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Marque Remarks => Suzuki => Topic started by: Toolboy on March 12, 2012, 07:11:19 pm

Title: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: Toolboy on March 12, 2012, 07:11:19 pm: Gday all,

I stumpled across this pic and wondered if anyone knows any info on this bike.

It looks like a 80's T model 125 with 79 N model graphics and an 81 water cooled engine??????????????

Any suggestions??

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/Airfireman/harry20everts20suzuki.jpg)

Tim
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: Lozza on March 12, 2012, 07:33:18 pm: The RA125 1980 was twin shock water cooled in the All Japan Championship they had the Full Floater already. I wonder if Harry was happy with the twin shock as 81 production RM was water cooled full floater.
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: JohnnyO on March 12, 2012, 07:37:09 pm: It's a '79 factory Suzuki... they were several years ahead of production bikes.
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: oldyzman on March 12, 2012, 09:02:23 pm: NIce unit, still have the hope that the stars will align one day and a factory bike will be available to me for a reasonable rate of coin.
Brett
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: Tahitian_Red on March 13, 2012, 04:12:06 am: The day before the Hangtown National MX they run an amateur day and there is a single gate for "Vintage" bikes. There are really no written rules or scrutineering, it's all for fun. A few years back a guy showed up with an '81 RM125 that had been converted to twin-shock. It was meant to be a replica of this factory bike and it was pretty cool looking! I'll see if I have any pics of it somewhere.
:)
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: Lozza on March 13, 2012, 06:45:48 am: Quote from: JohnnyO on March 12, 2012, 07:37:09 pm
It's a '79 factory Suzuki... they were several years ahead of production bikes.

Harry only rode twin shock 125's, water cooling preceded the production RM by a year.

https://picasaweb.google.com/suzukijo03/RA125Suzuki125cc#5508810504729389586
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: Toolboy on March 13, 2012, 08:36:35 am: Thanks a good link Lozza, there is some cool photo's of the RA.

I never knew it existed, so nodoby ran one of these suzi's in Aus????

Tim
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: JohnnyO on March 13, 2012, 08:51:31 am: Quote from: Lozza on March 13, 2012, 06:45:48 am
Quote from: JohnnyO on March 12, 2012, 07:37:09 pm
It's a '79 factory Suzuki... they were several years ahead of production bikes.

Harry only rode twin shock 125's, water cooling preceded the production RM by a year.

https://picasaweb.google.com/suzukijo03/RA125Suzuki125cc#5508810504729389586
That's a '79 RA125... the watercooled RM125X production bike came out in '81.
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: JohnnyO on March 13, 2012, 03:12:15 pm: Quote from: Lozza on March 13, 2012, 06:45:48 am
Quote from: JohnnyO on March 12, 2012, 07:37:09 pm
It's a '79 factory Suzuki... they were several years ahead of production bikes.

Harry only rode twin shock 125's, water cooling preceded the production RM by a year.

https://picasaweb.google.com/suzukijo03/RA125Suzuki125cc#5508810504729389586
Harry Everts watercooled Full Floater RA125
(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/HarryEverts1981.jpg)
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: suzuki27 on March 14, 2012, 08:10:45 pm: I love that '79 RA. Trick bike or what! And Harry's '81 RA looks a lot like the production 84 model.
Title: Re: Harry Everts Factory Bike
Post by: JohnnyO on March 14, 2012, 08:31:44 pm: Quote from: suzuki27 on March 14, 2012, 08:10:45 pm
I love that '79 RA. Trick bike or what! And Harry's '81 RA looks a lot like the production 84 model.
Yeah that '81 RA is years ahead of the RM125X.. they were such trick bikes.