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Tag Archives: rebuild
Fuel Cock Round 2
As recounted previously (here actually) the fuel cock on the T500 had been played with. Although I had got it to the point it worked well enough, I had noticed that the diaphragm was on its way out and actually … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968, Cobra, fuel cock, fuel tap, MKI, petcock, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, T500
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Exhausted
Some months ago (it was here actually), I talked about the reproduction exhausts I purchased from Marcel at Classic Suzuki Parts NL , and while I did have a few issues due to shipping damage, these were quickly sorted out … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968, Cobra, rebuild, reproduction exhaust, restoration, Suzuki, T500
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Made Smoke !!
Moment of truth – the engine started up on the second kick this past weekend and it sounds great ! I still have quite a few i’s to dot and t’s to cross, but the timing is now dialled in … Continue reading
T500 Fuel Cock
I’ve been playing with the Mk1 T500 fuel cock – this one had been butchered at some point in its life and as well Suzuki doesn’t sell most of the consumable parts you need to repair them. In the photo … Continue reading
T500 Gets Shifted !
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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Tagged 1968, Cobra, rebuild, restoration, shifter, Suzuki, T500, Titan
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Suzuki 1968 T500 Cobra and Shiny Things
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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Tagged 1968, cadmium, Cobra, plating, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, T500, wespen industries, zinc
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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
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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1977 GT500 – Clocks, Bushes and Labels
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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Tagged 1977, Cactus Machine, clocks, Cobra, GT500, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, Titan, VIN label
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1977 GT500 – The Pain Continues !
Well – it has been a while since I’ve done an update here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy ! The 1977 GT500 rebuild has been moving along slowly, interrupted as sometimes happens by real life events that … Continue reading