SUZUKI 500 FANATICS PEI Troubleshooting I’m no expert on electrics, but I get a lot of questions on GT500 electronic ignitions. I’ve found it hard to find anything on GT500 PEI systems. These pages are about the GT250N or X7 PEI. I imagine that they are very similar. Ignition system – no …
Some old shots of Muzza’s Titan racers Muzza Titan 500 No. 189 to the left, away in a cloud of Silkolene Genuine CR750 Honda alloy tank (worth a mint) and a Bromlech 2 into 1 pipe with a Femsa racing ignition, went well and was great to ride. Pulled like a train. Brain Ferguson …
Hottting up the T500 with Ron Grant Willie Hardin from the US Suzuki Racing Team checks the tuning on a T500 Titan Page 2 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 …
Getting a head (or two) by Glen Morgan from New Zealand The stock T500 head is actually a good design for its purpose, but it is a compromise between production costs and performance. The stock head is a shallow section of a hemisphere on top of a low perpendicular wall. Its advantages are that it …
Eric Kalamaja’s Suzuki 500 Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 From: “Eric F. Kalamaja” <sundialm@iag.net> Reply-To: sundialm@iag.net Organization: Sundial Moto Sports Subject: Another T500 Photo</sundialm@iag.net> Hello Murray, Here is one from Daytona 96 3 days after I crashed it at Roebling Road, Savannah, Georgia at 110 miles an hour in practice after one of the british bikes blew …
SUZUKI 500 FANATICS Chris Bradley builds a T500 racer Chris Bradley built a race 500 from a heap of T500 parts. His experience was published in Classic Motorcycle Mechanics in their February 1999 issue. Chris is still living off the proceeds from writing that article and plans a trip into the heart of …
A few pics of the 1974 T500 I built a few years ago. Sadly now sold. It was basically in good condition when I bought it as an American import. All of the chrome was in good condition and it mostly needed only a good clean. Engine was really good, even the piston rings were not …
Andrew Holley’s Suzuki 500 Early History: The bike was bought new by my brother in 1971 as a T500J, after losing his drivers licence for the usual teenage stupidity, he sold it and then I bought it back in Jan 1975. Straight away it gained expansion chambers and clip ons plus home made rearsets. In …
Flexi Flyer: T-500 Vintage Roadracer Project – text by Kris Bernstein Applying state of the art technology to new equipment results in varying degrees of improvement. Applying similar technology to old equipment gives it a new’lease on life. Such is the case in preparing a vintage roadracer, as in this example the Suzuki T-500 Titan. …
Suzuki 500 across the Nullarbor in 1973 From Perth to Canberra – over 2,500 miles, including unsealed roads across the vast, dry and empty Nullarbor Plain (from latin “null arbor” ie no trees) Titan Suzukis on the vast and empty Nullarbor Plain (before the road was sealed) Southern Cross Bullabulling Lake Lefroy Fraser Range Cocklebiddy …
I had forgotten I even had these pictures of me riding the Woodley framed TR500 replica at Wanneroo Raceway in Western Australia (pre digital cameras and rare that pictures were taken). cheers Muzza Copyright reserved: Murray Barnard 1997
TR500 Suzuki water-cooled. Seen at Suzuka 25 May 1997 Photos from Suzuka Race Circuit courtesy Toshihiko Suzuki of Lump Proof Japan Classic Racing Motorcycles “My name is Clive Strugnell, from South Africa. From 1973 to 1986 I used run the Suzuki racing team in South Africa. I was also the marketing and PR manager for …
Some of these were originally posted back in mid-90s so quality is pretty poor unfortunately. 1967/68 T500-I Cobra 1968/69 T500-II 1970 T500-III 1971 T500R 1972 T500J 1973 T500K 1974 T500TT 1974 T500L 1975 T500M 1975 GT500A 1976 GT500B
THE 500 SUZUKI PICTURE GALLERY Updated 23 Feb 97 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. Suzuki GB did a special based on the GT500, with rearsets, alloy wheels and fairing which …
Motorcycle Mechanics on the way to and at the Isle of Man – 1971 Images and text drawn from MCM of August 1971 All our dreams. hopes and aspirations went crashing down the hill at Paddock Bend with Martyn Ishwood when he was scooped off the track at Brands Hatch by an out-of-control bike. Martyn …
Jack Findlay No rider is more closely associated with the racing Suzuki 500 than Jack Findlay. Jack Findlay, a European-based Australian won 3 world championship races, two as a privateer and was a keen devotee to the Isle of Man and the Ulster GP. He twice captured the unofficial title of best privateer in the …
Hi Murray, as promised the story of my experience of a great sporting relationship with Eddie Crooks, Frank Whiteway, Stan Woods, Les Trotter, the late Danny Shimmin and many others who rode Crooks’ Suzuki’s during the classic 60s and 70s. when we all raced for the love of the sport, particularly in the greatest …
Crooks Suzuki 500 Piet Hogervorst and his Crooks Suzuki T500 in 1973. Piet rode this machine in long distance races such as the Barcelona 24 hours and the Thruxton 500.
Frank Whiteway and the 1970 Production TT Frank very kindly shares his experiences on TR250s and the T500 from 1967-70 1970 Production TT winner Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 Subject: Crooks-Suzuki Frank Whiteway, Barrow-in-Furness. Dear Murray !967 Manx TR250 I regret to say that my recollection of specific machine details is a bit …