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The Field Guide to the Suzuki T/GT500

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

As per my last post, I have been working on an update to the T/GT500 section of the web site, and the first iteration is now complete. As always, it will continue to evolve as I gather additional material either … Continue reading →

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Suzuki T and GT Resources Site – Update

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

For those folks out there who have an interest in old Suzuki’s, I made a few updates to the OJB web site this week. I try to do this about every six months and limit myself to just tuning and … Continue reading →

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Fully Exposed !

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Ian R. Sandy

At last the 1968 Suzuki T500 Cobra is complete and after all the last-minute fiddling that seemed to go on forever, I am well pleased with how it has turned out. I won’t be able to do too much more … Continue reading →

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Made Smoke !!

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Ian R. Sandy

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 →

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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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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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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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1977 GT500 – Refurbishing Components

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Ian R. Sandy

I spent a couple of days recently refurbishing some of the sub-assemblies on the GT500 project bike. Still lots of little things to do, but it is starting to come together ! Previously I had taken the main wiring harness … Continue reading →

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1977 GT500 – The Pain Continues !

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Ian R. Sandy

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 →

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