Monday, April 3, 2023

Kawasaki frames it. 1969


 Kawasaki trying to improve upon the featherbed frame? Oddly, they did not use this design in their new H-1 triple. I expect the ad is aimed at Suzuki who during that period, didn't use any frame member vertically from the swing arm pivot for their twins.

T-500
Curbsideclassics



2 comments:

  1. The T500 looks a lot like the CB450, except the CB had a tube from the top tube down to the middle of the swingarm crossmember. Not sure how effective that would be.

    rdguy

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  2. I’ve always figured the steering head should be connected to the swingarm pivot as rigidly as possible. I never understood what Suzuki was thinking, using that design.

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