Cafe Racer Magazine Readers Ride-In Bike Show

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Cafe Racer Magazine had their annual Readers Ride-In Bike Show today.
Was at their headquarters in Sewickley, PA, which is a few miles west of Pittsburgh.

Something like 50 bikes were entered & Suzuki two strokes were well represented.

Suzuki GT750 & T500. Owned by two friendly guys from Ontario, Canada.


Wild Suzuki T500 with sidecar.


Suzuki GT550.


Video made before I showed up. There were quite a few more bikes after this video was shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3GwfJJuLU

[GT750Battleship]

Thanks for posting the photos,I really like the GT750...very nicely done...looks pretty,nice lines
Cheers,
Roger

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+1 on that being a nice GT750.
The GT750 & T500 have swingarms for other bikes that were adapted to fit.
Here is a pic of the T500 swingarm:

[Flywheel]

That swingarm on the T500 is off of a Yamaha Seca 400.

[jabcb]

That swingarm on the T500 is off of a Yamaha Seca 400.

Part of what made the event a good show was the opportunity to chat with the owners about their bikes & the mods they did.

The swingarm on the GT750 was an easy fit that needed lower shock mount brackets fabricated & welded on.
The tank is from another bike & there was no room for a petcock with the stock airbox, so he used a manual Seadoo petcock mounted on the right carb.
Those sharp-looking exhausts are Jemco 3-into-3s that he had chromed.

I think you are right about the donor parts for the T500 being from a Seca 400.
Wheels & parts look like those in Seca 400 pics.
The owner mentioned where they are from but I don’t remember that detail at the moment.
The T500 has unusual pod filters & exhaust tips, but I didn’t think about asking about them.

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Was a good weekend for events.
This event was on Sunday, and Mods & Rockers was in Millville on Saturday.
Excellent weather and both were reasonable rides from your place.
Definitely worth considering for next year.

[rngdng]

Isn't that 550 known as RedZone?



Lane

[jabcb]

Isn't that 550 known as RedZone?



Lane

That's correct. Its RedZone.

[Flywheel]

That swingarm on the T500 is off of a Yamaha Seca 400.

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Was a good weekend for events.
This event was on Sunday, and Mods & Rockers was in Millville on Saturday.
Excellent weather and both were reasonable rides from your place.
Definitely worth considering for next year.

Funny you mentioned Mod & Rockers, soon as I posted about the swingarm yesterday I thought to myself "wonder when Mods & Rockers is?" Got on their website and saw it was Aug 22. Oops ...Kinda late.

[jabcb]

Two more pics:




Was a sunny day & my cell phone camera couldn't handle the contrast.
The 2nd BMW isn't yellow, its orange.
The orange on the Bilt helmet is closer to being correct & the bike was painted to match the helmet.

[jabcb]

A few more pics with a better camera than I had.

From the Cafe Racer magazine website:




Janus is a small company located in Indiana:

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Moved pics to Flickr.

Suzuki GT750 & T500. Owned by two friendly guys from Ontario, Canada.
CRM_2015-08-23_GT750_t500 by jabcb, on Flickr

Wild Suzuki T500 with sidecar.
CRM_2015-08-23_T500sidecar by jabcb, on Flickr

Suzuki GT550.
CRM_2015-08-23_GT550 by jabcb, on Flickr

The GT750 & T500 have swingarms for other bikes that were adapted to fit.
Here is a pic of the T500 swingarm:
CRM_2015-08-23_T500swingarm by jabcb, on Flickr

Two more pics:
CRM_2015-08-23_group2 by jabcb, on Flickr
CRM_2015-08-23_group1 by jabcb, on Flickr

Was a sunny day & my cell phone camera couldn't handle the contrast.
The 2nd BMW isn't yellow, its orange.
The orange on the Bilt helmet is closer to being correct & the bike was painted to match the helmet.