is a rm500 motor worth a lot?

[portland250r]

i have a rm500 motor and the guy said it came out of a runner i am looking for a 86-85 cr500 motor.
i think its worth a lot more than a cr500 because its a rare and hard to come by bike but i hope its like that in a good way.
how much do you think its worth.

if anyones interested id be happy to swap this motor for a cr500 motor.

[Maico]

It's worth more in the bike. There weren't many RM 500's made and were only made for 2 years.

[oldskool83]

if you wanna trade or sell i would try some vintage sites, people will eat that up. www.irondogdirtbikeswapmeet.com is a good one i remeber off the top of my head.

[portland250r]

thanks for the site.
from what i know they were made from 83 to 85.

[code200k]

i dint even know they made an rm500..cool

[Maico]

1983 & 1984 only.

[Dirtcrasher]

Did they hold up better than the quadracer motors did??

[Tri-Z 250]

I had an 81'RM 465...frist yr fullfloater rear. A CR motor will eat that motor up...not to say the motor is weak there just not as impressive as a newer CR watercooled. Rare? sure but even harder to find guys in Bomber Classes running them in Vintage series. Getting parts for those Rm's is as tuff as a Tecate electrical system...so if you could locate a good site you might be able to off it to the right buyer. Goodluck

[jason85atc250r]

i heard that you could special order a quadzilla motor in the rm250.