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 …
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 …
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 …
Number 56 in the 1974 Senior TT at Governor’s Bridge, is Steve Tonkin who retired during the race. Steve went on to become 250cc British Champion and 1981 250 TT winner on an Armstrong. Martin Crooks’ dreaming on the 2000 500GP winning RGV Suzuki Charlie Williams “The newspaper cutting of Les Trotter has me on …
SUZUKI 500 FANATICS The factory racers – the TR500 – Air-cooled and water-cooled 1971 Daytona TR500The TR500 found its origins in… Boulogne, France. Pierre Bonnet was the French Suzuki distributor and the works team indeed was based there for their first serious onslaught on the Grand Prix world in 1962. By 1967 Jacques Roca, a …
Hi-Tac’s Suzuki 500 In 1972 Peter Inchley, ex-Norvil chief, went his own way with the Hi-Tac organisation. Hi-Tac produced kits for several two-stroke machines including the T500. Peter Inchley saw the need to stabilise two-stroke engine performance by water-cooling the engines. He made no porting modifications to increase performance but sought to control the temperature …
Jack Findlay and the Jada Jack leads Agostini in the 1972 Swedish 500 GP Jack on the Jada Suzuki In 1972 Jack Findlay and Daniele Fontana built a new chassis for Jack’s 500 Suzuki motor. It was lighter and stronger than the factory frame and more purpose built than his Seeley. They called the bike …