A beautiful bike. I use to own a 1971 T350 back in the day. Gold colour. I miss that bike even after all those years. Nothing like a 2 stroke. Cheers NZ.
Those two bikes, yes. Back in 1972/3 I was trying to decide between them to haul me, my girl friend and a load of camping gear from London to Greece. The T500 - too slow (it had to keep up with a friend's Triumph Trident). The H1 (an H1B at that point) - too expensive on fuel. I ended up buying an XS2 Yamaha, a bike about as far from these two as it's possible to get. I now have an early H1 - a 1970, the year before your blue one - and realise how crazy the idea of riding it to Greece two up would have been. Even without the fuel cost issue, it's uncomfortable, eats spark plugs and the handling, well, lets just say it takes some getting used to. We'd have ended up in a ditch in the Greek mountains for certain. But for short trips round here, even now that three cylinder engine is just great.
Had one in the eighties that I swapped a KE125, no idea of mechanics then as when I turned the lights on the power dropped. Next time I saw one was in a racing exhibition in Douglas museum, still beautiful in race trim
Had a couple of these.first one in the mid seventies seconds one late seventies. Only issue I had was a very noisy second gear so engine out and new gear clusters fitted compliments of Derek Loan motorcycles who unfortunately are no longer trading.
Ola , ficou maravilhosa um exelente trabalho , esse azul é lindo .... tenho uma honda 750 k 75 tambem restaurei totalmente , essas maquinas cada vez mais valorizadas , a sua esta um sonho parabens , saudações do Brasil .
Beaut job mate these were out quite a bit b4 I got interested in bikes but my cousin had one and I went past an immaculate one on the motorway once the guy was just taking it easy same colour as yours
Hi, I have been following all video on the T500 and the result is beautiful. I got this bike in 71 with the same colour and my dream is to find one to refurbish. Unfortunately, my wife tells me that I cannot keep two bikes in the garage. I have already a CB 750 K1 from 71. As you have both the H1 and T500, could you compare both? Best regards. Philippe from France
@@mcmechanic864 yes, I think in the past it was possible to communicate via email but I can't find that option anymore. Don't want to publish my telephone number here 😁
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A beautiful bike. I use to own a 1971 T350 back in the day. Gold colour. I miss that bike even after all those years. Nothing like a 2 stroke.
Cheers NZ.
Lovely. A gentleman's two stroke.
Those two bikes, yes. Back in 1972/3 I was trying to decide between them to haul me, my girl friend and a load of camping gear from London to Greece. The T500 - too slow (it had to keep up with a friend's Triumph Trident). The H1 (an H1B at that point) - too expensive on fuel. I ended up buying an XS2 Yamaha, a bike about as far from these two as it's possible to get. I now have an early H1 - a 1970, the year before your blue one - and realise how crazy the idea of riding it to Greece two up would have been. Even without the fuel cost issue, it's uncomfortable, eats spark plugs and the handling, well, lets just say it takes some getting used to. We'd have ended up in a ditch in the Greek mountains for certain. But for short trips round here, even now that three cylinder engine is just great.
Very nice.
Had one in the eighties that I swapped a KE125, no idea of mechanics then as when I turned the lights on the power dropped.
Next time I saw one was in a racing exhibition in Douglas museum, still beautiful in race trim
A superb job, you don’t cut corners. A beautiful bike, well done young man.It sounds like 1971,brilliant 😊
Many thanks!
Thaats a lovely bike
A stunning job. We have to keep this beautiful machines alive. This is a credit to you...
Another great video Rod, and a brilliant job on the restoration 👌
Cheers John 👍
Had a couple of these.first one in the mid seventies seconds one late seventies.
Only issue I had was a very noisy second gear so engine out and new gear clusters fitted compliments of Derek Loan motorcycles who unfortunately are no longer trading.
Regarding the chroming of your exhausts, I would recommend S&T Electroplate near Bristol. They did a fantastic repair and chroming of my H2 exhaust 👍
Oh ok thanks 🙏 I’ll check them out
Lovely job 👍👍 Well done on bringing a beautiful smoker back to life.
Fantastic restoration, great job! Now you have to sell it to make room in your shed for the next project? Thanks. 👍🏻
Villiers should have imported the engines in the late 60s and then they could have been put in bikes like the Arial. Would have been awesome.
A lovely restoration Rod..it looks magnificent.!
Very nice, great work!
I really like the T 500, I've been looking for one for a while!
Looks fantastic
Great job looking fantastic 👍
Ola , ficou maravilhosa um exelente trabalho , esse azul é lindo .... tenho uma honda 750 k 75 tambem restaurei totalmente , essas maquinas cada vez mais valorizadas , a sua esta um sonho parabens , saudações do Brasil .
Obrigado 👍
Beaut job mate these were out quite a bit b4 I got interested in bikes but my cousin had one and I went past an immaculate one on the motorway once the guy was just taking it easy same colour as yours
Another great restoration well done 👍
Many thanks!
Thanks for a very informative rebuild series. I do hope that you get another project. Will your wife not allow them in the house 😊
Probably not 😂
Hi,
I have been following all video on the T500 and the result is beautiful.
I got this bike in 71 with the same colour and my dream is to find one to refurbish.
Unfortunately, my wife tells me that I cannot keep two bikes in the garage.
I have already a CB 750 K1 from 71.
As you have both the H1 and T500, could you compare both?
Best regards.
Philippe from France
That’s a good idea, I might just do that 👍🙂
I've the other colour, candy lavender ! Also I've 2 nos air filters, willing to sell 1 of them.
👍 difficult to communicate privately on here isn’t it…🤔 I would be interested
@@mcmechanic864 yes, I think in the past it was possible to communicate via email but I can't find that option anymore. Don't want to publish my telephone number here 😁
@@Aviopic Me neither 🫤 no worries mine isn’t too bad, it doesn’t affect the running