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 […]
Tag: 1968
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
Suzuki T500 Cobra Road Test – Cycle Guide – January 1968 – Short wheelbase prototype
Note: short wheelbase
Cobra T500 at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum
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 Motorcycle” All together there are 150 motorcycles of all years and makes on display. I […]
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 […]
