| 1971 Suzuki t500 café racer streamliner transformer $3200 obo Suzuki T500 café racer style bike. Long and low and lean. With removable seat cover and passenger pegs for a game passenger. If you’ve never ridden a 70s two-stroke motorcycle, so It’s loud, shakes, and is fussy sometimes. However, when you roll on the coal and lay down a cloud of two-stroke smoke on some tailgater, it's worth it. This is not a concourse restoration. Every part of this bike doesn’t look brand new. There are scratches, some pitting and some discoloration someplace on most chrome and painted surfaces. It was built to be ridden. However, the bike looks incredibly unusual and never fails to draw a crowd. At night it looks unreal. The tail section with the tunneled lights in it makes it look like a something Buck Rogers would ride. 1975 GT500 engine with less than 10000 miles on it. The Gt500 engine has electronic ignition and a larger oil sump for greater reliability. Engine is stock, with the exception of pod filters and an upjet. Starts right up. Does seep a little trans oil now and again I believe from the crush gaskets around the drain bolts. Modifications include: Tank I believe to be by Custom House Stinky Japan http://stinky.jp/tank4.php I bought it used off eBay, so I’m not 100% sure it's a Stinky tank, but it came with a seat that looks like theirs, and was sold as an Sr500 tank, Stinky specializes in sr500s and a sr500 fuel tap bolted right up to it. The tank is used and hand made. It has flaws. It is still beautiful. It has a noticeable dent on the right side that is hard to photograph. I’ve had two estimates of $150 to pop the dent out. There are several other small dents in it that are not very noticeable. There are some scratches in it here and there. It will polish close to a mirror shine, with some elbow grease. Did I mention the tank is really beautiful, even with it’s flaws? Looks like a new one from Stinkies’ is close $2k shipped. Frame bracket and rubber buffers added to mount the tank. Should not interfere with stock tank and seat if you ever wanted to go back to them. Custom seat/tail section by RAS moto Ry’s work can be seen here: http://rasmoto.blogspot.com/ 1959 Cadillac tail lights frenched into polished aluminum tunnels in a bullet-shaped rear cover. Bullet seat cover pulls off with the removal of two knobs. The idea was to be able to convert it from a café racer look to being able to carry a passenger quickly. Aluminum seat and tail section, with a cavity under the passenger seat accessible from underneath. There is enough space to relocate the electrical components and a battery under there. I haven’t moved the battery or electronics though. They are still in their stock location. Upholstery done in baseball stitch burgundy leather with cream thread by a local upholsterer who specializes in vintage porsches. High density foam seat. Two separate “travel pads” give you some seating options (and minimize noises from the back seat). All sewn in the same leather and snap on and off. 6 dummy snaps cover the snap heads when the travel pads are not in use. Carbon Fiber front fender GT550 front forks (allows for dual discs and have tapered bearings) XS1100 Slotted discs 16mm Master Cylinder Apex aluminum 8 position adjustable clip ons http://www.apexmfg.com/clipons.htm Low profile grips. Fork seals will be replaced. T500 gauges. Steel brake lines Gt750 calipers Other frame mods- Aluminum low profile rear fender Polished rear brake drum Chopped passenger peg mounts Controls- Custom RAS moto adjustable polished aluminum rear sets Modified kickstart lever to clear rear sets Machined Aluminum passenger pegs Gt500 engine- larger 1400cc oil sump than t500, and electronic ignition Dyna ignition coilpack Newer ignition coils on stator Turn signals removed, but wiring is still there if you want to hook them back up. Lots of other random parts replaced. Includes 2 workshop manuals. Call at 313----414/////7403 for more info |
suzuki T500 cafe alloy tank/tail
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