikes from the 70's are cheap. I would have thought nobody would want one (lowering the price) unless the owner thinks its really collectible, so he might hang on to it, thinking he'll get big$$$.
It might be cool to take of the tank badges and go to a bike meet. Chances are nobody would know what it was.
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