General Information

Serial #

T-500 74306

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

METAL BODY, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC HANDGRIPS, TAILIGHT, SIGNAL LIGHTS, OTHER PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES, PARTS/ GLASS HEADLIGHT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Motorcycle vehicles

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

SUZUKI

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1970S-1990S

Canada

The Suzuki T series was a series of motorcycle manufactured by Suzuki that ran from approximately 1963 through 1977 in various engine displacements between 90 and 500 cc. In late 1967, building on their success with the T20, Suzuki introduced the T500/5 (Cobra in the US/Canada markets and Titan elsewhere) as a 1968 model.

Function

GENERAL TRANSPORTATION

Technical

This was a 500 cc twin-cylinder air-cooled bike with a five-speed transmission. It was able to do over 100 mph, durable, handled reasonably well, especially on motorways and sweeping bends and went on to be produced in the tens of thousands until the end of the 1977 model year. The "Cobra" model name was dropped at the end of the first year of production, apparently after Suzuki received a letter from the Ford Motor Company's legal department. Ford at that time had an agreement to market the Shelby Mustang "Cobra" automobile so they took offense at Suzuki's use of the name. From that time on, the T500 was known as the "Titan" in all markets until the 1976 model year.

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT TUBE READS "MADE BY SUZUKI MOTOR CO. LTD./ MFD. IN 7/74/ GVWR 748 LBS/ GAWR/FRONT 288 LBS/ GAWR/REAR 460 LBS/ THIS VEHICLE CONFORMS TO ALL/ APPLICABLEFEDERAL MOTOR" & "VEHICLE SAFETY STANDAR/ DS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE/ OF MANUFACTURE SHOWN/ ABOVE/ V.I.N. T-500 74306/ MOTOR CYCLE/ MADE IN JAPAN"/ BLACK & SILVER PLATE READS ON OIL TANK READS "500" WITH WHITE APPLIQUED "SUZUKI MOTOR CO. LTD." & BLACK "CCI" BELOW"; "500" PLATE ON OPPOSITE SIDE/ BLACK & SILVER PLATE READING "SUZUKI" ON EITHER SIDE OF FUEL TANK/ INCISED ON FRONT TUBE IS "T500-743O6"/ WHITE "SUZUKI" ACROSS BACK EDGE OF SEAT

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE. LAST OWNER REPLACED MANY PARTS (SEE HISTORY FORM IN SUPP. INFO.)

Finish

METALLIC BLUE PAINTED FUEL & OIL TANK COVERS/ CHROME PLATED & METALLIC FRAME & PARTS/ BLACK SEAT & BACK REST COVERING/ METALLIC BLUE SYNTHETIC CASING PART/ BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC & RUBBER PARTS/ WHITE HEADLIGHT, RED TAILIGHT, RED & YELLOW SIGNAL LIGHTS ALL IN CHROME PLATED HOUSINGS

Decoration

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