I forgot to add that while your RH is appreciating in value you can and should race it. Dave Tanner races his and Barry wasn't backwards at giving his a good old thrashing. I had the pleasure of knowing Barry and he had the philosophy that not only did the public deserve to see such pieces of history, they deserved to see them as they were intended, being raced.
I love to see these rare bikes in action but we also have to realise that parts for some of this exotica are almost impossible to find any more. I think that's why Dave rarely brings the RN out these days. While my far from rare DT1 Yamaha has never been started and could be considered a garage queen, my Ducati and upcoming Cheney Yamaha, while not really being in the RH/RN financial class but still very rare, are most definitely going to be raced. The engine in Jonsey's Black Betty is as rare as chicken lips but most of us know just what a hard life she gets on the track. Alan is also building a Monark GP 500 works bike from the same stable as the Sten Lundin Lito that's featured in the next issue of VMX that'll owe him in excess of 30k and he fully intends to race it. His philosophy is the same as that of Dave and Barrys. Let the public see, hear, touch and watch them perform as they were originally intended.
A slight detour from the above rant....I always thought that the tank graphics on Barrys bike as shown for sale are actually the RH72 design. Dave Tanners RH74 has similar graphics to the '74 TM. Can any of you Suzuki experts fill me in on what is correct? What model RH was Joel riding at CD5? Dave, are you there?
