The 'Titan' name was dropped and the designation became, simply, GT500 for both the 19 model years. In 1976, the Titan was given a facelift and gained a single disc front brake. From that time on, the T500 was known as the 'Titan' in all markets until the 1976 model year. Ford at that time had an agreement to market the Shelby Mustang 'Cobra' automobile so they took offense at Suzuki's use of the name. The 'Cobra' model name was dropped at the end of the first year of production, apparently after Suzuki received a letter from the Ford Motor Company's legal department. It was able to do over 100 mph, durable, handled reasonably well, especially on motorways and sweeping bends and went on to be produced in the tens of thousands until the end of the 1977 model year. This was a 500 cc twin-cylinder air-cooled bike with a five-speed transmission. In late 1967, building on their success with the T20, Suzuki introduced the T500/5 (Cobra in the US/Canada markets and Titan elsewhere) as a 1968 model. In the fall of 1965, they introduced the T20 Hustler twin (aka X6 or Super Six) as a 1966 model with 250 cc displacement, automatic oil injection and the world's first six-speed transmission in a production motorcycle. Most models had six-speed gearboxes, enabling the factory tuner to raise engine speed with the consequent narrowing of the power band.ĭuring the 1960s, Suzuki showed that it was serious about staying at the forefront of the motorcycle business. Models under 250 cc had single leading shoe brakes. Models 250 cc and above were fitted with large twin leading shoe drum brakes until 1975 when disc front brakes were introduced. All models through the 1965 model year were of the premix type while all models from 1966 onwards used automatic oil injection. Lubrication was provided via premix or automatic oil injection depending on the year and model. All T-series engines used piston-ported, air-cooled, two-stroke, two-cylinder engines.

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