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Category Archives: Motorcycle
1968 T500 Cobra – Pipes
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
Engine and Transmission
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
1968 Suzuki T500 Cobra
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
GT750 Oil Injection Lines
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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Tagged check valves, GT750, Kettle, oil injection lines, restoration, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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Suzuki T and GT Resources Site
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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Tagged Cobra, GT500, GT550, GT750, Kettle, mraxl, Suzuki, Titan, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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ELZ2Coil Accent Electronic Ignition System
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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Tagged Accent, ELZ2Coil, GT750, Kettle, Motorcycle Ignition, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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Fuel Caps
One of the things I have been meaning to document is how the fuel caps go together as used on the Suzuki GT series between 1973 through 1975 on the GT380, GT550 and GT750. All of these come apart quite … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, GT500, GT550, GT750, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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The Solvang Motorcycle Museum
I had a chance to visit the Solvang Motorcycle Museum located in (no prizes for guessing !) Solvang, California. This town is also the home of the world famous Nimbus gathering which attracts Nimbus owners from around the world – … Continue reading
Its been a while…..
I just realised that I haven’t really done too much here for a while – in my own defence, I have been busier than a one armed paper hanger with the other sites I look after. In addition to my … Continue reading