T500 Special...
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titan performance
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T500 Special...
I've owned this 500 since 1977, so I've pretty much grown up with it. Lack of use and damp storage saw it deteriorate quite badly, but last March I decided to attack it, and take it to the Isle of Man TT at the end of last May. It got stripped down in early March, and was finished by early May with several weeks to spare. The plan was to build a custom bike, but one that was easily recognisable as the T500 it started out as. That meant keeping the stock tank, in the original colour, but changing just about everything else. It went down very well at the TT, and I had great fun riding it there........so much so, it will be going again this year !
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Keeping old 2 strokes alive !
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parksie
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Re: T500 Special...
NICE 
1969 T500
1973 T500
1971 T500 (being restored)
1976 GT500 (being restored)
2012 Ninja 650
1973 T500
1971 T500 (being restored)
1976 GT500 (being restored)
2012 Ninja 650
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CBWELLS
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Re: T500 Special...
Beautiful! Nicely done. Not tooo much & wonderfully recognizable. You should be proud. I love the chambers too!
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titan performance
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rngdng
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Re: T500 Special...
Very sharp! Clean and classic-looking.
Lane
Lane
If you stroke it more than twice; you're playing with it.
Too many bikes, too much time, ENOUGH SPACE, FINALLY! Never enough money.........
Too many bikes, too much time, ENOUGH SPACE, FINALLY! Never enough money.........
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garry55
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Re: T500 Special...
top job matey
I would have been proud to have built that.
I would have been proud to have built that.
Garry
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I know I can stop anytime.
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I know I can stop anytime.
