NEWBIE FROM BRADFORD,WEST YORKSHIRE

Stu

Hi guys
Thought i would join this forum i have just bought a Suzi GT500 A or B model i'm not sure Confused

also i have a SV1000,upto last year i had a RD400c but i had to sell it Crying or Very sad

i am a member of the RD aircooled site and was looking to buy another RD but the prices have gone abit silly Mad

anyway so i found this GT last owner 12 years and he spent a fortune on it don't need to do alot with it just a couple of bits rechromed and a new paintjob(the red tank and black sidepanels,phoned dream mc paint today £460 so won't be using them)
cheers Stuart

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jayel · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:22 am Post subject:

welcome stu think you'll have fun here, I like the bike, dorT500 is another 500 owner I'm sure you guys will have much in common to discuss, do you catch any static from the law about two stroke smoke?

dorT500 · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:20 am Post subject:

Welcome Stu....Nice GT500...very nice. A little longer than the T500, lighter, bigger gas tank...radical change from the T500 to the "PEI" (pointless ignition system) and most important to me would be the front disc brake....braking on the T500 is not the greatest. I am no expert on the GT500 but the only major difference in the motor itself is the "PEI", air box may be slightly different and I believe the carbs are VM32SS and 75 T500 are VM32SC. Hope another GT500 owner that I know is a member of this forum and whom I consider an expert on the GT500, as well as other bikes,will chime in...then you may not even need this link that you may not have...... http://gt500.org.uk/

Stu · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:23 pm Post subject:

cheers guys for the welcome and info

dorT500 · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:37 am Post subject:

Stu,

You had mentioned that you were going to have the bike painted ...just in case you don't already have this link and as a reminder to others about to paint.... http://www.reproductiondecals.com/default_frameset.html?content.html~main

GT500A = 1976 GT500B = 1977

dorT500 · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:08 am Post subject:

Here is the T500 in need of painting... and repolishing , took this pic right before Hurricane Ike....then stripped the bike of all easily damaged parts in case the weather got really bad....I am at 14' above sea level and a little surge water did get just inside the mufflers...no further....had that bike covered and protected better than myself....

dorT500 · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:51 am Post subject:

"Paul Miller Motorcycles" offers re-painted and pinstriped body parts and probably has all the color matches down....sells a set like these and other colors from time to time for on ebay for.... I beleive around $600.00USD. This includes gas cap and oil level lens...every thing in the pic. I think he will have a persons existing set painted for a few hundred U.S. I am just a little concerned that with all the customers he has, there is a slight chance the parts may get "lost in the crowd'.....just a thought. Click on pics to enlarge..