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1970 Suzuki T500 race-prepared by Eddie Crooks, winning machine in the 1970 500 cc Production Class TT race ridden by Frank Whiteway, on display at the Manx Museum [11] [12] The T500 became popular in production racing, [ 6 ] with Frank Whiteway winning the 500 cc Production IOM TT in 1970 [ 13 ] and Stan Woods winning in the 1972 race .
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 ...
The Suzuki T500 began to show its potential at the National road race in Indianapolis, when both Grant and his teammate Art Baumann finished in second and third places behind Cal Rayborn. [ 21 ] Grant then took his Suzuki motorcycles to the Bonneville Salt Flats and set three land speed records for stock production motorcycles, as well as ...
[1] [2] He ended the season with a sixth place in Italy and a fifth place in Spain to secure second place in the 500cc world championship, just one point ahead of Rob Bron, also riding a Suzuki T500. [1] New Zealand road racers had a string of second placings in the premier class – Ginger Molloy in 1970, Turner in 1971 and Kim Newcombe in ...
The 1970 Isle of Man TT, the fourth round of the 1970 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, involved a number of races on the Mountain Course on the Isle of Man.For the third consecutive year, Giacomo Agostini won both the Junior and Senior races, completing the six laps of the latter race in 2:13.47.6 to win by over five minutes.
The 1970s weren't a decade for subtlety. Like the fashion and music of the era, cars were often bold, brash and unapologetically stylish, designed to command attention and dominate the road. This ...
1970 Suzuki T500 race-prepared by Eddie Crooks, winning machine in the 1970 500 cc Production Class TT race ridden by Frank Whiteway, on display at the Manx Museum [14] [15] In 2018 Manx National Heritage stated that there were 100,000 visitors each year on average to the Manx Museum.
The prototype Suzuki GT750 was shown at the 17th Tokyo Motor Show in October 1970 and launched in Japan in September 1971 as a sports tourer (GT standing for Grand Tourismo) and was developed from the Suzuki T500 with an extra cylinder and liquid cooling. [5]