Suzuki GT/T500 engine tune-up and maintenance details Carburetor Carburetor specs T500III, R T500J T500K, L, M, GT500A, B Carburetor VM32SC VM32SC VM32SC Main jet 150 150 97.5 Needle jet P-5 P-5 (right) P-4 (left) P-4 Needle (last no. indicates needle clip position counting from top groove 5FP8-3 5FP8-3 5FP17-3 Pilot jet 30 30 30 Throttle …
Suzuki GT/T500 torque settings Item Quantity kg cm lb ft Front axle nut 1 650 47 Fork lower triple clamp fixing bolt 2 200 14 Steering stem head fitting bolt 3 250 18 Handlebar clamp bolt 4 130 9.5 Spark plug 2 200 14 Cylinder head nuts long 8 350 25 Cylinder head bolts short …
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 …
Suzuki T500 gearbox oil level modification The most requested page in Suzuki 500 history! The following pics demonstrate how the lower crankcase on a pre-1973 T500 needs to be modified to increase the amount of gearbox oil that actually stays in the gearbox. This is what will happen if you don’t keep your gearbox level …
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 …
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 …
Kiwi Glen Morgan has subjected the process of building expansion chambers for the 500 Suzuki to close scrutiny. Read on …. By Glen Morgan In the process of working on my own T500 project I’ve met a few others with similar intentions. The exhaust system seems to have presented a problem for a few people. …
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. …