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Suzuki T500/GT500 article – Old Bike Australia
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Willie Hardin & US Suzuki in the late 60s/early 70s – Photo Gallery 1
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. Ron Grant and Art Bauman had competed on a couple of new TR500s before the […]
Willie Hardin & US Suzuki – Photo Gallery 2
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 put it in the back of my ’69 Ford Econoline and headed for Adelanto after […]
Joe Eastmure and the controversial 1972 Castrol 6 Hour Production Race
Suzuki Snapshots Joe Eastmure and the 1972 Castrol Six Hour Production Race at Amaroo, New South Wales, Australia. The giant-killing Suzuki 315 and the controversy that dogged the finish. The 1972 Castrol 6 Hour Race Recollections by Joe Eastmure Joe Eastmure receiving line honours before the “sh.. hit the fan” These are my recollections […]
Suzuki sweeps the field in 1968 12 Hour Endurance Race – Willow Springs
Ron Grant won the 500cc Class on a Cobra T500, Willie Hardin won the 100cc Class on a Suzuki
Floyd Emde Suzuki T500 Rickman Metisse
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 for 1968″…..with a quick mention as follows….. “Floyd Emde has entered his 500-cc Suzuki-Metisse, which […]
South African Legends
In Feb this year the owners of the Zwartkop Raceway, in Pretoria, South Africa, hosted a classic racie bike day, where the feature event was ”SA Legends“ As many South African Champions as possible were contacted to take part, and the result was an amazing collection of over 35 past South African motorcycle champions, many […]
Ken Rick’s Suzuki TR500 MkII
Ken claimed this machine was raced to victory in the 1973/74 Marlboro Series in New Zealand by Dale Wylie, but that claim is disputed. Ken’s seat is not standard.The standard seat can be seen below in the shot of Jack Findlay’s TR500II pictured in 1973. (Picture borrowed from Ray Battersby’s book Team Suzuki)
Ralph Hudson’s TR500
Hello, I have a TR500 with a Steve Roberts frame that I got from Geoff Perry in 1972. I was able to get some parts out the back door at Suzuki when they got the TR750’s and sent the 500 parts to the crusher. I’ve been racing in AHRMA with it for about 4 yrs, […]
Ralph Hudson’s TR500
Suzuki Snapshots Ralph Hudson’s TR500 2003 Geoff Perry helped me put this bike together back in ’72 to campaign in the states on the AMA circuit. The advent of the TZ700 made the 500 uncompetitive on a national level, so it was retired at the end of ’73. I just took it out of the […]
Ex Pat Hennan TR500-III
Following 2 photos show Pat Hennan on the TR500III at Laverton, Victoria, Australia in 1976. Photos by John Dayhew
Tony Marasco – racing Suzuki
Tony raced with the Historic Motorcycle Racing Association, Victoria, Australia in the 1990s.
Dave Maskell’s Seeley TR500
Pictures and technical info on a water-cooled Seeley TR500 from the UK by David Maskell I bought new Seeley Suzuki at the start of the 72 season from Eddie Crooks, complete rolling chassis £350, new std T500 engine £250 with racing parts in exchange for std road parts returned – that’s some of the help […]
Philip de Gruchy’s TR500
South African TR500 HISTORY OF SUZUKI TR500 ENGINE NO. TR10028 This SUZUKI racing motorcycle was one of (2) two bikes supplied to sponsored riders in South Africa in 1972 and arrived by ship at Durban harbour on the 19 th of December. The sponsored riders who were allocated the bikes were Jon Ekerold and Les van Breda, […]
Gerard Kampen’s T500 racer
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 am going to race it here in classic events. In complete Sheene style, with replica […]
Seeley T500 racers at Wanneroo Western Australia
Seeley framed T500 Suzuki racebikes seen at Wanneroo Western Australia Jack Coyle Martin Pearson
DRESDA SUZUKI 500 RACER – Spike Livingstone
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) tr500 lump with a standard gearbox…. Finished build in time for first outing in classic […]
Les van Breda – TR500 & XR500 (TR500 MkII)
This is Les van Breda multiple South African Motorcycle Champion. The Blue bike is my XR05 (ready to run at last!), and the wine red bike you have featured before is Phil de Gruchy’s air cooled TR500. Les won South African championships on both of these bikes. He says the watercooled XR05 had a great […]
Tragic loss of Cal Rayborn
Some discussion online: There was an element of trying to get any chance he could to get on a Suzuki and get cracking. I felt that his supposed signing for Suzuki indicated that he intended to specialise in roadracing rather than pursuing the Grand National AMA series, so there was no longer any need to […]
Ron Grant T500 Hot-up Tips
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 in primary transportation going to and from work, school or other day to day duties. […]
