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Great job on the bike, wingspan! Nice trophy to go along with it ;D ! You deserve it, you have really transformed that bike. I've been taking notes, it's the only way mine will come close to the quality of your build. I'm taking a bit of hiatus from bike building while I do some other home...

Wow... time flies!! It's been almost 6 weeks since I last worked on the bike :( . In the meantime, my wife decided it was about time to start a kitchen renovation, so most of my time (and cash) has been going that direction. I've also been prepping my FFR and vette for the summer...

Finally back in action! ;D Received the crankshaft from Bill Bune yesterday. Overall I think it looks great. So today I started putting the engine back together. Here's the progress...

Re: 1975 Suzuki T500 Engine installed 4/2/11 I was hoping you would say that!! Looks great man.

Hey guys, went to see "motorcycle george" yesterday. I had heard rumors of a bike boneyard in my area, and my nephew found it! A bit depressing seeing ~500 bikes slowly rusting away, but this guys got barns full of parts. He claims to have over 4000 carburators and 300 complete engines; and...

Re: 1975 Suzuki T500 Engine installed 4/2/11 Looks great!! ;D Once again, I can't wait until I'm there... still waiting for the crankshaft. Are you going to leave your tank "polished" or paint it?

I agree... dawn will strip old wax, if that is what you are intending. The original palmolive is a great car wash soap to use between waxes (is that a word?) I really like Meguiars #26 wax for dark colored paint. Meguiars will require some time. Apply to small areas, then immediately remove...

Took a look at this bike tonight... and I'm going to pass. Too big for what I have in mind. Anyway, bike is complete and engine turns over. Carbs are off right now, but looked to be in decent shape. Bike could use a cleanup, engine chrome pitted, aluminum could be polished, but overall very...

Here ya go... http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/mcy/2287756592.html

Re: My Suzi T500 Project I'll keep my eyes/ears open for ya!! At the end of this week, I will be checking with a local guy who has a cycle "boneyard". This older gentleman is in poor health, so I have to wait for his OK to go see what he's got. He told me he has over 550 old bikes in various...

Re: 1975 Suzuki T500 Engine assembly begins 3/20/11 Looks great man... can't wait until I get there. Bill Bune is going to have my cranshaft for at least another week, their business has picked up significantly due to this time of year... :)

Nothing new to report... spoke with billbune today, the crankshaft will not be finished for at least another week :( . My fault for waiting too long... bike season is almost here and they are now super busy. Oh well... I post again when I have something interesting to report. Until then...

sorry cb400t, didn't see that little "ny" tucked in there. The bike is located in South Bend, IN.

Just saw your post... I don't know if the guy still has it, but here is the craigslist post... Good Luck!! http://southbend.craigslist.org/mcy/2252903542.html

Re: 1975 Suzuki T500 new chassis mock up pics 3/11/11 I love everything you've done with your bike so far. I'm thinking that I may just quit on mine, and have you build it when yours is finished!! 8) Afterall, I keep taking your suggestions and "stealing" your ideas. Keep it comin' !

Re: 1975 Suzuki T500 new chassis mock up pics 3/11/11 man... your bike looks fantastic! I can't wait to see it with the engine mounted and fresh paint... wow!

Fantastic bike man... love the color!!

just for reference, the side covers began looking slightly worse than this... As you can see, I have alot of polishing work ahead of me!

I was supposed to be off this week, and thought I would get some polishing accomplished... but I've been called into work Wed, today, and tomorrow... I did spend all day monday working on the engine covers and this is what I ended up with... Not perfect (they look better in photos than...

here are a couple of pics of the entire engine case painted... you'll find a strange resemblence to pics posted by wingspan and johnu... :)