1974 Suzuki RV 125 Van Van Sandbike Survivor

I bid on this bike on e-Bay, was about September 9th 2001. Bid a crazy low bid on it, didn't expect to win the bid.

We all know what happened a few days later, nobody was thinking much about e-bay bidding a few days later. Out of respect for what the country went through that week and to be fair to the seller - I told him that if he didn't want to go through with the deal I would understand. He said no problem, and it has been mine ever since.

But this will always be my 9-11 bike.

I started riding motorcycles in the early 1970's so there are a lot of bikes from that era that I have collected because I wanted them back when I was a kid. I think they call this bike a "van van" in other countries.

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[rover215]

Nice! I'm looking at one of those now but am not sure if I'm gonna go for it due to lack of info out there. Seems they were only in the states for a few years, so not much in the way of parts, support, etc. Anything you know of to be problematic across the board? I have only heard that the RV series (90 and 125) were super reliable.

Nowadays, Skyteam builds replicas but uses Honda 4 stroke clone engines.

[FPVandotherprojects]

@rover215 Thanks for the comment! They are very reliable, about the only things that could be problems are age related issues such as crank seals drying out.

Get a microfiche with the parts numbers and any suzuki dealer may be able to get parts (if you have the part number and ask nice)!

But run good gas with NO alcohol in it, drain the gas and armor all everything (especially the tires) at the end of the season.

And if you run it easy just for fun on sunny days it'll last forever!

[sckoby]

Great video!! I', from Australia and I have one of these, I ride it to work every day, these things are super realiable. You got yourself a super deal, enjoy!