I was thinking more of mid-corner bumps, with or without throttle application. Or sudden throttle inputs, positive or negative, with or without cornering involved. Or almost anything else that would stress such a flimsy rear sub-frame and thin front forks with apparently untriangulated steering stock... OTOH, I'm still alive so I must have (eventually) applied some thought to the bikes I've been willing to ride at speed. Don't ask me about the time I missed the change to top on the T500R at over 100 mph in the curve passing the entrance to Garran Hall on the ANU campus. -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD. "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
Sadly, no. The T500R was the 1971 ('R' model year) version of the T500 'Cobra' (IIRC). The TR500 was the racing version, as fielded by Pat Hennen, etc. -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD. "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
Ah, that was what I was thinking of. Didn't they do a watercooled conversion for it? I'm sure someone did.
I think you're right, after a year or two of problems with the air-cooled TR500. -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD. "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
