This was my first bike. Ive had it for 10 years now and its time to start restoring this. Ive already aquired a bunch of NOS stuff as well as genuine parts and service manuals. I noticed a few other members on here have these too and I should consider myself lucky as mine is complete. But it does need a fair bit of work. This bike holds a special place in my heart as it was my first bike so a FULL resto is in the works. But holy cow are parts expensive. I just saw a nos oil tank cover go for $200! This is going to be time consuming and headache inducing but its worth it. Some day my kids wil be putting around on it. Here is a pic. A few parts are not pictured on it but I do have everything! Figured id share it with you guys.
My Suzuki MT50 Trailhopper
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1971 Suzuki Trailhopper
I have owned a 1971 Suzuki Trailhopper since it was new, and it has about 3500 miles on it. It is nearly in mint condition, and spent the last 30 years in my parents' garage. I am in the process of installing a new battery, flushing all of the oils, and getting it running again.
There are no tears in the vinyl, all of the plastic covers are intact, the tool kit is in place, the chrome is unblemished, and the tires are original. In short, other than two notches in the from of the gas tank cover (after I wrecked it once it sheared off the stop on the steering column-so it rubs the tank cover), it is nearly perfect. I originally planned on showing it in antique car meets when "I got old".
That time is now, I suppose, but I am interested in selling it now. What do you think that something like that is worth?
I have owned a 1971 Suzuki Trailhopper since it was new, and it has about 3500 miles on it. It is nearly in mint condition, and spent the last 30 years in my parents' garage. I am in the process of installing a new battery, flushing all of the oils, and getting it running again.
There are no tears in the vinyl, all of the plastic covers are intact, the tool kit is in place, the chrome is unblemished, and the tires are original. In short, other than two notches in the from of the gas tank cover (after I wrecked it once it sheared off the stop on the steering column-so it rubs the tank cover), it is nearly perfect. I originally planned on showing it in antique car meets when "I got old".
That time is now, I suppose, but I am interested in selling it now. What do you think that something like that is worth?
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I asked an honest question, and expected an honest answer--or no remarks at all!
Just what kind of question would be worthy of this board? I thought it was a board that provided mutual support for people that liked old mini bikes.
I have had the Trailhopper for nearly 40 years. What makes you think that it would just go 'poof' on Ebay? How long have you had a mini-bike?
From the look of your picture, my Trailhopper is older than you are. From the immaturity of your response, I can be fairly sure.
I asked an honest question, and expected an honest answer--or no remarks at all!
Just what kind of question would be worthy of this board? I thought it was a board that provided mutual support for people that liked old mini bikes.
I have had the Trailhopper for nearly 40 years. What makes you think that it would just go 'poof' on Ebay? How long have you had a mini-bike?
From the look of your picture, my Trailhopper is older than you are. From the immaturity of your response, I can be fairly sure.
I say your trailhopper is worth $50 and you should sell it to me! :laugh: jk jk. I hope you dont sell it considering you have owned it for so long. As far as the gas cap, ebay is a good one. I would also keep an eye on Irondog's dirtbike swapmeet. NOS stuff pops up on there occasionally. One of my favorite new tactics for finding stuff is actually searching craigslist via google. Go to google and type in "craigslist Suzuki trailhopper" or "craigslist Suzuki mt50" or something. Then when the search results come up, look for the craigslist results and select "show more results from craigslist.org" then a ittle further down select "show all results from craigslist.org" and vioala! You now have pretty much all craigslist ads from across the country that have something to do with trailhoppers and among them you can sometimes find nos parts. You cant always find what your looking for and people arent always willing to ship but theres stuff out there! This works with other bikes too. I hope that made sense.
Or you can just google "trailhopper nos" and see what happens but thats a bit too broad if ya ask me. Good luck with your quest for a nos gas cap!
Or you can just google "trailhopper nos" and see what happens but thats a bit too broad if ya ask me. Good luck with your quest for a nos gas cap!
I always liked the Trailhoppers. They were cool bikes. A friend of mine had one in the early 70s. It definitely had the coolness factor but my Kawasaki Dynamite would blow it away in a race. Even though the Trailhopper was a 2-stroke it wasn't real fast because it was only 50cc.
I would mind finding a nice one someday but they are few and far between and parts are hard to find since Suzuki only made them like two years or so.
I would mind finding a nice one someday but they are few and far between and parts are hard to find since Suzuki only made them like two years or so.
