Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

A fool and his money...

Assumption, best laid plans, that’ll polish out: all concepts that raise their ugly head whenever a restoration hoves into view; there may (will) be trouble ahead.

After the Sting Thing I started to hanker after a bit more of the same. The T200’s sibling, the T20, or Super Six as it’s generally called, had a slightly mucky brother (or sister… just sayin’), the TC250, ever so pretty and I have to be honest I did consider one. But whilst looking at pics of TC250s, as you do, I clocked a TC305. Now that looks interesting. Based on the next Suzuki 250cc incarnation, the T250, the 305 was sold in reasonable numbers in the USA in both road-going (T305) form and street scrambler (TC305) form. I dunno what it is about those high pipes and bash plate bikes, but I really like

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