Tags T500

Purchasing classics there
Suzuki T500 1

Suzuki T500. From superbike to discounted middle engine

I bought a blue one for 600 guilders. I had a very nice green cream for 1.000 guilders. I traded one with a highly explosive ex-sprint block for some parts. My second sidecar combination was one. With a Reimo one-in-one expansion pipe. I bought it in Tiel for 2250 guilders. And then there was that orange Suzuki T500 from Alphen. Those times are over.
Suzuki GT250

Suzuki GT250

Yes: "A heavy one is your true one!" And that heavy Suzuki also had at home. Those were the 500 cc two-stroke twins and the GT750 already discovered by enthusiasts. That 500 started its life as a heavy, fast machine and ended its days for 3.999 guilders as a kind of Jawa XL on steroids.
Dream

Dream well: Classics and their dream factor

It has been investigated. Apart from rare bursts of spontaneous love for classics, our passion is usually shaped by 'my father's/neighbor's/uncle's motorcycle (or car)'. And then there was an age when we were very susceptible to dream engines.…