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Classic Test: Suzuki RG500 v Yamaha RD500LC
By Visordown on 21/12/2011 10:13:05
It’s 1985 and the biking public are crying out for replicas of the Grand Prix bikes that are thrilling them on TV. So Yamaha and Suzuki call their bluff
– the mighty RD500LC. It’s got the engine configuration, the right capacity and even the looks of Kenny Roberts 0W-70 works GP racer of the previous season. KR may not have won that 500 Championship (Freddie Spencer elbowed the King out by just two points
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Motorcycle Radar: 1984
By Roland Brown on 22/11/2010 15:21:24
Roland Brown takes a look back at what was happening in 1984
, that had to work so hard to keep up that two of the bikes conked out...Also Starred...Amid so much hot new machinery it’s difficult to know where to start. Yamaha’s RD500LC was a V4 street-legal replica of new 500cc world champ Eddie Lawson’s grand prix
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