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 500cc. All T-series
engines used piston-ported, air-cooled, two-stroke, two-cylinder
engines.
Lubrication was provided via premix or automatic
oil injection depending on the year and model. All models
through the 1965 model
year were of the premix type while
all models from 1966 onwards used automatic oil injection.
Introduced in 1967 the T500/Five -(500cc
and five speeds), also known as the -Suzuki
-Titan, was bombproof. _Not
only did it run
flawlessly when contemporary magazine testers
took it through Death Valley in the summertime heat, it
soon gained a reputation
as one of the most reliable motorcycles
of the Sixties.
Cylinders were aluminum alloy sleeved with iron. The lower
end had three main bearings, pump fed lubrication to the
lower end of
the rods and the rear of the cylinders, and alternator
ignition timed by points. _A
-5-speed gearbox transferred
power to the chain
final drive. The tachometer
drive was taken off the countershaft, which meant the
tach wouldn’t read when the clutch was disengaged.
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