Back in 1979, I was earning £65 a week,so 2 & a half weeks wages,the great thing about these bikes are that you can repair them yourself, not like today’s stuff where a check light come on& it’s back to the dealership
Normally only the 5th gear goes bad due to oil starvation in blocks upto '73 after which they were modified to hold 1400cc instead of 1200cc gearbox oil. My advice would be to do the mod yourself while the block is opened anyway.
I bought a T500 new in 1973. My first bike. Great. Thanks for the video.
Good on ya, ten years from now you'll be glad you did it !
Looking forward to this project thankyou for the videos😊
Nice! I restored a 1976 Suzuki GT500 cheers 🍻
Back in 1979, I was earning £65 a week,so 2 & a half weeks wages,the great thing about these bikes are that you can repair them yourself, not like today’s stuff where a check light come on& it’s back to the dealership
What colour will it be?
Probably the colour of the one in the video, the sales brochure picture
@@mcmechanic864 the pinky colour? I love that… go for it!!!
@@patrickhostler5939 I think it’s actually called candy lavender 🙂
@@mcmechanic864 I had a look on Google… it’s a superb colour 👍
Normally only the 5th gear goes bad due to oil starvation in blocks upto '73 after which they were modified to hold 1400cc instead of 1200cc gearbox oil. My advice would be to do the mod yourself while the block is opened anyway.
Yes I’ve already done it, if you look at my short videos you’ll see the mod 👍🙂
Must be summer there in a T shirt in the shed