Well, I got a vintage bike today as a project bike. The bike is compete, need lots of clean-up and I am sure some engine work.
The one I got is white, vs. this image of a black unit:
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Lots of surface rust and salt pitting, but very salvageable. Interesting thing, in doing research on it, I learned it is the FIRST SUZUKI model ever brought to the US.
Here is the info:
1964 - Suzuki T10
1964 Suzuki T10. In 1954 the Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company introduced its first true motorcycle, the CO, which launched it into the motorcycle business, the early models being marketed under the Colleda name. The Suzuki T10 is the first Suzuki motorcycle ever brought in to the United States. The T10, sometimes known as the TC 250 El Camino, is a 250cc, two stroke, two cylinder, and electric start street bike. Suzuki recognizes 1963 as its Anniversary year in the US. This motorcycle was sold to the seller as a 1964, which would make it one of the first two years of import and highly collectable. History of these early Japanese bikes can be sketchy and, as the seller understands it, they weren't actually designated as model years until the '70's, but from the research the seller has done, 1964 seems to jibe with the features of the bike (possibly an early '64, since it has a mechanical rear brake, but cast iron cylinders. The '63 TC250 is listed with a hydraulic rear brake and the '64 T10 is listed with an aluminum engine.) This model gave rise to the vaunted T20, a.k.a. X-6 Hustler, in 1965.
The one I got is white, vs. this image of a black unit:
Lots of surface rust and salt pitting, but very salvageable. Interesting thing, in doing research on it, I learned it is the FIRST SUZUKI model ever brought to the US.
Here is the info:
1964 - Suzuki T10
1964 Suzuki T10. In 1954 the Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company introduced its first true motorcycle, the CO, which launched it into the motorcycle business, the early models being marketed under the Colleda name. The Suzuki T10 is the first Suzuki motorcycle ever brought in to the United States. The T10, sometimes known as the TC 250 El Camino, is a 250cc, two stroke, two cylinder, and electric start street bike. Suzuki recognizes 1963 as its Anniversary year in the US. This motorcycle was sold to the seller as a 1964, which would make it one of the first two years of import and highly collectable. History of these early Japanese bikes can be sketchy and, as the seller understands it, they weren't actually designated as model years until the '70's, but from the research the seller has done, 1964 seems to jibe with the features of the bike (possibly an early '64, since it has a mechanical rear brake, but cast iron cylinders. The '63 TC250 is listed with a hydraulic rear brake and the '64 T10 is listed with an aluminum engine.) This model gave rise to the vaunted T20, a.k.a. X-6 Hustler, in 1965.
