1978 Suzuki RM400

[opfermanmotors]

yup

Mark's 1978 Suzuki RM 400

[MXLord327]

Fantastic job - the old RM looks great!!  Brings back a lot of memories, my first MX bike was a '78 RM125, and I also had an '82 RM465.  Great bikes back then, and I am sure they are still a blast to ride today!!

[ford832]

Sweet.I always loved the old RM's as well.

[RideRedMx2]

Very cool.......my first big bike was a 75 RM-100 and also had a 78 RM-125 sweet bikes but that 100 sure was loud as hell

[opfermanmotors]

My friend did a good job with it, turned out nice.  IMHO though, the bike is kind of a dog.  It's got decent low end power, but then it just dies off, has no top end.  I rode it a little bit, didn't really have a big bore feel to it at all.  It is a nice bike tho, but I think it would be killed in vintage racing.

[JETZcorp]

I think that would depend a lot on the track.  Whenever I've been at Woodland I always noticed how short all the straights were.  And, it's fairly rare to see someone in vintage actually pushing the bike to anything close to its limit.  95% of all the long-travel Evo monsters got their lap times raped by an old 400 CZ with a fast guy on it.  With a good pair of riders in a nice Expert-level battle, though, that dog might have trouble keeping up with the German Shepherds, if you know what I mean.

[Coop]

I saw this ad and immediately thought of this post  :

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/mcy/1894780404.html

[RideRedMx2]

I saw this ad and immediately thought of this post  :

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/mcy/1894780404.html

Now thats a classic craigslist add.........small hole in the igzost HAHAHA

[Coop]

Yeah it's a real gem,  .

[opfermanmotors]

Haha, my friend lives in Pittsburgh and is thinking he might sell that RM400 if you're interested