I saw a Suzuki RE5 Rotary yesterday

skids · Post by **skids** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:15 am

It was immaculate.
It was the first time I saw one in person, every nook and cranny is filled with engine on that bike no wonder it weighs 500 lbs. He said it drank gas at 15 to 25 miles to the gallon.

rngdng · Post by **rngdng** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:23 am

Yes, they were quite complicated. I was looking at FrankT's Hercules Wankel at Deals Gap, and it's so simple. I would rather have one of those.

Lane

H2RICK · Post by **H2RICK** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:17 pm

and it's so simple.

The only thing is that cooling fan......ya gotta watch your fingers and other bits when working around it.

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:13 pm

How bizzare that this subject should come up today!! On saturday I and my brother in law, Ron, went on a road trip to greater downtown Pincher Creek AB, and came home with a very nice original '75 RE5 with all of 6800 mi on the clock. The only flaw is a poorly recovered seat, but the seat pan is like new. Original front IRC tire, and a Michelin on the rear that is hard as a rock. It's blue like Allen's, and it runs like a charm. I'm suitably pleased. I look forward to putting some miles on it, and comparing it to the '76 which is in the process of having Lester mags installed, as inspired by Tim's. All in all, a fair tradeoff to not making it to Deals Gap. It is definitely on my list of places to ride to. Cheers.
Fred

Post by **Suzsmokeyallan** » Mon May 11, 2009 12:06 pm

SWEEET,,,, its all in the pics you know, so lets see some please, especially a blue RE5.

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:25 pm

Allan
Here is one of the first shots of the bike before I loaded it into the truck and took it home.

Fred

H2RICK · Post by **H2RICK** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:49 am

Well, Fred, maybe you'll get a new nickname as the "RE5 King" or something like that after this acquisition.

Nice catch.
Great avatar, BTW......