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A good friend of mine owned this in the late 80's (yup that's an H100 bucket racer of mine in the background..).
He got it for a song but never raced it and onsold it. I remember blasting it up and down an "unnamed" street in Sydenham at night thinking this was friggin' fast !!!
Is it a converted T500 or has TR500 connects perhaps?
Someone may know.
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It would be a T500 Titan that has been modified, I had one and it was awesome.Wish I would of kept it.
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Interesting - obviously a kitted T500 motor but I don't recognise the frame.
Mike Sinclair built a run of 3 T500's while working at Tommy's but used braced stock frames. That's a lot shorter than a stocker
but it's not a Steve Roberts frame I'd think.
There are a few oldies left around ChCh who might know where it came from.
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Me too! A '73 T500. My first Jappa and an awesome bike for its time. This one is a special build using the T500 motor but I can't tell you anything else about it.Originally Posted by unstuck
It would be a T500 Titan that has been modified, I had one and it was awesome.Wish I would of kept it.
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
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Ta
Titan motor as everyone has said. Maybe GT forks but impossible to tell for me.
That frame is weird, the way the frame rails mount the headstock is funky as all hell. The swingarm is half the length of a T or GT too.
Had a couple Titan and GT 500s as my second third and fourth bikes. Good way to learn how to ride!
Ta
I bet the thing cackled like all hell with those pipes on it.
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It felt and sounded glorious plus ..err..rather loud ..
Actually carburetted really well,..pulling from 3000rpm not too bad and then from 5500 to about 8000 it really opened up !!!
I remember a few unintended wheelies. Quite a lot for a 18 year old boy used to his CBX400F !!!
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Is it a Seeley frame ??
"The road to Hell is really grippy with loads of run off & some wicked lefthanders"
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8k rpm would be a lot for that motor, quite impressive! My stocker was red-lined at 6,500 with peak power at 5,500 and would pull from 1500.
I seem to recall the reason the swingarm was lengthened from the first Titan was also to do with the tendency to pop the front wheel up.
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Ta
Ya needed to take the baffles out of the pipes.
Dunno about this. My Titan and GTs had identical swingarms.
Titan was never that eager to hoist the front either.
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I'll see if i can dig out the specs, I recall in a Two Wheels article that the swingarm was lengthened by about a half inch or so from the original. It was back in about '71 or '72 so the memory is not as good as it could be.
My '73 wouldn't get the front end up very easily and I confess to never having done so.
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
The metal is always nude.
Have no idea. Thought someone may know. Love to know where it is now.
From my memories, it was very willing to rev and would see 9K easily but def tried not to do that.
They had a fairly robust crank though didn't they.
I wish I had some footage of it but it was back 1988/89 and smartphones weren't around then.....
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Ta
Gearbox bearings were the weak link on all of mine. Never needed to do anything to the cranks.
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The motors got a rep for being pretty much bullet-proof. I know I caned mine! I used to carry two sets of plugs though, Champion L82Y's for slower speed stuff and L78's for the high speeds as if you used the hot plugs on the open road and got the revs up you could burn holes in the pistons.
The hotter plugs though, did reduce the chance of oil fouling at low revs in town.
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
The metal is always nude.
This is a Seeley T500 so dunt think it's one of those..
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