1986 RG400 for 600 quid. Good deal or not?

[dotti]

There's a 1986 RG400 for sale in the local paper for around 600 quid. Has a pic and looks pretty good... something like this:

https://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/suzuki-history/1986/1986_RG400gamma_250.jpg

Does anybody know much about them? It's not really what I'm looking for, but it seems to be a very realistic price, and being a 400 2-stroke should have plenty of go.

I found these specs on the web:

RG 400 Gamma 1986
Model code: RG400EW-2
Overall length: 2 100 mm (82.7 in)
Overall width: 695 mm (27.4 in)
Overall height: 1 185 mm (46.7 in)
Wheelbase: 1 365 mm (53.7 in)
Dry weight: 157 kg (345 lbs)
Engine type: Water-cooled 397 cc 2-stroke square-4. 59 hp/ 9.000 rpm, 4,9 kg-m/ 8.500 rpm.

Opinions/experiences please.
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[Flip]

Can you still get spare parts for them? (considering their age).

If you crash it, you might be unable to get parts.

Pesonally I would stay in the 90's upwards

[dotti]

From experience older bikes (80's up anyway) are generally easier to get parts for, owing to the number of bikes that have been crashed over the years and sitting in wreckers waiting for somebody to come in and claim them. I don't know how many of these were made though, so it could well be difficult to find parts. Will ask the local wrecker/Suzuki dealer.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Japanese market version of the RG500. Pretty much the same except the engine (and you cannot just swap the barrels). Think Stan Stephens did a 475cc conversion for them.

A more modern 400 would leave it for dead, but (ironically) and old one of these is probably more flexable.

Handing was good at the time, 20 years ago, but tyre choice will be limited.

All the best

Keith
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[mrchips]

Been thrashed from cold for the last 19 years then.
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