Author Archives: Ian R. Sandy

T500 Gets Shifted !

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Ian R. Sandy

I wasn’t happy with the state of the spline on the shifter shaft on the 1968 T500 Suzuki that I’m currently restoring – it is an odd set-up in that this model was delivered with the option of installing a … Continue reading →

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Suzuki 1968 T500 Cobra and Shiny Things

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Ian R. Sandy

In the past I have seldom bothered with re-plating bolts and fasteners – just a part of my Scottish ancestry I suppose. If the bolt looked reasonable when cleaned up a bit, that was good enough for me ! If … Continue reading →

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1968 Suzuki T500 Cobra – cont’d

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Ian R. Sandy

With the new exhaust sorted, the search for the elusive bits continues ! As previously mentioned, the T500 MK I had a number of ‘one year only’ features, and tracking those parts down can take a while. There were about … Continue reading →

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1968 T500 Cobra – Pipes

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Ian R. Sandy

Pipes are a pain as chrome shops hate doing 2 stroke exhausts – and here in Calgary while I have had many things re-plated they duck and hide behind the counter as soon as I start to ask about getting … Continue reading →

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Engine and Transmission

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

As always there is a story to go along with any rebuild and knowing the ‘why’ of what caused a vehicle to be parked is always of interest to me. In this case, while the bike appeared generally complete, nothing … Continue reading →

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1968 Suzuki T500 Cobra Tank

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

The fuel tank obviously had filler – my magnet wouldn’t stick to almost anywhere on either side ! I started to scratch away the filler and slowly the recesses on either side for the chrome tank panels started to reveal … Continue reading →

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1968 Suzuki T500 Cobra

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

As mentioned previously, my winter project this year is the restoration of a MK I which is the first model of the T500 Suzuki’s. It was called the Cobra in some markets, at least till Ford Motor Company decided to … Continue reading →

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GT750 Oil Injection Lines

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

After 40 odd years (I suppose some of them were ‘normal’, but I digress) the check valves in the oil injection lines used by Suzuki for the GT750 as well as other oil injected two strokes are starting to be … Continue reading →

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Suzuki T and GT Resources Site

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

As mentioned this past February I have taken over the support of the Suzuki T and GT Resources web site located at this link, and since that time have been steadily adding material to it. While there is still quite … Continue reading →

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ELZ2Coil Accent Electronic Ignition System

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

Just an update for folks – you may recall in an earlier post that I mentioned I had bought a couple of these units to try out and I had promised to report back … so: If you are looking … Continue reading →

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