I Bought This $4000 Motorcycle For $150 (Sitting In Boxes For 20+ Years)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- I buy a 1975 Suzuki T500 2-stroke motorcycle that has been sitting in pieces in boxes for years. #Suzuki, #2stroke, #Puzzle,
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You are such a breath of fresh air compared to 90% of TH-cam ! Awesome content no swearing and not full of yourself and to top it off a great mechanic 👍keep it up bud it’s so nice to know there is still some normal people out there that are not giving into the new world of garbage 👍
Yes he is a good guy but Cold War Motors just would not be the same without a few swear words some humor etc 😉😀
Swear words don't bother me. In fact it adds a bit of reality to the video IMO, but I totally agree that most You-tubers are full of themselves. I hate seeing these people brag about their minor so called celebrity status and how much money they make. Its sickening.
I agree guys swearing doesn't bother me I should have said that but him being of his age and not having a foul mouth shows his parents did something right and that he is more of a man than most ! I'm almost 50 and trying to watch my trucker mouth and let me tell you it's extremely hard when you have been swearing 49 years lol ! Call me what you like but my opinion the west needs to get back to God! This world today is just full of evil from every corner ! This Joe is a very strong man to avoid that temptation to be like everyone else ! Also he is great at what he does he is a great role model for the young ones
That exhaust is a breath of not-so-fresh air from the seventies!
It killed the 2-strokes.
That's what a motorbike is supposed to look&sound like. It will go on forever.
New world order is pushing overpriced electric garbage and going to fail huge!!!... long live fossil fuel engines!!!...
That right hand pipe is still plugged up a bit. You can see the exhaust coming out where it shouldn't. Plus not nearly as much smoke coming out of it.
Great score on those bikes.
Not plugged just has a bad exhaust fringe or seal!! Not sure about this model.
@@leebenson4874 .... no, it's still blocked, just not fully blocked like it was.
@@leebenson4874 Yep, it IS still at least partly, if not mostly blocked, just further back in the muffler now.
What was in there anyway? Was the mouse taking up gardening?
@@cattmann1405 A mouse would be my guess too. Trying to make a nice warm home for itself. Well bad luck Mickey, someones now going to warm things up way more than you like.
I've got to admit, the first one sounded good but, this one somehow does sound better. I used to have the same as the first one except silver, this has a different shaped tank but is essentially the same bike. What an awesome find, and if I remember correctly there's a third one, even if it can't be built back up, he's been incredibly lucky, these were a great bike.
Those T500’s were excellent bikes, although I’m probably very bias as I bought mine brand new in 1974 and still have it today!! Love them
Thats wild buying the bike new and riding it for 50 years. I consider these old bikes national treasures. Some of the greatest things to ever come from any country 🇯🇵
Hey one of the reasons i love your channel is because how you take everything apart and diagnose the problem over the whole video, like its a long video of you taking apart the bike and diagnosing the problem and teaching us things along the way. please never change that PLEASE. keep up the great work!
I agree - I like this style of video too! You should check out the TH-camr Mustie1 as well if you like this sort of thing.
@@meatcreap thank you!
@@meatcreap I've been spreading the word on mustie1 as well. I like how mustie1 rarely spends much money or takes the easy way out by buying parts that most folks would he tries to fix it first. Sometimes his work may seems like gerryrigging but really it's high quality oldman engineering.
@@rhinovirus2225 I totally agree! There's an art to his cleverness. HIs bike in the video, "What Can We Build for $200, this Motorcycle." is my favorite example of that. Check it out if you haven't seen it!
@@meatcreap mustie1 cuts too many corners, and doesn't seem real passionate about his work.
I saw him at a bike show a few years ago, and he was in a nasty drunken argument with some woman who was farting in his booth.
I left his channel and brought quite a few over here to Joe's channel.
You never cease to amaze us how you bring these bikes back to life, you're a hell of an educator and i personally have learned so much.
Half of it may be wrong but WTF right!
@@leebenson4874 STFU troll. NONE of it was "wrong". The things he did were very simple and basic, only an idiot could get them wrong, he didn't.
@@lorditsprobingtime6668 LOL funny how one gets when they need to be right! Forgot if a TH-camr does it, he's a god that can't be wrong ever. LOL
So big and rude hiding behind your fake name and pic. Be a man stand tall, be respectful of others.
If you like videos of bringing old machines back to life then you need to check out the channel "mustie1" he does great work on all types of vehicles and anything that has an engine
You got such a killer deal on those two bikes. The seller was great too. He knew what he was selling was good just needed putting back together. There is nothing worse than a seller that tells you everything is good and you end up with scrap but that was not the case here. I am slightly jealous lol
Had a T500 many years ago. Rode it all over. Reliable as could be. Easy to work on but, rarely needed any maintenance.
I was definitely doubtful on this one. Can’t believe you got it running and idling.
Great job!
Why ICE's are so simple its funny!
A halon fire extinguisher would serve you well Joe. The halon leaves no residue and will disrupt the combustion of gasoline or any other fuel you might use. It will not damage electronic components either. It'd be a good investment for you.
I agree!!! I was thinking the same thing about the gas dripping everywhere. Taking risks with gasoline and not having a proper extinguisher on hand is a disaster waiting to happen Joe! Please, please, please invest in a proper extinguisher so you don’t have a huge accident! We don’t want you to stop making these awesome videos!
Those old piston port 2-strokes go like a scalded dog with proper jetting and a good set of expansion chambers. Also hope the oil injection pump is still intact and on the bike, not sure if these use pressure lube to the crank like the Kawasaki H series bikes do.
Pull those baffles out of the mufflers and take a propane torch to them, they are clogged up!
Cool video! 2-strokes will run if they turn over. Thanks Joe!
You can premix.
My first bike, at 16yrs old, was a Kawasaki 750 Triple. Wish I never sold it, after the CDI went out.
U got it.
@@eleventy-seven Depends on the crank design. On the Suzuki T20 (X-6 Hustler) a 250 twin, the big ends were almost entirely shrouded by the crank and the oil injection system fed the oil to the big ends through holes in the crankpins sheet metal plates on the exterior of the crank flywheels. Running that model on premix caused the big end bearings to burn up. Ask me how I know.....
@@eleventy-seven A pain though .......... they were made with an oil pump, use it
Great job getting that thing running. These old Japanese bikes want to run. They just need some love.
I bought a $100 snowmobile because of you. Needed a gas cap, tank and carbs cleaned out, and a belt. Only has 830 miles on it but sat for years.
I owned this exact same model bike in blue (Don't remember the year). Never could get the 2 carbs tuned right. Sent it to a pro, they could never get it to run right either. My favorite thing was the little tool kit that came with the bike because back when these were built, they expected owners to know how to service their vehicles.
Then not a pro! So simple if you know the trick!
@@leebenson4874 exactly all you have to do is follow the ritual dance from the manual, sacrifice 2 barn mice, and tap the carb bowls 3.5 times each with a 2lb left-handed crescent wrench.
Setting them up with a standard airbox and exhausts isnt hard
Man, talk about resurrecting a bike from the grave..... Great job brother. Cant wait for the tours where you go around the country buying and fixing bikes 😁
Looking good 👍 I like that the different parts had the hardware put back in after previous owner disassembled them. A good practice when taking apart a project.
so many people just set aside and forget those old 500--2 strokes---those babies are crazy fast for their size and pretty good on gas as well, plus they look much cooler than the junk they are making today! thanks for helping to keep a part of american history on the road!
I cringe when you rev the piss out of cold engines... But I love it at the same time! Cool bike! Great vid brother!
I think the bike decided to do it all by itself mainly.
My dad had a 1976 Honda 554 it sat for five years we got it running again used it for a dirt bike but was very heavy lots of power congrats on your new build 💪🛠️👊
im always impressed by your dexterity. I cant wrench on any of my toys with gloves on. such cool old bikes, got a screamin deal there.
On the carb, the small screw you called air mixture is the Idle mixture adjustment and the bigger one on the body is the Idle speed ajustment 😉
Wow 👏 that is epic mate. Well done buddy ,you are a legend. Great video as always. Massive respect from the UK 🇬🇧 🤙
Music to my ears, I had a GT 500 back in the day😊 can’t believe how much they are selling for,it wasn’t an expensive bike at the time, took me to work winter & summer, never let me down 👍
I bought my Suzuki GT500A in Autumn 1976... relatively cheap at £670 I think on monthly terms...customised it into a cafe racer style through the 80's...decided I needed a Honda 4stroke...I tried to sell the Suzi...I couldn't even give it away...the dealer gave me a couple hundred off the Honda VT500 and took the Suzi...told me sometime later he gave it away to another dealer...to think what they're worth nowadays...more than they were new allowing for inflation...
@@markianclark9645 Got nowt for mine, Partx for DT 175 yam, I am tempted to get another stroker, just for the smell and the noise 😊
These bikes are collector's bikes these days just saying 😁
@@johncompton8902 yes...me too...my slight regret is not choosing the GT380 triple in preference...it was only a few pounds more and of course 120cc's less...but I think would've been more suited to me with hindsight...I'll never know...there's a few 380's still around rebuilt by enthusiasts but they'll ask silly money I don't have...I'd always recommend one though...
The 550 triple was a sweet bike too, but I haven’t seen one for decades
That right side pipe is still flowing poorly. Great find!
Hats off. You really proved you can get just about any bike going again. Nice work!
51:16 Pipe still a little plugged. Good job resurrecting the smoker!
Ho Lee Molly you got it together and running..Congratulations you must feel like a genius. I thought the wiring looked like a spaghetti factory . Looking forward to that first ride. 😅
That right side pipe is still partially clogged, you can see the smoke pushing out near the front pipe due to excessive pressure. That bike is sweet.
Once you get it back together cleaned up and running good it will be worth some bucks.
Make sure you buy a carb syncing tool
Have to say this was easily the more rewarding of the two to watch and, I hope, to fix.
The clogged pipe 😂 "well its definately clogged" good work man! Such a sick bike
Incredible. You really scored well with these bikes.
😂 I was wondering when you were going to realise it was only running off one cylinder
I was saying the same thing 🤣..
Sometimes this guy is so sketchy it's hard to even call this shade tree mechanics!! LOL
More of a youtuber than a bike mechanic.
The T500 Blue bike is older and very different bike electrically than Your Red GT 500 bike. Your Red bike is a GT500 The ignition is on a totally separate circuit than all other electrical on the bike and does not depend on the battery. The battery is charged for the lights and horn are totally independent of the ignition capacitor charging circuit for the plugs. Also the ignition coil fires to both plugs simultaneous twice every revolution of the engine. I suspect the second firing was to clean any residual fuel oil mixture from the cylinder in the exhaust stroke. This double firing was accomplished by by having two magnets in the flywheel 180 degrees apart charge the circuits and fire the SCR or TRIAC that fed the Ignition coil. Look at the schematic and it will explain this brilliant solution the Suzuki engineers had. I owned a 75 Black GT500 and replaced the early I believe Selenium rectifiers with regular silicon rectifiers due to some perceived efficiency issues or early troubleshooting in the charging system.
In about 1981 I had a T500!! Good shape. As well as I remember it did, 0 to 60 in first gear! I think...?? it was in was just a few seconds. I never actually timed it, but It about pulled me off the seat! However the top speed was only 100 mph and it got there very fast!... You have to hold tight cause its absolutely a Monster for 498 cc bike from heck!! I miss her and her name was Suzy!
Please reply, I would like to hear your stories as well!
You should get a vacuum gauge and sync the carbs at idol. You will need one for your banshee as well.
Hey mate I'm really enjoying your content. Thanks for sharing it with us. I am a 54 year old motorcyclist from Australia. Please mate don't use that bike as a parts bike, it's more than saleable and these 500cc 2 strokes are becoming rare as hens teeth. If you don't want to restore it yourself than sell it to someone who will. This is just my suggestions I would never tell you what you should do. Unfortunately Australia has a small population of 27million but our land mass is similar to the USA so barnfinds are far and few. Cheers mate and thanks again
he never restores anything, just does the bare minimum to get views and flip the bike
I remember my pal checking the spark on his rm80 in the 90s..
prik got me too hold the spark plug⚡️😬
😂
I had a bike when I was younger didn’t have a kill switch so the way I used to turn it of was to pull the lead of the spark plug would shock you almost everytime good old times 😂
Those Suzukis were notorious for running on one cyl, but that poor thing was choked off completely! Id check both those pipes if you can! Sounds awesome! Great bike
Any 2 stroke twin of that arrow was problematic of running on one cylinder if it quit charging and the battery got low it's not because it was a Suzuki Einstein Yamahas done it too
@@ronalddaub9740 😂😂😂 ok Einstein if you say so…. I’ve never worked on all those engines ever 🙄 get out of your moms basement and read a book then come back with an intelligent reply until then GTFO
Seeing it spark is amazing! I’m amazed at how fast all the engine parts work together in such fast motions with very little trouble.
What a brilliant deal you got there. Its worth all the hard work when you hear it running. Good job buddy. See you on the next one.
That's awesome. I worked for a Suzuki dealership back in the 70's and sold those. Always loved 'em.
Wow, this brings back memories. I had a 68 T500 I was resurrecting once and it also had a slight gas leak... But I started it and it ran, but I had left the cover off of the points to set the timing. The gas hit the points and Boom , I had Flame cycle! The wires were so burnt I gave up on it. I never leave a slight gas leak anymore.
Nice job getting the GT500 up and running as well great job well done.
Your muffler on your red T 500 is still plugged even after you shook the dirt out of it watch your video and compare the smoke from both pipes. The right side pipe is pushing smoke out the front and very little smoke is coming out of your muffler. Great looking bikes. Cheers Doug.
Spot on job just great work and again what a deal two superb classics, well done .
You could sell one and fully restore one either way nice job.
That had me laughing , i thought it was going to rev to the moon and wouldn't turn off, i was ducking for cover. well done though i didnt think it would run...still needs to come apart but someone might take it on as a project . might be a good deal in another swap
My first bike was a 1972 Suzuki GT380 2 cycle triple. Fun little bike.
I had the exact same! I put chambers on it and it was a screamer.
Had a GT 500 25 years ago. Traded an old riding motor for it. It ran but needed rings. Rode it on back roads.
I too wanted to rebuild but daughter was born and sent it down the road.
Love them old 2 strokes. Keep up the gd work.
If you look into the exhaust port, you will see that there is a seal. Once these are blown, they must be replaced. There are a few different types. Not sure of the type that one uses.
Get the oil pump working next and before you do any more testing of the motor. Do not ride it without the oil pump confirmed to be pumping through all of the oil lines, even if you are running mix to the carbs.
Manufactured IN '75----but a '76 model year.
'76 and '77 (last two years of production) are GT500 and had front disk brake, longer tank, CDI ignition, and other changes from earlier Titans.
A pile of parts and you make a working bike. Amazing.
Brilliant joe sounds good the pipe is still a little blocked by the looks of it but great job getting it going personally I would save it as will defo fetch good money easy mate well done. 🔧🔧🔧👍👌❤️
Would make a great first bike for a young man just starting out with little $$$$$.
@@leebenson4874 ...no, it's completely the wrong bike for a novice motorcyclist, parts are very difficult to get and expensive, it's too heavy and over powered for a noob. Young broke guys should start out on a small bore late model jap bike and work their way up the food chain.
@@munter10 Yep your right hard to remember how old I am!! Would have been a bike I would have looked for. Sorry to have wasted your time. I got a 75 Honda CB 750F. It had hit a pole. Still have her with 400K+.
@@munter10 Right! and you don't see it here but...when they are running right and you hit that radical power band, hang on! It is a different animal for sure.
I really enjoyed your video bring back many memories buying my first bike in 1977 you could buy a Suzuki T500 for about $1200.00 new. I never owned one but had friends that did it was great bike and at the time it was great buy. 1977 was the year that the GS750 came on the market as well as the GS550 a GS750 was going for $22,500.00. I orbited for a 1975 Yamha RD350 with wrecked front end. Back in them days we had motorcycle junkyards there are not a lot of them out there now. I found parts from and older RD250 to repair the bike wow that was a lot of fun. That RD350 was a little powerhouse. I all so had a 1976 Kawasaki KH 400 the 2-stroke triple that was a wrecked rebuilt it then used it and sold. I really love the old 2-stroke like I said it bring back a more carefree time.
Had 0 knowledge of motors and bikes/atvs prior to this channel . Rebuilt 3 atvs and 1 bike from everything I’ve learned from this channel .
Always a good idea to make sure both slides move freely and close completely......
I vote Joe for “hardest working TH-camr”!👍👍👍
Indeed.
Also, Rainman Ray.
Me to but Hmack is too go check him out Amazing 👏
He puts out a lot of cool content!
Along with Matt on Diesel Creek.
That one has front disc brakes and GT500 badges. Very nice!!
Thanks a lot for saving the heroes of my early years as a biker. The GT‘s outpaced the 4 Stroke Models with the same cc’s in that days and Racebikes had to have 2 Stroke engines to be fast. I recorded the sequence when you brought all 2 cylinders to life because of this amazing sound which is forgotten in these days. I will follow the progress in restoring the Bike and keep my Fingers crossed that you will have Success 5o make it shine and bring it back to its former Glory!! 👍😎🇩🇪🙋🏻♂️
I d..trade my car for that any day 2006 honda cuvic
Biggest worry for these from sitting too long is that the crank and rod bearings might have developed rusted or corroded races which would need rebuilding. I hope it works out for you. I'm a retired Suzuki/Kawasaki mechanic from back in the day - the T500s were very quick but vibrated a bit much though they were comfortable to ride in most ways.
Is the T500 an extension of the TC20 motors 250 cc and 315cc ? Those we’re screamers and they also had 6 gears ??
@@oceanhome2023 The architecture of the T500 is similar to the T20 but is not an enlarged version of it. T500 is a five speed.
bearings and seals will of course be shot from sitting and will soon seize. By the way am I right in saying that the T500 is a tuned GT motor? This motor could use a balance shaft no doubt heavy pistons they´re big.
@@fernandomotoholic1417 Not sure how "tuned" is meant here. The big twin was refined over the years and generally detuned for some practical reasons with different and smaller carburetors, probably less prone to plug problems because of it. It was generally a work horse model, we had only one become a warranty issue with a broken piston and was extensively rebuilt.
I would definitely replace the small end needle bearings.
I started smiling right away as the cylinders are showing good on rings, and spark. I used to buy bikes like this one in the 80s, and get them running. I also owned a Honda KR-75. I bought that one from a friend who raced in competition. So it had some mods. It was so fun to ride when I was 12 years old.
Sir, Rather than rely on the oil pump, may I suggest pre mixed fuel. Regards, Kev.
If these are the same oiling set up as the gt750, if you run premix you don’t get any oil to the crank and the rod bearings fail!
Yup Yamaha two stroke outboards have nipples into crank bearings at least my 2003 50hp did.
Dear Sir, Thank you for correcting me. Regards, Kev.
arggggg! why do this? set up properly they have no oil pump problems. Gearbox oil levels on the other hand......
It's amazing the kind of deals you guys get in the Mid West. Out here on the East coast you can find deals but you gotta search high and low and in between
I once rode one of the T-500 Titan (first year model), to get it to my father's garage for sprucing up and resale. At the time, I was riding an X-6 Hustler and hunting for it's 305cc bigger brother and had not known of the new (at the time), T-500. What surprised me was the mild manners and relatively good gas mileage it displayed. It was never meant to be a competitive model or a challenge to the Kawasaki H series bikes, but it can be induced to "get up and go" with alacrity (and a bit of expenditure). As a long time mech and bike enthusiast, I winced a few times, as with the insertion of the dry slides, and the uncleaned petcock and tank joining but I also realized that there could also be cuts in the filming where you felt it unnecessary to mention such care having been taken, of course. I offer no criticism at all, and am pleased that you managed such a great package deal as you got with so many usable parts for such an unexpectedly low price. You certainly got the best part of that opportunity. I wish you a bright future, as your presentations are marked by eager expectation and more than a casual knowledge which bodes well for your continued success.
I really admire the way you work. You're a gifted mechanic. Great video. Liked and subcribed.
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The GT500 is equipped with a PEI (Pointless Electronic Ignition) which incorporates a Dual Lead Ignition Coil and a Heavy PEI Rotor on the Crank Shaft End. Whatever you do with the Bike, DON"T Drag Race it or do Full Power Drag Racing (Hole Shots) on the street. The inertia of the Heavy PEI Rotor will cause Fatigue Cracking and the Crank Shaft end will BREAK OFF! Also, an 8mm Heli - Coil Kit can repair the stripped Exhaust Bolt and the stripped 8mm Head Bolt on you 1971 T500. Finally, a Power Washer will do a good job of cleaning foreign material, like mouse nests etc., from the interior of Exhaust Pipes. I was Parts Manager in a Suzuki Shop back in 1973 -1974 and have been Riding/Racing Suzuki Two Strokes for over 50 years.
Regards,
Mike Piekarski
I picked up a Kawasaki G4TR Trailboss up in your neck of the woods that was also a basket case. The PO had been told when he bought it that everything was there. Boy was he wrong. I've kept at it and finally got it pretty much complete now but ended up with a lot more invested than what it's worth. You did a great job on this one. That Suzuki is a great bike and if like you said, it has a title I sure wouldn't part it out.
Very good channel you are very intuitive mechanic how ever I think you should clean your parts before you start 😂
Suzuki carbs have a 5 digit ID number on them, often very small and situated near the cold start plunger, these can be checked against the Suzuki manual.
they all run mikuni 32 mm carbs (except very early 34mm cobra slurpers)
That bike sounds AMAZING. Good job.
Wow, that thing turns right over with no issue. Love the channel.
Nice work. I had the 1973 350 (T350J?) version, when I was a kid.
I got one new in 76 miss my old GT500 love the video sounds great keep up the great work .
I would clean out the muffler and decarbon the two heads and the tops of the pistons, which is what did with my t500.
Super super cool, imo the red bike is nicer then the other one that the previous owner “rebuilt” the engine in. I’d def sit down, grab a beer & go through the red bike with a fine tooth comb, thats a nice bike 👍
Definitely worth the time glad to see it back together
i have one of these in my barn,my cousin gave it to me and it needs piston and rings,i may get around to rebuilding it some day.these bikes are pretty rare.
Your R/H silencer is still blocked, as it was leaking from the downpipe to silencer clamp, i would take out the exhaust baffles and clean those as well. It will be a nice bike when it's all sorted .
Love this video. I love Suzukis. I have an old 2000 TL1000s red. Love my beasty. These T500s look pretty cool too. As a kid the RM125 was the most fun ever.
sweet i got a 03 tl1000r
That beeper on your jump box will blow your ear drums out!
awesome what you can do to old machines in such a sort amount of time! keep it up man
They were a lot of bike 48bhp all day. Same as the over hyped bonnville.smooth,fast and reliable
Wish I had that bike,had exactly same one in my younger days lol
Hahaha!! Awesome!! Something straight out of a Cheech & Chong flick...brings back a lot of great memories! Good work on bringing it back to life.
The oil pump cable should have a roller bearing like section to fit in the round hole of the pump actuator. . .If you forget it, less oil to the motor and gripped pistons. .
Awesome!..my first bike was a 250 GT ram air. Such great memories from the 70s , my mate had your one the 500 GT. God I wish I had half of your talent.
There's that gear selector shaft on the left, about 2 to 3 inches below the kick start shaft. I'm blowed if I can understand that guy putting it on the right side, ALONG with the brake, that seems really dumb unless the shaft is broken off or, maybe he had a left leg injury so needed it on the right, on the gorgeous first one you got running that is.
Oh wow! That turned over beautifully! I do gain immediate respect and feel a bit more confident about an engine like that when they've actually gone to the trouble of blocking things like those manifolds. If you're in Australia (you don't sound Australian) I'd almost for sure give you $6,000 for that first one, I'm in love already. I've even still got the workshop manual for them, just at my country home about 1,200 kilometers away. If I remember correctly, they quote it as having 47 or 48 horsepower. That doesn't sound a lot by modern standards but my experience tells me they underrated them, they can go too hard once setup right for just that, it feels more like about 80 hp from memory of way back when I had mine.
Just realised, that tyre tread pattern looks familiar, I think they're either the original tyres or he replaced them with the same when they needed replacing. That bike has very low miles if they are original, that'd explain the great compression it has, not that engine wear was their biggest problem. In my experience with 2 different engines that fifth gear is a much bigger problem. Mine did have quite a few miles on it but, the bores were perfect.
my first 'real' bike was a blue GT500 I thought it was great as an 18 year old - loved going for drives on all the windy roads in my area.
I have been waiting a couple days and you are right on it ! Put it together !
It's almost better than the blue one, once you route the throttle cables correctly. At least it has the gear lever on the right side.
He is right this one sounds much better and has disc brake up front. IU'm sure he won't have any issues selling that.
GT500s were gits for cracking those coil packs. They'll run in the dry, but the sun goes behind a cloud and they short out the HT, misfire and then stop. On rainy day they'll give you a shock if you put your hand anywhere near the sparkling b'stards just for good luck.
Happy days!
Seems like the headlight was the collection point for all the wiring on older bikes .I worked on an 82 650 Yamaha and.there was like 15 wires that had bare spots I had to fix.
Appreciate the uploads
So good to watch
i've watched a few of your vids and it's quite satisfying to watch you bring 'em back to life, so obviously even more so for you, keep it up. GL
You need to invest in a sonic cleaner for the carbs!!!! I'd still LOVE to have another of those Titans!
Nice! I have 1975 yamaha RD350, the bike the Banshee motor came from. It needs the carb rebuilt and she'll be good to go. I love 70's bikes.
Banshee’s are liquid cooled and the liquid cooled engine didn’t come out until early 80’s
@Chris Nicklen The Yamaha Banshee's evolution started in the late sixty's with the R5 Yamaha street bike. It was a piston port air cooled version of the Banshee using almost the same crank and trans. In the early seventy's it got reed valves and became the RD350...later stroked to the RD400 in 1976. Water cooled power valved versions became the RZ350 in the US and RD350LC non power valved versions overseas and Canada were nearly the same as a Banshee engine..
So I would say the RD350 would be more like the Banshees grandpa 😁
@@cmsalyer9869 the early ones that you are referring to were air cooled. The banshee is water called and used the left over engines from when the water called rd/re lc and ypvs weren’t being sold anymore.
Another great video! The beeping of the battery pack is bloody distracting LOL
beep beeep sounds like someone I know who wakes me up to ask what some ferking beeping is
Man this takes me back so much, in the 90's I had Suzuki X7 two stroke 250, that bike was so much fun and this one brings back so many memories of my x7 thanks. Also learned something. Got a sub for sure.