I had a silver one joined the Army in 77 covered it in grease and left it for 6 years in the old air raid shelter in the back garden, 6 years later flat battery half flat tyre's I kicked it over and it started, under the grease it was near perfect condition no more than 8000 on the clock probably much less can't remember, we were moving house and I had a car so gave it away to a friend, just to be rid of it, what a fool I was wish I had it now.

Had one in the eighties that I swapped a KE125, no idea of mechanics then as when I turned the lights on the power dropped. Next time I saw one was in a racing exhibition in Douglas museum, still beautiful in race trim

Hello, nice bike rebuild. I also have a T500 model J. I want to repaint mine, do you know the coloucode for the white? cheers Andy

A beautiful bike. I use to own a 1971 T350 back in the day. Gold colour. I miss that bike even after all those years. Nothing like a 2 stroke. Cheers NZ.

Very thirsty and a small tank. Mine did just 85 mies before hitting reserve. The original shocks are terrible. Only a single disc on the front, mine had twin discs. Paid £90 for it in 1986 [10 years old]

Lovely. A gentleman's two stroke.

Very nice.

Regarding the chroming of your exhausts, I would recommend S&T Electroplate near Bristol. They did a fantastic repair and chroming of my H2 exhaust 👍

A superb job, you don’t cut corners. A beautiful bike, well done young man.It sounds like 1971,brilliant 😊

My first bike when i was 17 gold in colour, passed my test on it NJE16R where are you now?

What a lovely bike! I had a red GT250B that I bought brand new in 1977 for around (I think?) £650. This one (like the B model) would put out 32 BHP. Great to hear and see yours going - great memories, great fun!!!!

Thaats a lovely bike

A lovely restoration Rod..it looks magnificent.!

Great job.. ref. The exhaust chroming: contact Sean at Agbrigg chroming in Leeds. He will do it and makes a cracking job.. cheers, Andy

Thanks for a very informative rebuild series. I do hope that you get another project. Will your wife not allow them in the house 😊

Had a couple of these.first one in the mid seventies seconds one late seventies. Only issue I had was a very noisy second gear so engine out and new gear clusters fitted compliments of Derek Loan motorcycles who unfortunately are no longer trading.

Ola , ficou maravilhosa um exelente trabalho , esse azul é lindo .... tenho uma honda 750 k 75 tambem restaurei totalmente , essas maquinas cada vez mais valorizadas , a sua esta um sonho parabens , saudações do Brasil .

Villiers should have imported the engines in the late 60s and then they could have been put in bikes like the Arial. Would have been awesome.

Another great restoration well done 👍

Another great video Rod, and a brilliant job on the restoration 👌

Hi, I have been following all video on the T500 and the result is beautiful. I got this bike in 71 with the same colour and my dream is to find one to refurbish. Unfortunately, my wife tells me that I cannot keep two bikes in the garage. I have already a CB 750 K1 from 71. As you have both the H1 and T500, could you compare both? Best regards. Philippe from France

Very nice, great work! I really like the T 500, I've been looking for one for a while!

Beaut job mate these were out quite a bit b4 I got interested in bikes but my cousin had one and I went past an immaculate one on the motorway once the guy was just taking it easy same colour as yours

Fantastic restoration, great job! Now you have to sell it to make room in your shed for the next project? Thanks. 👍🏻

Lovely job 👍👍 Well done on bringing a beautiful smoker back to life.

A stunning job. We have to keep this beautiful machines alive. This is a credit to you...

Great job looking fantastic 👍

Looks fantastic

I've the other colour, candy lavender ! Also I've 2 nos air filters, willing to sell 1 of them.

Had an fs1e at 16 and a P reg suzuki gt 250 at 17, 👌

You didn't mention the different headlight did you ? The flattened bottom only featured the '71R. New replica exhaust of good quality are available in the Netherlands. I have a new nos airfilter but I'll have to check whether or not i need it myself.

Normally only the 5th gear goes bad due to oil starvation in blocks upto '73 after which they were modified to hold 1400cc instead of 1200cc gearbox oil. My advice would be to do the mod yourself while the block is opened anyway.

Hi, do you know what bike this front fender comes from? I love it! Thanks.

Hi I bought my 250gt in 1975 brand new for £800 new I wish I didn't sell it to get married god I wish I was seventeen again 😢.

I had the older SUPER SIX, I wonder does anyone these days still have one?

Stunning,,, nice one,,, proper job

Nice event! 👍

Brilliant video Rod, it was a fantastic event 🤩🤩🤩

Beautiful, I've just acquired a 1976 GT500 I rescued from a hedge on a farm, it's in a sorry state tho, parts prices are crazy for T/GT 500 parts,

Very very enjoyable videos, would it be possible to keep a running total of your spend just as a added bit of interest? Your videos should be on the NHS for us older chaps. ha ha.

i was born in 1962, so seen the from British to Japanese of the 70s, i still like them all, you said Barry sheene remember at the finish everyone stormed the finish line the riders had to dodge the crowed. times have changed

They were great bikes

Torque induction baby !

Interesting video as always Rod, the bike is looking good 👍

Just regarding your exhuasts, have a look in your Tansha under members services... guy called russel. He knows a chromer, but he apparently likes working on 2t pipes and will get them looking alright for chroming. Get in touch and check out his work. Im getting my GT750A pipes done this winter. Loving watching the restoration, im hoping to get a T500 once I shift my ducati 748 (totally wrong bike to buy for my riding style)

This is beautiful, congratulations. Here since the begining of the restoration

Great job, I had my Yamaha YR5 frame powdered coated in 1989 and still looks as good now well worth having it done Rod. 🙂🙂🙂

It looks fantastic, coming on nicely.😊

What’s the dif between the T500 and T500R? Beaut job!

I used Grey heat shrink over the top of black cables on my 1964 CB77 😊