Suzuki GT triple series !
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- Suzuki GT triple series: GT 380,GT 550,GT 750 - Revolutionary motorbikes that brought a lot of changes in the motorcycle world.
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I owned a 76 GT 750. A blue one exactly like the one in the video. So smooth and powerful! I miss the sound and smell of a 2 stroke!
Once you've had a seventies two stroke of any make the performance. The smell .. the feelings for them . Don't matter what Japanese make . It will never leave you
Agreed. My first was a 1978 750 F Honda.
@@nathanlambshead4778
Is that a TWO stroke 😱
@@bohavsvend I used to stroke it twice before I rode it.
@@jimnagel5611
Trio Japanese Samurai is The King of motor bikes especially in 2 stroke!
Great video!!! I had a '73 Gt 750. I had rebuilt the engine to 900 cc displacement, installed a set of Spec II expansion chambers, and drilled the front discs. I found and installed a complete 1970's Cafe Race fairing, fuel tank, seat and rear fairing with rear set pegs and clip on handle bars. Then I rode the Hell out of that machine. It NEVER failed to scare me to death at times, but I loved it. I wish I still had it.
good story......wish i could hear that sucker !
I'll bet that was SCAREY FAST!
I had a '75 GT750. Replaced the rear swing arm bushings from nylon to metal, and put a set of Koni's on the rear and had K81's, The bike handled great, much better than it should have and I had no trouble keeping up with guys on RD's, Triumphs and Nortons. My favorite bike ever.
Whats K81'S...Tires??
Z Shark Yea, Dunlop tire. K81 and K91
Good times, bought new '74 -GT 550, then new '74 GT 750.
Maybe your riding was better than the others, that's why you beat them? I was in an unlimited race on an RD250 proddy bike as we entered all the races we were eligible for to make the most of the weekends! I beat a guy on an RD500, Gary Rance I think it was and a bloke on a GPZ900, I ended up sharing a bed on the same ward as him at Snetterton(Norfolk and Norwich hospital it was then) His name was Andy Keys I think?
On the street it is all about how big your balls are, corenering speeds etc are all way less than a curve of the same radius on a track. Even the guys on the Isle of Man are probably only doing about 90% of the speed possible, self preservation kick in right at the end. Mind you Kevin Mawdsley was the first to do over 100mph lap of the Island on a 350 YPVS Proddy spec bike in 1985! That was mental!
Had a 1975 GT 550 bought it from the original owner, black, gold stripes ,club man bars, small cafe screen every time I left the driveway I felt like i was braking the law. Best bike ever.
One of the best sounding machines on two wheels :)
I had a 1972 GT 550 milled head, ported and polished intake and Bassani triple chambers exhaust and cylinders bored over 3 times ! That bike had such an insane power band that if you gunned it and didn't hold on tight it would literally jump out of your hands when the powerband hit at about 5800 rpm !
The bike reminds me of my youth. We called the bike SAN-PACHI means 38, the first two digits of 380. GT380 was very popular among Japanese young boys in those days. Thanks for keeping it in good condition.
Curious what you guys called the 750?? Cheers from Las Vegas :)
My brother owned a GT 380 in the mid eighties and I had a baby GT 185. Both never run properly but we loved them all the same.
They would be worth top dollar today.
I had a Suzuki GT550, the carb slides were sticking, then the bikes were recalled for that problem. Dealer insisted on lending me his personal GT750 for about a month, smart guy, a couple months later I traded for a GT750 water buffalo. Very powerful and the rubber mounted engine was smooth as glass, a really nice bike and got over 40 mpg on the highway.
Carb slides sticking was due to bad two stroke oil. It usually happened on rainy days (don't ask me how i know). I solved it by using Castrol chainsaw oil.
I grew up in a poor family.I saved my paper route money to buy a Suzuki 125cc enduro.My mother told me before my 16th birthday that there is no way I was getting a murder cycle.This was devastating to a guy who had to rely on others for rides or the public transit or hoof it.I waited 3 years until I was considered an adult.Got me a shiny new Black and gold gt550. 6 months later I got a Suzuki RE5 rotary.In your face MOM!The new motorcycles kept coming every 2 years like clockwork.I realize 40 plus years later that I was getting back at my mother.I made sure to show her each and every new purchase the day after I got it.I should have kept the RE5 and GT550.Both really unique bikes then and now.Mothers,don't destroy your children's dreams.Forget your troubles get on Suzuki!
These were amazing machines, I had a smaller one (to keep sane), still, great engineering and design, they were just so exciting in the late 70s, made anything made "locally" seem stone age.
I had all of these at one time or another, 2 strokes are glorious, ohh how I miss them.
Were do I get this bikes
Yeah I agree but these days we aren't allowed to have smokey 2 strokes but back then in the 70 s no one gave a stuff
LOVE and always will LOVE Those old GT750 triples. Got to ride one back in the mid 80's was the bike of my Dreams back in the early to mid 70's. LOVE that original purple 750J model, worth a lot these days.
Nice, the Suzuki 76er GT 380 was my first "big" bike in 1989😉
I've looked out for the GT 750, in the end, a Kawasaki Z 1000 A1 is my personel bike for 31 years.👍🍀
I love these 3 cylinder two - stroke models from Suzuki or Kawasaki, they are a true step on our way to modern big bikes.
Greetings from Germany🙋♂️🍀👍
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@Ralph Alaric Instablaster ;)
I beg to differ. I have owned a '72 Suzuki GT750 since 1975 and the bike continues to run to this day. Reliable as ever. Could keep up with all the bikes of the era except the the Kawasaki H2 750. Could tour comfortably at 80 mph all day long. My only complaint was why Suzuki chose the four-shoe front drum brake for their flagship bike. They corrected this issue in 1973 with a front dual disc system which was a huge improvement.
Hi I agree they were a great bike many were sold and a true GT the reason they have become Iconic I don't know about the US but here in the UK with many being imported from the US the most sought after being the J mainly because of the beautiful drum brake and if set up correctly works well. I have owned 3 in the past all As until about 4 years ago I acquired a J I've hankered after for many years imported from the US with 24K miles, original and unrestored.
I had a 1975 Kawasaki H2 750 with steering damper on fork. Added veloctiy stacks rejeted the carbs . Man was she fast it was a maroon color wish i still had it today.
Hi Tony beautiful bike and you had in my opinion the best colour, I doubt anyone even today could deny the beauty and styling of these bikes and their outlandish colours especially Kawasaki. I never owned one but did own a brown and yellow 76 500 H1F and I regret selling it. A very different bike to the GT's in every way. I think all the 750's including the 500's came with steering dampers fitted though not so sure about the 400's and 250's. I know I purchased them from our Kawasaki Centre a few times and fitted them to other bikes and recall them being expensive around £100 complete with brackets way over a weeks wages maybe someone can correct this if Im wrong.
Nightster I have a 2012 Victory Cross roads in red now and I still enjoy riding but your right those 2 strokes we're something else.
Had one of those ,'72 Water Buffalo's as well. Stripped mine down to the bare bones, good-bye touring package. Raced against a lot of different bikes with it, won most. Here in the state of Washington, they would not let me re-licence it after several years of sitting in storage. Said it was too dangerous. Wound up selling the bike to a guy here that runs those engines in a class of hydroplanes. Oh yeah, the front brakes, never did get those to work right...
I had a 550 ram induction Suzuki. ran very well and handled like an extension on my body, very sweet in the corners. Used to run Red mountain pass with it.
It's a "Ram Air" system, basically just a cover over the heads supposedly to help cooling, did fuck all really! Induction was through the airbox!
@@rogerblackwood8815 it was just a marketing trick coz it sounded funky and new....yep it done jack shit....looked cool tho
@@chrisjenkins5846 That's about it👍👍
A legendary 2-Stroke that is hard to forget, especially the sound, the fun.
We in the motorcycle community have a short memory. The Water Buffalo certainly wasn't the first water-cooled mass-produced bike. In fact, the very first production motorcycle, the Hildebrand & Wolfmuller used water-cooling, but it depends how you define "mass produced". What isn't in question, though, is that Scott started mass production of water-cooled two-strokes in the 1920s. However, by the 1970s, the GT750 was pretty much the only water-cooled motorcycle you could buy at your friendly local dealer (anecdotal models like the Silk 700 don't count), before being followed by the first Honda Gold Wing a few years later, for this reason we tend to think of the Water Buffalo as having been first, forgetting all those that came and went in previous generations.
@Terry Melvin And Scot showed Suzuki.
I had a 74 GT550. The Waterbottles were pretty quick with a port/polish job and a good set of expansion chambers.
I had a GT-380 ,,, I love n miss that bike more than anything
Arnell Austin I can relate, these bikes had a cool sound and lots low end torque
That was a great series of bikes. My friends had all of them so I rode them quite a bit. They were really smooth engines and I don't remember them smoking much at all. The 380 was a nice little bike, the 550 was a really comfortable bike with good performance and the water buffalo was, well, a buffalo. Great engine but geared really long; as i recall, you had to be going 60 for top gear to be usable. I thought it was ill-handling but that's probably because my bike was a 750 Ducati and anything's ill-handling compared to that.
Worked at a Suzuki dealership 1969/1982 and had the luck to ride all the triples, my favourite was 750 with twin front drum brakes, great days sadly gone.
2:06 - 2 Stroke triples with 3 into ones sound amazing. I know they throttle them but that sound .... just beautiful!
That combined with running them on Castrol R, a total epic assault of the senses!
I prefer be'nol.
But ran better with expansion chambers.
I've got a 76er GT 380 in 1989 with an original exhaust System 3-4. Great sound and a nice optic.
I owned all three of these but the one I really miss is the 550, great bike.
Real bikes! Not like these new bike s. These 70's& 80's bikes, look a hundred times better! Also engines sounds.😀
Love it the sound and smell of a 2stroke 👌🏼be with me forever ✌🏻
The old Suzuki water bottles,awesome bikes scary as but still a lot of fun.
They were known as Kettles in the UK.
I had a 750... Back in the 11th grade.... I'm a amazing and tip top rider.... But that smoking heap scared the SHIT out of me at first.... just unbelievable power band... back tire was always bald.... awesome 🤙 thanks for your video 👍
People who claim to be amazing and/or tip-top riders are usually assbags, IME.
Good looking machine. Takes me back a while....That 750...tho...
I had a 72 GT 750, great fun. Also a 74 GT. The mikuni carbs are superior
These were some of the most facinating bikes when they came out my buddy bought a 73 maybey?.....a purple one..and i had never seen a bike with liquid cooling before!!..it just seemed very unique and it was very fast compared to other 4 stroke 750's that were around & much faster than the muscle cars around the area.
Memory lane. I had two 380’s my brother had the 550 and oldest brother had the 750 ( water buffalo, as we called them back then )
In the UK they were known as Kettles.
Would be nice if they remade these old classics, the Suzuki GT series, the Honda Four series, The kawasaki triple series, The 80' Yamaha's RD 350-500, even though the RD 500 was a little too "square" to look at. It could have improved design so it looked a little more like the RD 350
They used to call the GT750 a "Water Bus" down under where I live. I used to own one with 3 into 1 expansion chamber exhaust, you could hear it 5 km's away and it would sound like a formula 1 race car once you got over 3k. I used to get pulled over by police and warned to quieten the beast down. Never did though sold it years down the track with the same exhaust. Wish I had kept it now they are classic bikes and I think the biggest 2 stroke 3 cylinder water cooled road bike ever made.
What a wonderfull video! Great memories...
My first bike was a Suzuki GT 380 after begging for my father to give me one. My life changed from water to wine was a wonderful and spectacular time...
Were two wonderful years, spectacular, sensational, unforgettable...
Unfortunately at age 18 we had to sell the bike to help pay for the helicopter pilot course.
I almost begged for buyers did not take the bike but she was so wonderful, everyone was enchanted and in two days only I was crying very much watching her leave for the last time, extremely sad.
At that moment I made a promise that I would buy a bike, with my money, and that it would be a Suzuki.
A few years later I arrived at the house of a great old friend who opened a huge smile when he saw me sitting on a GT 750, he said I was sure you would get...
Many years later I had 2 wonderfull Hayabusa, and realized my great dream as a boy that was to race at the racetrack.
Even after 40 years I still miss and much sadness of my beloved and beloved GT 380...
GT380は日本でもまだ見かけますが、旧車会仕様ばかりなので自分的には惜しいなと思います。
やっぱりオリジナルが一番美しく感じるし、この様に良く整備されたGTを見ると嬉しいですね。
I remember these bikes like yesterday....had my Yamaha Rd400c at the time but when I was shopping before I bought the RD,I was looking hard at the 380 GT with the Ram Air. Just didn’t have the advanced machinery like the 400: cast wheels, dual disc brakes, few more innovations. Had to respect it though, it was a good cycle. As for the “Water Buffalo” , way out of my league...
The GT Triples had more character than the mid 70's coffin tanked RD's.
Gary Dunn Have to agree to some extent, but the sound of the RD coming on the power band was music to me. My cousin had the same bike as me and upgraded it with chambers and cdi, clipons, and I remember trying it on a special backroad we have around here... it was quite a rocket 🚀
I had a 1975 RD200 and I have to admit that it was a little flying machine. They spoilt the look of the RD range for me, from the 76model year onwards. OK, so all models from that point on got discbrakes, and CDI ignition. However, I much preferred the look and sound of the Suzuki triples. Just my opinion.
As I recall, back in the mid 70's Suzuki were already starting to wind down production of their two stroke models. I think that is why their GT triples didn't really change much over the years, with just minor cosmetic changes from one model year to the next. The GT550 was the first to go. Then, when they introduced their cleaner burning four stroke range in 1977 the GT750 was phased out, and the GT380 a year later. I can remember seeing GT380's and their GT500 twin on sale here in the UK at heavily discounted prices back in 78-79. The trend had now shifted to more environmentally friendly four stroke engines, which gave out much less air pollution. Just a small handful of two stroke bikes were around from the late 70's, and were almost gone by the early 80's. Such a shame, they were great fun.
Gary Dunn Fair enough, to each his own.
Owned several of these, my GT380B since 1978.
These are awesome, I'm ashamed to admit I never knew Suzuki made triples, I'm 66 yo and owned many Japanese motorcycles back in the 1970's-1980's always lusted for a H1 or H2 Kawasaki but after my friends buddy bought on a H2 I settled for a new 1974 Honda CB750F.
Had a gt 550. THE smoothest motorcycle EVER!!
The police Water Buffalo Is the first I've seen. Great video!
Love your videos. Reminds me of my youth. I owned a good few bikes.
Had a GT750J exactly same as in film.....sold it 30 years go for £2600 after keeping it more than 10 in immaculate condition. Regretted it the min guy rode off and will now cost circa £12k to replace now!
Oh I wish I still have my 72 Water-buffalo !! That ride through the winding road brought back some fond memories, I felt it was a great handling bikes. Can’t find any to restore in the States.
Remember the clunk every time you changed gears??
Red Toberts sure do and the chucking back and forth of a loose chain.
@@egghead992 That '72 model was probably the pick of the bunch. Slide carbs. My brother had a later orange, disc brake model with vacuum carbs. I rode it for a year to work and on trips. More modern bikes came out and showed how old the design was.
Scott was first mass produced water cooled m/cycle ! :)
Made In Bradford, England , I think?👍
I had a GT550. It was standard. I took it to Santa Pod. Waited so long to race, I had to use my choke to start my bike. Off of the line my bike spun its back wheel, it almost never did that on the road. I was expecting more grip, not less. Next to me was a Ducati 900SS. He spun off of the line, but backed off. I just went for it. I held a lead for most of the way, but the Ducati passed me just near the end. There were loads of modified and very expensive noisy GS550's having a go. I was the fastest 550 on that day. I did 14.2 seconds at 93mph. That is so slow today, but back then, that was fairly good. The fastest RD350's were slightly quicker with a lower top speed speed, for example, 14.1 seconds, 89 mph. The RD400's were just a bit faster all over. I can't remember, but something like 14 seconds dead and 94mph. Either way, the RD's were the killer bikes at the time, and my GT had no problem having a go.
RD Yamaha’s were more appealing bikes, especially the lc versions.
Everyone here reminiscing and I've only just started making memories on my 76 gt550 over the last 2 years. Spits allot of oil, smokes like a chimney and fowls up spark plugs every hundred ks but damn she turns some heads and let's rip on the highway 🤟 🇦🇺
Bought it for 350$... empty frame and motor in 4 old wire milk crates....took me about 3weeks to get it back together.... Wiring harness was fucked like a rats nest... Points and mag... Totally mis understood by the guy I purchased it from... But long story short. Crazy sound and always like riding on wet oiled road.... Awesome video 👍🤙🤙 thanks again 👍
6:05 - Dogs were like "Holy hell! We are outta here!"
Suzuki had a great idea when those bikes were brought out. The 380 used the same pistons as the 125cc single, and the 550 used the same pistons as the 185cc trail bike.. Makes parts availability much easier. Triumph did similar in using the pistons from a 250cc single into a Daytona 500cc twin and 3 pistons in the 750cc Triumph Trident.
Never owned but ran with a lot of the larger street two strokes in the 70's. Getting off one of my Honda's onto any of the 3cyl Suzuki's was not as big a step as going from a Suzuki to a Kawasaki. The Suzuki's were very much on a parallel plane to a good 4 stroke and had no apparent drawbacks. Very comparable power, fuel mileage and dependability to a similar size 4 stroke plus a very unique pleasing gurgle.
Kawasaki's were hands down faster and raunchier but much hardier on gas, oilier, did not feel nearly as robust and were much less refined - also you were not surprised to miss a Kawasaki from the group for a few rides while it was down for work while the Suzuki's just kept gurgling on. I would be thrilled to own any of the old two strokes again they were a flavor of the 70's but I would not trade a dozen of them for my big Ninja.
I remember those GTs I friend of mine died in one 750gt police model.the next owner to. The terd owner had accident on the same bike. He disassembled and sold all parts....jinks they called after some one died in a bike and resalem how ever .gt 550 was my favorite and later the X7 250 and the RG Gamma. Great bikes. Venezuela 1978/79.
Hermosa!!!! Viva el 2t!!!! Que maquinas impresionantes!!!
Ola.
In 1980, I bought my buddy's 73 GT380 from him for $400. I loved that bike! When I moved from my parents house to my first apartment, I left it behind and when I returned to get the bike, my parents had sold it! My Mom didn't want me riding anymore. Too dangerous, I guess.
Shoulda called the cops.
I wish these could still be made today, I'd buy one.
If only we could.. I would buy a warehouse and fill it with Suzuki Gt's :)
I wish we could go back in time. Great days!😀
No you wouldn't. A modern 400 is way better.
Thank you for posting this so keeping it posted really cool video brings back a lot of memories my second bike I was a kid I bought in 1978 and it was a used 75 Suzuki gt550. I understand the your channel's name javatino. On the border of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in Providence and not even maybe an a smile down the road from the Suzuki dealer. Not many people know about that bike but it was a really cool bike. Yeah when I was looking at my Suzuki the GS series had just come out. Hit a lot of money for that by considering the 550 GTA considering what year it was which was 78. I want to remember that the price is 1500. I actually took out a loan believe it or not you could take out a loan at that point for a motor at that time for a motorcycle for just 1500 bucks. With a down payment of course. And I remember looking riding both the 750 and the 550. I was just writing about a year at that time and I still had my first motorcycle which was a 1966 Yamaha ym1305 of course it was a two-stroke. This bike was virtually a clone of the Honda 305 dream. Even down to the rubber inserts in the gas tank. It was cool though that bike had a steering damp in a built in. You it was a large knob in the middle of the handlebars and it put tension on the steering column itself. Yeah but that's Suzuki was great but again the back of I was kind of intimidated by the 750. Again I was just a kid and yeah going from the 305 to that 750 water buffalo was a huge mine thing and I went with the 5:50. Wish I had gone with the 750 but I enjoyed my 5:50 immensely. Going from Providence to New York City all the time in the summer during whiting season. Doing Laconia the whole bit. It's really cool seeing these bikes while I'm blind so hearing these bikes again. Here in the 5:50 I could tell I didn't have to see was a real trip down memory lane thanks Cecilia us, baba Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
What a joy!!! And the engine design...
Still miss my 76 GT 750A, one hell of a bike.
Never had one myself, but it was said that they made a great tourer.
@@Nooziterp1 They did as long as you could get to fuel stations, thirsty bike when pushed hard. Handling over 100 mph left something to be considered.
Ive owned 3, GT380s, great bikes !
Os anos passam , mas elas não! Saudades de pilotar elas!
The first bike is the same GT380 as I had in 1976, R reg. too !
GT 380 is the nice bike and powerful. I've ever owned this in the middle of 80's. Maaf Jawa Tino apakah dari Indonesia?
If I remember correctly, the GT series also included a 125 and a 250 which where twins, and could be ridden on L plates like my KH250, oh those were the days, Honda did a CB360 that was identical to the CB250, people just used to swap side panels, cops never knew, remember them days guys? Z1 on the road for £850 all in! Look at the price of them now, Let the good times roll!
Suzuki was always brave and innovative. X-6 HUSTLER, whoa! 500cc TITAN, whoa again! 750cc Water Buffalo, unmatched! Suzuki = heuvos grandes!
Don't forget the RE-5 wankel engined bike.
Very innovative , but a poor seller. Suzuki lost $ on every one sold.
I remember in '83, they had a turbo concept bike with a fluid drive system. No chain or shaft !
Memories yes 75 / 76 in South Africa there was the 750 GTA and the GTB side cover of GTB was black where GTA was same as fuel tank.
I rode the wheels off of a gt380 back in the 70s,just had to remember to keep the 2 stroke oil tank topped off
68hp for a three-cylinder, two-stroke 750cc engine is nothing to brag about. That engine should deliver at least 100 hp.
- une machine qui n'a rien à envier aux autres !
A few corrections to specifications.
GT380J / GT380K (Iron finned cylinders):
Top speed = 95 MPH
Power = 36 HP
Torque = 27 Pounds/Foot
Fuel consumption = 48 miles per imperial (true) gallon
Disc brake on GT380K
GT380M / GT380A / GT380B alloy finned cylinders with nickaseal bores:
Top speed = 101 MPH
Power = 38 HP
Torque = 28.5 Pounds/Foot
Fuel consumption = 45 miles per gallon
Cast wheels on GT380B
GT550J / GT550K (Iron finned cylinders):
Top speed = 112 MPH
Power = 48 HP
Torque = 40 Pounds/Foot
Fuel consumption = 35 miles per gallon.
GT550M / GT550A (Alloy finned cylinders with nickaseal bores):
Top speed = 115 MPH
Power = 50 HP
Torque = 44 Pounds/Foot.
Fuel consumption = 29 miles per gallon
Twin front discs on GT550A
GT550B:
Top speed = 128 MPH
Power = 54 HP
Torque = 46 Pounds/Foot.
Fuel consumption = 18 miles per gallon.
Twin front discs
I own a GT550B. It takes corners like a drunk cart horse on rollerblades!! Accelerates like God kicked it down the road!!
Kawasaki H2 750 had dual front disc as an option. I own one .
You say that the second GT380 had a modified exhaust. Which it did. But the powerpipes on the first one are not standard either. So they are both modified. The standard exhaust should be similar to the 550 you showed. In the UK the GT750 was known as the kettle. I at one time or another owned all of the GT series bikes except the 750. Just loved the exhaust note from them.
I like the 380cc. It has a great sound
Awsome machine the old Suzuki kettle and the 380 quick machine eats the 2stroke oil though
Ta for the upload.i never had a triple,just a GT 250 with original Micron pipes (spannies).lusted after a 'kettle' but had other interests by then (gf).
Had one the same as this in the late 70s remember did a 240 mile round trip around the lake district when back used 2.5 tanks of fuel worked out ar 17 miles to the gallon 👍😁
Wow. I wonder why so badly with the gas ⛽
I was riding it hard keeping up with my 4 stroke friends that's why 17 to the gallon 😒
@@Whitejesselink riding it hard keeping up with the 4 Stoke boys
I love two stroke bikes, i used to have a couple of GT250s one was an X7, didn't know they did a triple, i knew Kawasaki did, a guy i knew had one with problems with the middle cylinder all the time a mates brother had what i think was a 350 or 380 hustler, i never saw it as that was before i moved to that area
Hi Jas. Suzuki were probably better known for their triples back in the 70s. The 380, 550 and 750 were very common. The Hustler was an early 70s (may have been late 60s) 250 which was pre-GT250. My best mate had a Hustler while I had a Suzuki Rebel 350.
What part of Wales are you from? I grew up in Pontarddulais.
Three cylinder two strokes always had overheating problems with the centre cylinder. Suzuki addressed this problem by giving the GT550 chrome bores which helped reduce overheating, because this method helped to dissipate heat more quickly, and their bigger GT750 was given water cooling.
Jas Ward "Ace😀!"
aussie sam Hi Sam, I'm from pontardawe originally, I've lived in Alltwen and ynysmeudwy, I'm living in Swansea at the moment, i work for a guy from Bont, near the bird in hand pub. So where do you live in Australia now, if you don't mind me asking? I have family that emigrated out during the 50s-60s i think, it was when there was a huge amount of people heading over, I've always wished that my part of the family went as well
I didn't realise that the GT750 "Kettle" is a triple, two strokes with expansion chambers have a sound that takes me back to my teenage years where Suzuki AP50s and ER50s Yamaha FS1E 50 "Fizzys" Suzuki X7s and X5s were all the rage with me and my mates, i had a four stroke Honda SS50 Myself which i loved "my first bike" I even had a couple of Honda cub's a 70 and 90 "stepthru" the wonderful days where every one mile per hour we got closer to the ton the more of the man we were, and of course the bigger your balls got lol.
The 750 engine was very popular for sidecar racing back in the days, cheaper and not much slower than a 750 tz motor!
That 3 into 1 exhaust sounds great, but it will kill the performance.
I had a Marshall 4 in 1 short race pipe on my Honda 750 F1 (1979 model) and I can assure you it didn't kill performanc at all. On the contrary. On a Honda 750 K2 I had a Dunstall 4 in 2 which also ameliorated performance.
@@JimmyRJump Context is everything.
r/wooosh
Yeah,each expansion chamber is tailored to each cylinder length wise,that's why each one has its own pipe.For best performance each cyl should have its own pipe and carb.
Not the same on a 4 stroke...3 into 1 kills a 2 stroke...
One small correction, the GT750 was not the first water cooled 2 stroke production bike, that honour goes to the Scott Flying Squirrel, that said i am a massive Suzuki 2 stroke fan, i had 2 GT185s, loved them, as well as an RD400.
Correct
750 also known as a 'kettle'.a mate had a 550 with a 3 into one pipe,so loud,you could hear it a half mile away!me,i stuck with a 250.
Wahouu, j'avais une yamaha rd 350 à cette époque !
Funny my 380 GT in read (first bike shown here, had 4 exhaust-pipes the middle cylinder having two. The RD350 Yamaha had exhaust pipes like the one shown here one for each cylinder.
Ahmmm...you’re all wrong, it was called the “tea kettle”
Grew up in the BayArea riding DS7(250cc), YR1(350cc), GT550, GT750 this one faster than ZR1, pulled away in 2nd!
Maybe better brakes as well, as he ran out of road, literally.
The fairys out Sanfran way called them "Tea Kettles", but the non-progesterone crowd called them water buffaloes. Heavy yet fast once wound up.
懐かしい、学生だった時にGT380乗ってたよ。
7:16 Way too close for comfort ! Has he got a deathwish ?
I have yet to come across anyone I would trust to ride that close to me, and that includes my own son!
Now that Suzuki and Kawasaki are buddies, it all makes sense.
Thinking of Suzuki and Kawasaki, the Kawasaki triples were notorious for eating spark plugs in the middle cylinder due to insufficient cooling. Didn't hear of this with the Suzuki triples though.
@@Nooziterp1 they weren't powerful enough to overheat. I was an apprentice in a Suzuki shop in the late 70's, a Kawasaki mechanic after that. Suzuki triples were almost slugs, but faster than Honda's.
ジーティーサンパチやないか。ナナハンはあるけど550は見たことないな。カワサキの空冷じゃんがらじゃんがらもよかったけれど、水冷もいいな。Awesome!
Belíssima máquina!!!
PENSA numa 1100 ???!!!😎😎😎🙄🙄🙄🙄
I had a gt 750 water bus scares the shit out of me some times , good in a straight line over the 100 mph mark
Sound divine
I smoked plenty of those Suzukis with my chambered and DG headed 77 RD400! 🙂
The Yamahas kicked the crap out of the Suzyques----lighter, faster, better looking----- IMO
Robert Backe it was pretty hard on the fourstrokes of the day too.
I had a RD-350 back in 1975--pipes-carbs and a little port/polish. What a great little bike & memories ........
Robert Backe I had two of the 350s. My neighbor had a 125 and a 250. At least three kids I went to high school got killed on RDs. Fassssst!!!
@@fontaineking5158 It's not the fast that kills them, it's the stupid :'(
More info on the Police edition GT750 please.. If anyone knows.. whats a beauty.
That's an Indonesian guy's bike. Any Indonesian, from what I've seen, can deck their car or bike out in lights, police paint schemes, etc. I have never seen any Suzi triples on the road here.
Thanks Ben... That explains why i have never seen one :)
I've seen I few GT380 in Indonesia , in the seventies the Indonesian police used RD350 as a pursuit bike , I suspect this GT750 was a special order for the Indonesian Police as an escort motorcycle back in the day. Today the cops use Honda Goldwing as an escort for VIP and BMW as escort bikes in Indonesia , also a few Yamaha XJ750s.
Loved the GT series of Triples. I hate that politics killed 2 strokes, one more Freedom Gone.
Love the Police edition 750 and its in Jakarta Indonesia!!
Had one just like that good bike
You are WAY too close to the bike in front.
In uk the gt750 was called the kettle.
Very smooth engines. Too close to bike in front - leaving no margin for error.
The mountain riding from 7:15 on had me cringing. I owned a 750, so I know just how bad the handling of the stock bike is. I assume those bikes had some upgrades, as I don't think you could ride the stock bike like that without it wobbling all over the place-including over the barrier. Loved the engine and hated everything else. It's a pity they didn't produce a version with a thinner engine in a decent chassis, it would have been brilliant.
had a gt 380 years ago Thirsty as hell
*Me too* Bought it, went to the gas-station filled it up, and then went on a long trip on the "Autobahn" near Salzburg. (Speed-limit was at 130 Km/h back then, and then when I was getting the hang of it feeling real good, oooooooh bikes seems to die, had to change to the reserve tank, and kept it down, til I reached the next gas-station, filled it up and was disappointed. Another time I lost 3 of inner muffler on the exhaust, came back into Salzbug, Cop pulls me over, as he heard me coming, (even going at the speed-limit it was too loud) so I stopped told him I got that bike this way just a few month ago, he told me, to stop lying and take a look. I went back to look, could not believe it. Had to park the bike on the street for a few days, til I got the inner-muffler. Drove it for some years and then the middle cylinder got a whole, from the spark-plug, limped home on two cylinders, at a friends place (some sort of private garage where he fixed cars of friends) took the engine apart. Sadly never got around fixing it, as I moved out of the country for some years, he had to clean up the shop and close it, he gave away the bike as scrap-metal, my hearts bleeds while I type this....