Suzuki Snapshots William Hardin William (Willie) Hardin worked for U.S. Suzuki Motor Corp. from 1969-74 and has shared the following photos with us. Above photo is from the early 70’s. It was taken at Orange County Raceway in Sth’n California.
Willie on a 1970 Suzuki TS90 at Adelanto Raceway April 13, 1969 Suzuki TS250 at Adelanto Raceway April 13, 1969 – I was still working at Dale Brown Motors in Long Beach Callifornia when I bought my first 250. I
Factory photo of the Suzuki TR750 Track testing the TR750 GT750 Trackmaster framed 500 – San Jose Mile Willie Hardin on a T250 Suzuki at Ontario “These are a few “Vintage” photos. We were in the studio in Los Angeles
1975 Suzuki T500M Torture Test Big Bike Magazine A rather strange test from 1975 – the rider underwent an unusual process to test the durability of the T500 – why they waited until 1975 (8 years after the bike was
Classic Suzuki Two-Strokes WWW.OZEBOOK.COM Bill‘s T500K – USA Immaculate and only 700 miles on the clock! Lucky Bill. Bill Moore lives in California and has a fine collection of bikes. Some of Bill’s other beasts….
Muzza’s T500L Gallery The Midnight Express T500 now graces Muzza’s garage. The Ted Harris restored T500L looks good for now but not for long once Muzza gets his greasy mitts on it! I couldn’t keep Muzza Jnr off the
Ted Harris’ T500K Restoration Ted, who lives in perth Western Australia, is a brilliant mechanic and a perfectionist when it comes to restoration…Ted has spent countless hours and over $6,500 (in 2004) in new parts and rebuilding to arrive at his
Gazza’s scrapbook 1974 Suzuki T500L (extract from Motorcycle Sport – July 1974) “Motorcycle Sport” July 1974 It wasn’t very long ago that the Suzuki Cobra 500cc two stroke twin was being brandished by Suzuki as the hottest thing on
Here’s a picture of my 1974 K-model T500. When I was about 12 years of age (1974) I fell in love with this impressive bike. Now I am 41 years old and I decided to buy one. Next to my
Hi, here are two pictures about my SUZUKI T500J…green and white, built in 1972, also my GT500A and GT750B, thanks, Daniel from Courbevoie, FRANCE GT500A GT750B
Hi Muzza, I’m a Suzuki two stroke fan having had many in my younger years and currently have a 1970 T500-3, 1971 TS125, and a Kawasaki 175 F7 which are all complete and running nicely. I recently bought a 1973
Tony Jarvis wrote: “Down the road from me here in a place called Wetaskawin is a Transportation Museum called the Reynolds-Alberta Museum. Starting on May 14th this year they opened a two year display called “Life and Times of the
Got this info from Hyside Racing about their pipes and some pics….. “The spec I am running on my T500 is actually TR750 spec, my cylinders are ported to T500 race spec, which was sent out by the factory back
SUZUKI COBRA (T500-1) INTRODUCTION FALL, 1967 Just think….it’s Fall, 1967….a time before a lot of you were born. The world was a lot different then than now, wasn’t it ?? Well….kind of. Canada was celebrating its centennial as a country,
This one will be code name Trojan………. don’t ask why. It’s what popped into my mind. Never owning a sport bike and not wanting to go to 4 Stroke squid Bikes I’ve decided to build my own almost modern 2
Tim Hart’s T500 Cafe Racer THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE MY 73 T500 Café racer, I live in Kent U.K. and have a collection of bikes but this is my current favourite ..I forgot how much fun old two
Suzuki Snapshots Henri Goodman 1971 T500 for your web site. Started as a basket case, and has taken a few years and a lot of money to finish. Rickman fairing and parts from a lot of different bikes purchased from
WWW.OZEBOOK.COM Jan Kronslev’s Cafe racer Its in Danish but I thought that you would like the attached article for your collection. Its about my T500 and was published in the Danish magazine BIKE April 2005. Since last I have done a
Suzuki Snapshots Jan Kronslev from Copenhagen and his friend Kim Nikolaisen’s T500 specials The start of the project & below, the final product. Below – Kim Nikolaisen’s extremely modified T500 “With factory exhaust and cylinders and 145 kg dry, I can
A Suzuki Italy special model. They also did a limited edition called the Vallelunga based on the GT750, ten to full TR750 works spec. and a hundred less potent look-alikes. – great tank, GT750 drum brake, rear sets etc. Umberto wrote
She’s painted. Photo doesn’t do it justice. Waddya think. I’m just outright grateful to my Dad for the paint and polish…. I’m too frightened to ride the thing now!!! What if it gets oily and dirty! Many thanks too my
Floyd Emde Suzuki T500 Rickman Metisse A rare pic of a Rickman Metisse Suzuki 500 raced by Floyd Emde… From the April ’68 issue of Cycle World on pages 66 and 67 comes an article titled “Daytona:The Men and Machines
Simon Horder has moved to Perth, Western Australia from the UK and brought a T500J with him to restore. The bike has now been restored and is a credit to Simon’s dedication to the task.
Hi there muzza. (pardon me for my bad English but I am Dutch) Like I promised iI would send you some pictures of my T500. I used lot’s of your info and still am. (Thanks for that man). I got
Brian wrote on 8 Nov 2001 – Attached is a pic of my 1974/75 T500L/M. I came across this bike while I was working in a BMW motorcycle shop. A customer came in one day and wanted to buy
GT 500 from previous picture. The engine have been tuned, All Speed exhaust system, GT 750 double disc front fork, Nico Bakker fairing, Raask footrest system and Kawasaki Z 650 saddle. Now all parts have been painted, and the fairing
Hi, Just finished restoring my fathers t500, The bike stayed in the backyard under a tarp for 7 years before i decide to take a look at it. Changed the battery, Removed the heads and cleaned the tops
“I bought it in about 98 and it was a complete basket case. I think it had been around Australia 5 times, the electrics had caught fire and then it was left out in the weather for a couple of
Robert Echard Lanham Maryland USA Robert’s T500 is a 1970 with an original paint job from the 70s including the essential accessory of the time, a bikini fairing.
Sukidookie has supplied some pics of his great T500 based racer….. “Here are some pictures and info on my bike. ere’s my story: I picked the bike up for free from someone that just had it rusting away in the
My name is Gerard Kampen and i live in Holland, I am a great Barry Sheene fan, I have raced motorbikes here in Holland from 1977 until 1982. At this moment I am building a Suzuki TR500 replica and I
Spike Livingstone shared this pic with us….of his rare Dresda race framed Suzuki 500…back in 2006 Hi Muzza, bought chassis from TGA racing at the end of `04 and put what should have been a very quick (according to seller)
TWIN LEADING SHOE BRAKES A step by step guide to a super stopper. 1. Assemble all new parts likely to be needed before doing anything – usually shoes and cable. 2. Remove wheel and note relationship of cams, levers and
It is imperative that the leading edge of each brake shoe comes into contact with the brake drum simultaneously, if maximum braking efficiency is to be achieved. Check by detaching the clevis pin from the eye of one end of
Hotting up the T500 with Ron Grant Ron Grant shares his tuning secrets Over the past few years a multitude of Suzuki 500s have been sold to a vast cross section of riders, the majority of which were basically interested
Titan Suzukis on the vast and empty Nullarbor Plain (well before the road was sealed) Riders: Carl on red ’72 T500J, Murray Barnard on green ’72 T500J. The mighty T500s survived 265 miles of unsealed road on the remote Nullarbor
Technical tips VIBRATION REMEDY: Remove the engine and counterbore the engine casings to accept the GT750 rubber engine mounts , the mounting lugs on the T500 frame have to be sleeved down with small rings ( knurled and hardened bushes)