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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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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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1977 GT500 – Clocks, Bushes and Labels

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Ian R. Sandy

Before starting in on the carburettors, I still had a few other small bits to tidy up beginning with the clocks. For 1977, these were brown faced, and in Canada were also metric for the first time. They also were … Continue reading →

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Getting into rubber !

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

One of the (many) problems you run into with trying to restore older equipment is sourcing the soft rubber and plastic components. While some items such as plastic panels and trim can be repaired, if they are too sun bleached/perished … Continue reading →

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