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in the 70's I bult a T-500 and got about 80HP out of it. It handled the power way better than any H1 can

I think I’m the only 21 year old in the world with a Kawasaki H1 I my basement

Very nice 👍👍 I love the old air cooled Yam’s😍

Fantastic work ! I'm in the process of restoring a 1971 T500 (in France !) and your videos are a mine of informations to me! I have a question regarding the steering, did you reuse the orignal mounting, race and balls set or did you "upgrade" to modern roller bearings ? I'm at the re-assembly part, and struggling to fit a so called compatible set QMP SSS250. Just searching info. Thanks a lot anyway for your sharing. Franck

Love this bikes fantastic Suzuki my favorite brand

My first motorcycle in 1972, bought new, drove 47,000 km in almost 2 years without problems, bought a similar one last year 😍

cops need to get their noise detectors in there, instead of by the side of OUR ROADS

What is the nEC, a warehouse in the black country?

FWIW, my US T100R has no crossbar on the handlebars, does have the silver banded clocks and it also has painted fork ears for the headlamp, not chrome. I believe it’s all original.

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Really nice paced video and a very enjoyable watch. Having just purchased an immaculate GT750A after a 33 year gap it's great to be back on a Kettle again. Wonder which 2-Stoke oil you would recommend? Ride safe and enjoy.

Very interesting video as always Rod 😁

Hi, Could you possibly do a short video showing how the wiring loom is routed from the headlamp to the connectors by the battery box? I'm pretty sure mine is routed incorrectly as the seat presses on the wires when closed for riding. Any help appreciated. Thanks 👍

I get 45-50mpg out of my T500

I had a GT 250 back in the seventies,it was my first brand new bike and it was absolutely brilliant never broke down and always started, unlike my previous British bikes 😁wish I still had it.

Good afternoon. Could I ask did you encounter any problems fitting the airbox on to the rubber airbox unit. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks Ray.

I had an orange/gold one of these and bought it new on HP for £535.00. I rode it into the ground, crashed it a few times, once sliding into a skip in Portsmouth which bent the front forks, I turned them around so I could still ride it as I couldn't afford to get them straightened. I ran it without air filters because it sounded good but one day riding down the A3 towards Portsmouth a stone got in and seized the engine. I got it home and dismantled the engine and that was the last I saw of it. I moved out of my parents place and I think my dad took all the parts to the dump. Now I see what it would be worth today, it breaks my heart. It was a great bike and I passed my drivers test on it. Happy memories.

Stupid unnecessary music

Well done on the award. Nice video. What was the red flag all about ?

Id take those pipes off, store them away with some WD-40 and covers to keep safe if you want to ride that a bit. Original pipes are SO hard to come by. Put a three into one on for now.

British folks are so funny they way they talk! Some Brits use the words "bits" a lot. In the states we'd just say "parts". I get a kick out of listening to them all. Also Aussies, Kiwis, S. Africans, Scots, Welsh and Irish. I'm entertained just listening to them. Let alone the story of the bike. I used to ride one my dad had and it might as well have been mine because I rode it all the time for two years. It was a blue 1976 model with an aftermarket Windjammer fairing (unfortunately). It was very good to ride except on winding roads, as it never handled very well. Very top heavy, which was exacerbated by the heavy fairing! It was like riding a laden wheelbarrow. On the straight interstate highways it was heaven though. Very interesting about the logbook!! In the states you only need to have a logbook for an airplane or a large transport truck. Or a "Lorry" in Brit speak. And that's only if you drive professionally for a living on long haul trips.

Elle est trop belle 😍👌💕

Awesome 🤙👍

My first bike 48 years ago. We loved it and it never let us down even while driving more than 20 Alp passes and many month of travelling with a lot of luggage, tent and a pillion passenger.

An obviously well deserved trophy, congratulations. Oskar an I, we have just discovered your channel and we are looking forward to view all the videos in the next days and weeks coming. I've already learned a lot thanks to your outstanding mechanical expertise. We have begun to collect some old bikes a few years ago and make them fit and reliable for road trips again. Thank you so much for the good advice given in many of your restauration videos and keep up on making those videos. Greetings from Germany.

I had one of these back in the day, same colour. The wife and I used to get our shopping on it, used it in all weather snow, fog rain etc, had it custom sprayed, with a desert scene, then came off it when a dog ran in front of me in the rain. Sold it not long after that, as it put me off biking for a while. This brings back some wonderful memories of my youth, and the early years of my marriage. You have done an absolutely fantastic job of restoring this bike, well done and thanks for sharing!!

Well done Rod, well deserved. The bike looks fantastic and is a credit to you. 👍

Well done and richly deserved the bike is a stunner 👍

I have a picture with my father on the same motorcycle in 1978, in Brazil. This motorcycle was very rare here in the '70s. Only wealthy people had one, because during the military dictatorship, we couldn’t import motorcycles from other countries.

What did you do with the Air Filter? You were having issues sourcing spares in you last video

70s 2-strokes, cannae beat them. For me anyway.

Hi, Newbe here. Did suzuki clear coat over the tank decals? thanks

Hi, Newbe to these. Possibly buying the same bike. You mention the tank paint is original. Did suzuki clear coat over tank decals?

I enjoyed your t500 rebuild, would be interested if you ever decided to sell it,to fund another project

Had a yds7. Front tls brake was as powerful as needed, until it overheated and sort of disappeared. Only happened once but I never forgot the scare...😅

I had a YDS7 ..... A fantastic bike. Handled well, great fun to drive . Very small powerband tho... 3500 to 4500 rpm and it was heaven

My kettle was registered in aylesbury & has a pnk registration , like your kettle mate ,you did a great job

Your GT750 is stunning 👍🏻 It’s a thing of beauty

1970s to me was when real bikes was made i remember the first time i saw a kawasaki s1 250 it was a moment of love the 2 stroke smoke smell of 2 stroke oil you had to be there, then i saw a z1900 he was doing a burnout i thought it was so cool then 1978 i bought my first bike a suzuki gt250 i felt like a million dollars tho i was only earning 20 pounds a week fuel was 60 pence a gallon .

Love these Bikes ! They need Expansion Chambers for that back pressure and killer sound.

I had a brand new Suzuki GT 250 Ram Air in 1973 and then a brand new Suzuki GT 250A in 1976

Passed my bike test on my 1975 Suzuki 250.GT in blue with the Ram Air.

Wow, Mayles was just up the road from me! Arthur was a bit of an Arthur Daley 😂.

The GT250 was my second bike after a Honda C50. Loved it but swapped it for Honda 400/4.

Nice vid.

Much rather have your H1A, had one 20 years ago, beautiful bit of kit.

I had the GT when I was 17 great fun it took over from my garelli tiger cross

Cousin had 550gt very potent

Had x6hustler 2 titan 500s kaw trail boss hodakace 100 love them 2dtrokes

70s 2-strokes, a fantastic period.