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"Fully restored"? 

someone has scarlet fever
At least he was thorough enough to paint the kickstand red too. He missed the stand relocation bracket though
That looks just wrong with the headlight bucket, fork ears, triple tree, kickstand, chain guard, rear fender, and tail light bracket all painted red!

Rumors are circulating that Suzuki will be ending their MotoGP efforts after this season, despite a contract with Dorna to field a factory team through the 2026 season. Apparently the team held and internal meeting early this week to announce it internally. Should they depart, it is suspected that Mir could move over to Repsol Honda to take Pol Esparago's seat.

It will be interesting to see what happens. MotoGP is better with Suzuki competing, I hope they decide to stay.

Yes both the AR50 & AR80 were sold here. The 80 is more rare though.
A 125 was never sold in North America.

[No Reserve: 1965 Bultaco TSS 250 Ulster Grand Prix Winner]

(not mine)

No Reserve: 1965 Bultaco TSS 250 Ulster Grand Prix Winner
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-bultaco-racer-tss/

[1985 Renault R5 Turbo 2 Type 8221]

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1985 Renault R5 Turbo 2 Type 8221
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-renault-r5-turbo-2-11
"... it was owned by documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, whose credits include 1966's The Endless Summer, when it was parked around 2000."

Pretty awesome! It's been a long time coming. Hopefully this is the start or many for Joe, Cam, and SDK.
Joe16 
https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2022/04/26/unseen-i-was-crying-on-the-straight-joe-roberts/417341

[No Reserve: 35-Years-Owned 1964 Fuji Go-Devil]

(not mine)
And another one pops up for sale. NOS

No Reserve: 35-Years-Owned 1964 Fuji Go-Devil
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-fuji-go-devil/

Have fun! Take pics.
Jealous I can't join in

Congrats on finishing the project. It sounds great! Looking forward to seeing some pics of it

Nice bike.  At 60 hp, must be a blast to ride! 

I wonder how much it will go for? 

I believe this one has not been derestricted so it's still 45HP.
I'm guessing it goes for $12.5K

While watching YouTube last night I came across this video on the Iconic channel

[1992 Suzuki RGV250 Lucky Strike]

(not mine)

1992 Suzuki RGV250 Lucky Strike
https://iconicmotorbikeauctions.com/auction/1992-suzuki-rgv250-lucky-strike/

I would love to have an AR80! Pretty rare and not something you would want to modify or hack up. You see way more AR50s than 80s and even those are hard to come by.

Measurements from my RD125B and confirmed on a CS5 that I'm currently working on.
Width: 29"
Height: 8"
Pull back: 5"
Center clamping area: 6"

[EDIT:]

same last 5 digits.

First 3 are different.

If the part number is not the exactly same they are not identical parts. However, that's not saying that they may or may not fit OK.

337-26111-00-00 HANDLEBAR - RD125, RD200, RS100, CS5
2L0-26111-00-00 HANDLEBAR - RD400, RD250, RD350. R5, DS7, XS400, XS650, XJ550

The first three numbers is the part family, typically the model where the part was first used. Obviously these two parts are made for different models and therefore not the same. The second group of numbers (26111) denotes the part location, so all handlebars will contain this sequence. "2" is for frame section, "61" is for the part location on the bike, and the "11" is the actual part number.
The 9th character identifies changes or variations from the original part number. For example, 0 for standard bars and 1 for high bars.
And the 10th character is for design code changes.

I don't have both sets of bars here to compare but I would guess that the RD125 bars are smaller overall (narrower and not quite as high) but very similar in bend. I can measure my OEM RD125 bars if you would like.

EDIT:
Forgot to include superseded parts. The currently listed bars for the RD400 were actually superseded a few times from the original part number:
278-26111-00-00
278-26111-01-00
278-26111-02-00
2L0-26111-00-00
(And the XS650C bars 584-26111-00-00 were also superseded to the current 2L0 part)

The RD125 bars started life as a YR1/YR2 bar with part number 156-26111-00-00 before being changed to 337-26111-00-00
156-26111-10-00 HANDLEBAR - YR1 YR2, DS6, YDS6, YM2C, YR2C
There was a high version for this bar: 156-26111-10-00 HANDLEBAR, UP - YR1 YR2, DS6, YDS6, YM2C, YR2C, R3

You would be the only one at the local show with one of those!