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The '''Suzuki RG500''' Gamma was a [[motorcycle]] built by [[Suzuki]] between 1985 and 1987 and inspired by the RG Gamma [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] racer of the 1970s, capitalizing on Suzuki's seven consecutive constructors title wins in the 500 cc-class. The Gamma was powered by a two stroke, rotary valve, twin crank, [[U_engine|square four engine]] displacing 498 cubic centimeters. The power output was 93.7bhp at 9,500 RPM. The [[engine]] employed [[liquid-cooling]] by means of a front-mounted radiator with a thermostatic control. Suzuki employed an aluminum boxsection frame with castings for the headstock and swinging arm for the Gamma. The front suspension had pre-load adjust and an anti-dive system called "POSI DAMP" to control the tendency of a motorcycle's nose to dive under braking. At the rear the full-floater suspension design used dual-swingarms. The motorcycle weighed 154kg dry. | |||
The bike was also offered as a RG400 mainly for the Asian markets. | |||
== Production numbers == | |||
{| class="wikitable" border="1" | |||
|- | |||
! Model | |||
! 1985 | |||
! 1986 | |||
! 1987 | |||
! Total | |||
|- | |||
| RG500 | |||
| 7340 | |||
| 1412 | |||
| 532 | |||
| 9284 | |||
|- | |||
| RG400 | |||
| 5002 | |||
| 863 | |||
| 348 | |||
| 6213 | |||
|} | |||
[[Category:Suzuki motorcycles|RG500]] | |||
==1980== | ==1980== | ||
[[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-0.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-1.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-2.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-3.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-4.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-5.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-6.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]] | [[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-0.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-1.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-2.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-3.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-4.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-5.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]][[Image:1980-Suzuki-RG500-Blue-8010-6.jpg|left|thumb|1980 Suzuki RG500 in Blue]] | ||