A couple of days ago I shared a ’82 Suzuki RGB500, and commenter RoadRash left a note about a couple of videos that Suzuki had released detailing the restoration process of Barry Sheene’s XR14 RG500 – the bike he won the 1976 World Championship with. Get a cup of coffee out and give these two videos the next 10 minutes of your life:
The work was done by Nigel Everett (a former GP tech) and Martyn Ogborne – the latter of was Barry’s tech himself. Impressively, Ogborne was with Suzuki until just last year, retiring as Technical Manager for Suzuki Great Britain. Enjoy!
Part 1:
Part 2: