anyone have any experience with suszuki t500's????

http://www.suzukicycles.org/T-series/T500.shtml

I have a dead Suzi T350 I got from G V Gordon... haven't gotten to looking at what's wrong with it yet.



I used to have a '74 GT250 as my only transportation for about a year. Kept up in city traffic, You know what size I am, I was 80lbs lighter then and I would still go through the clutch.

Had to keep at least one set of plugs under the seat at all times... it would oil foul the plugs at the drop of a hat (mostly while sitting at a light).

 

Well with all of the culture and excitement that LARGhettO has to offer, how do you have time for any of your projects????

 

This showed up a Pistons and Paint a few years ago. Still like it.

 

I'm a Kawismoki fan myself, a few H2's and an H1

 

My '77 RD400D w/ B***ani chambers, 38mm Mikunis, balanced and welded crank, mild porting, and reworked squish ran low 12's all day long... pretty much carried the front for the 1st 1/8th... I actually like the regular RD400 better than the Daytona Special, especially the heads, the Daytona had already started to bow to the emissions BS....

Done right they are rock solid reliable even with the oil injection... Like just about any other bike from the era they can benefit from a little ch***is help... Bronze swingarm bushings, tapered steering bearings, steering dampner... The H1 and H2 needed actual bracing in the ch***is, otherwise they felt like they had a hinge in the middle when ridden hard...

 

My buddy Jason Small built that bike. He's a talented painter and restorer, he painted the 1956 Mangham/Wilson/Allen Bonneville Streamliner that burned a few years ago:
http://www.saveourstreamliner.com/

 

I've got a suzukie380? 2 stroke3 cylinder sitting in storage got it for one of my boys to "restore"but all the exictement ended as soon as i got it home seen a lot of weather but its complete and not seized last time I checked.I'll be moving it in a few weeks to the new place if anyones interested in it the kids never going to touch it and I have too much going on to keep it for a later project

 

Had 1 back in mid 70s T 500 w/ chambers would run like hell only thing it damned near killed me but damn good bike my 5cts worth

 

better late than never ,here is some pics of my restored t500 in australia

 

I used to have one of these......

 

Oh man, seeing this thread really makes me wish I still had my Yamaha RD350! What a load of fun....

Malcolm