gt500 finished

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quark77
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gt500 finished

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finally finished this gt500 , been a bit of a long hard slog to be honest , difficult to source certain parts and put right previous owners bodges ! Certainly wasn t the bargain i d thought it was , it had been resprayed in the correct colours ( the paint started bubbling 5 weeks after i aquired it !) i got it running then crank seals blew , anyway here we go --- full respray ,proper front guard aquired repaired and re chromed ,chain guard and exhausts repaired and chromed ,crank overhauled , new pistons ,rings ,cylinders vapour blasted and rethreaded to take the original head bolts , carbs vapour blasted ,new air box elements ,coils, electronic ignition,rear brake pedal ,headlamp ,fork shrouds , battery , full clutch ,tank badges ,fork rubber covers, footrest grips God i coul go on and on ! ( probably have done lol) Anyway good news some parts were already new when i got it ,seat , shockys ,powder coated frame ,rear mudguard chain etc so now here she is the first 2 letters of the reg no are GT (i think its a london area ?) I do have a connection with gt500 s - l lost my right leg whilst crashing one into a ford grenada in 1995 :mrgreen: , Thanks for reading this and a spe ial thanks to the guys who helped me on here with advice and sorting parts ! cheers Terry
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That looks the Dogs Sir :!:
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What a terrific job you have done! A really beautiful bike now that has been sorted properly. A real credit to you. You must know it was worth the slog. Gorgeous colour BTW
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Very nice too. I always did like the T500, never managed to have one - yet......
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Lovely job and a heartfelt write-up Terry. Well done it looks really nice. You did well finding a fender good enough to repair.
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Lovely job Terry and as you know the T/GT500 is the best aircooled two stroke Suzuki ever made ;)
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PaulD738 wrote:Lovely job Terry and as you know the T/GT500 is the best aircooled two stroke Suzuki twin ever made.
Corrected it for you Paul.
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Alan H wrote:
PaulD738 wrote:Lovely job Terry and as you know the T/GT500 is the best aircooled two stroke Suzuki ever made.
Corrected it for you Paul.

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Looks a cracking job done there, well done!
Are the front mudguards the same as the GT550? If so, I can sympathise as usable one's are getting really rare these days.
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cheers guys , thank you
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