Anyone know anything about these bikes? I have been searching the internet for a long time and cannot find a decent picture of them. I know that the headlight bucket is wrong but have no idea what it is supposed to be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jeff
70 Suzuki 250 Hustler
70 Suzuki 250 Hustler
Last edited by jsmith1107 on Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Heres's some pics from a recent ebay sale:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1967-Suz ... 1c13fb7a08 I wanted one bad when they first came out, they were light and fast. Your pic is the "scrambler " version. May have been the origination of the term "rice rocket". No engine brake took some geting used to though. 66 dream, 78 cb750k, 02fz1, 09 wing
I don't know about anywhere else, but we called them X-6 Hustler or X-6 Scrambler. They had awesome acceleration and revved like crazy, but the sound was awful (for me at least). They had a six speed gearbox (needed for the narrow powerband of the two stroke), about 28 HP and folks that rode them were always wanting to street race with us Honda riders. I recall going to Milan Dragway in 1967 (or maybe '68) and finally beating one, but only after putting the big bore kit and cams in my 305. I probably had a weight advantage though since I barely weighed 115 pounds way back then; the Army bulked me up to 140 before sending me to Vietnam though :(
Well, I was wrong above, they dropped the name X-6 and called them Hustlers when they went from the T20 to the T250. Here's some data:
http://www.suzukicycles.org/TS-TC-series/TS250.shtml And a little history: http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/motor ... maker.aspx
Wow, that almost looks like a CB77 clone. I had to do a retake on the first picture to make sure I wasn't missing something.
Hey guys, thanks for the feedback. So, is this a good bike? I don't know much about these since I have had Honda's and Yamaha's in the past. I happen to run across this bike because it was my cousins and he wanted to sell it. I thought it was pretty neat looking and ran great since it just had a complete overhaul.
Anyone know where I can get a headlight bucket for this model as well as a few other parts? Thanks again, Jeff I always save a search on ebay and have it send a message to my email when any new parts show up. Takes a while sometimes, but you can usually find what you need eventually. Might try this forum also: http://www.vjmog.com/forums.html 66 dream, 78 cb750k, 02fz1, 09 wing
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