Suzuki GS750 | The Superbike Snake in the Grass
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- A classic motorcycle like no other, the Suzuki GS750 took all the best elements from other Japanese superbikes at the time and surprised everyone by making them even better. See and hear this legendary 1970s motorbike out on the roads and experience what it’s like to ride today.
Shot with Paul Brace at Proper Bikes: www.properbikes.co.uk/
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New film out now! The story of the two-stroke Suzuki GT750: th-cam.com/video/kpo-bWVLqoY/w-d-xo.html
One of my teachers in secondary school had one of these. It was 1978. He taught art and liked a drink as well. Cool guy.
These bikes had engines that "never died"! They still run well!!
True that. 💕🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵💕
I have an ‘83 GS850g with 70k miles and still runs well. (Knocks on wood)
@@EricTheBody me with my 48k mile GSX1100G. Those old big bore, air cooled inline 4s are amazing
Had one of these back in the day,and yeah I still miss her....
I have a 78 GS750 myself! She's my pride and joy!
They're lovely bikes. Keep yours and don't sell it :-)
Lucky you!, it's a beauty...
I have a 750 GS myself cant bring my self to sell.Runs strong!!
I’m a Idiot.....sold mine to a mates Brother .....he pass away... went to get it Back and his wife let someone else have it....if the person who bought the GS 750 reg Number WNV 144s In Corby want to sell it let me know.....👍🇬🇧🤓
@@bapete5159 Nice Bikes! Smoooth.
Always loved my GS750, after a few years moved up to GS850 but always missed my GS750. Great video brings back many happy times on it.
Glad we could bring back some good memories for you :-)
Nice film tribute to this timeless classic. I've had my '79 (V-reg) GS750 in classic red for over 20 years and it's still going strong.
Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it.
After learning to ride on a '73 (or '74, can't recall) Honda CB350F, I bought a new Suzuki GS750 in 1978. I was you and didn't know much about the GS750, only that it was larger than my CB350F and it looked cool. So I got lucky in choosing that because it was a great bike for many years of riding with nothing more than basic routine maintenance.
Very nice. That engine is pretty much unburstable and its no surprise it's been such a good companion.
Can you still remember exactly the first time you hit the power band and felt all your brand new horsepower come alive
great video, I feel so sad that I didin't keep my gs 750, all you tell is the truth, the bike was so smooth and for me so important, it was the most realible bike I ever had, cruised almost whole Europe on my Suzuki without any fails.
Thanks :-) Glad you enjoyed it. And you're right - the GS is totally smooth and reliable. You really don't need any other bike!
My 1978 is still my daily rider. About 80,000 miles (~130,000 km) and still runs like new.
That doesn't come as a big surprise, they're very reliable. Here's to another 80k miles!
For a 78 model daily rider that is extremely low milage, my 1980 GS850g purchased new ,and a daily rider since, has 847238km on the clock and only on 2nd oversize pistons. It goes where i go,rain ,hail or sunshine. 5 trips around Australia and Cairns to the GP races every year without fail,can't kill a GS.
I was on my ap50 back in 1977 ,remember seeing a wire wheeled one ,black with gold pin stripes, gorgeous, bought a gs550 version in the eighties but the 750 was the best engine of the GS series.
This shape, this style actually this is perfect bike. Round shape headlight real bike.
Agreed, round headlights do look really cool.
If it doesn't have a round headlight it's not a real bike ?😅😅😅😅 Stop it......
@@robbiddlecombe8392 82 back to round...Smooth.,.Nice bikes... Bulletproof...
@@neilhamill318 It's True. 😂
My friend had one and I had a cb750 f1, the Suzuki ran rings round the Honda. When I had a ride the front wheel was in the air half the time, I loved it:)
I eventually bought a gsxr1100 in 87, but my favorite bike was a 76 GT380👍
Bikes of the 70s just looked better than today's mechanoids. The GS1000 took this fine Suzi to the next level, great memories here, thank you.
I remember collecting mine from the dealer. I'd had othing like it before - so beautifully smooth. Added 4 into 1, Rearsets and Flat bars. I loved it.
It's still smooooth . Ty💕
Cracking film, keep up the good work. My father ran a large Heron Suzuki Dealership in the West Midlands in the mid 70s. I still remember as a child sitting on GS's and 'Kettles' and RM motocrossers. Happy Days.
Thanks :-) Really glad you liked it. We've got a film coming about the Kettle in the New Year, so stay tuned and subscribe if you like.
I'll never forget my 1976 Suzuki GS750! Beautiful, powerful, smooth motorcycle!
Couldn't have said it better ourselves ;-)
Had a GS550, loved it. We had some fun together!
I had a 77. Bought it used in 1982 for $550.00. Previous owner put a full size Pacifico fairing and Calafia saddle bags, large trunk and comfortable custom seat. It had 13,000 miles on it. When I sold it 5 years later it had over 66,000 miles on it. That was the best most dependable solid bike I ever owned. Even with all that added weight it still handled so well. Wished it had shaft drive since it ate many 630 chains. Rode it year round in Oregon through rain, sleet, hail.
I drool whenever I see one on TH-cam. Not many left today.
Having a GSX 1200, this is beautiful. Beautiful machine. Another sweet video, thank you.
Our pleasure! Glad you like it :-)
Used to hire this range of Suzukis from ACTION SUZUKI at North Sydney forty years ago . What a revelation they were . Campbell Town to Canberra in 1 hour 45 minutes . The GS series performed well in the Castrol 6 Hour Production races , for stock standard bikes , held at the tight 1.9 km Amaroo race track . This was the track and race that Mike Hailwood started his come back in 1977 .
Back in 1982 I bought a new gs750e. I loved it. It had anti dive valving on the forks. It was black with red pin stripes. I wish I had it back.
Maybe I have your old bike? Jk. Then again maybe? You can find em....
These were really cool bikes. I had little 550 in the 80's. I found a 77 750 in 1999. I was wasting my money on any older bikes i could find. I gave it to childhood friend if mine. That thing ran like hell. I'm on a modern gsxs 750 these days.
I purchased a GS 750 back in 81. Great bike and Yes it was great in the curves. Wish I still had it. I’ve had lots of bikes in the past 40 years. I’ve always been partial to four cylinders. Today I ride a 2000 Suzuki Bandit 600 and love it. Great video! Brings back lots of memories!
I owned two of those back in the day. Still one of the most beautiful motorcycles ever built.
I got to ride a mates GS750 in the 1990s after being off bikes for a while. What a beauty, it felt just right, not heavy, nice handling and plenty of power
Couldn't agree more!
I bought a 1976 used one circa 1980. As far as I remember it had spoked rims. Rode it for at least seven years without really any servicing. Considering it spend it's life outside all through the year that was quite some feat. Put some racing handlebars on it and it was the only bike I ever felt like one with. Pretty indestructible I would think unless you drive it into a car like I did.
It made me remember my 1981 Suzuki GSX 1100. The T-Rex on the road. Years and years before my fairing covered Hayabusa. 😊
Those were awesome bikes as well. Bulletproof too. We'll get to the 'busa a some stage with a film as well. So like and subscribe if you like :-)
One of the most beautiful muscle bikes ever produced!👏👏👏💪👍💙💙💙
Bought one new in 1977 and took my friends (Hona and Kawasaki owners mostly) by complete suprise when they realized the GS-750 was FOR REAL !! I loved that bike!
Back in the late 70's my buddy got one of these and a year later I got a GS 1000 to one up the mthrfkr. Those bike were indestructible.
Yeah, they were pretty bulletproof, weren't they?
Amongst my classic bikes from the 70s which included a Z1 and CB750 I had a 1978 GS550 which I reckon still was a brilliant little bike and had aside from the air box had the same styling and smaller 4 cylinder engine. Even all these years on I still miss these old bikes and still love the styling we see today on retro naked. Great job on the video and thanks for bringing back some great memories. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
GS 550, total class.
Bought one new in '78. I was just but 22 years old. It had a couple of problems with the cylinder head gaskets but eventually got it sorted out. I had it for 3 years and then later on I bought a couple more used ones at different times. I have fond memories with it. I have 3 motorcycles in my garage today and am still an avid rider. I have ridden all over the western U.S. and hope to ride well into my 70's or 80's.
Still have my 78 GS750. My dad got it for me in 81. I was 16. I got my mc license on that bike. I'm 55 now and will never sell it . Great bike.
Awesome! Hang on to it and keep it going :-)
Do you want to sell your bike?😂😃
Love my 79 gs750 l, it just does it all.
And it sounds ace.
Great vid, 👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍 Really glad you liked it.
I had one exactly like it when I was 16 back in 1988. I worked all summer to pay for it.
That bike had so much acceleration, just glad I never wrecked it.
We’re glad too 😉😎
Awesome video! Love to hear that thrust when given the gas.
Thanks so much :-) Really glad you like it and love the sound too (we do as well!)
I have a 79 bike just like that. had it about a year and really pleased with it. Easy to work on and well thought out and well engineered. Suzuki may have 'borrowed' a few ideas from other good bikes of the period, but nothing wrong with that.....when some other bikes 'borrowed' some bad ideas from others ! Still a cracking machine 40 years on.
Absolutely right, they simply made use of the best technology that was available at the time. And the effort paid off big time, as you say yourself!
I just got one last week. A 77 model and fantastic condition. And everybody who says these things just work, they do. Whoever had it before me must have taken good care of it, because it will still kick over cold first kick. I can't believe it.
1981 gs750 down here in East Sussex. Best bike I have ever owned.
Those are the vert roads we shot the film on 😉
I had a 1976 GT750 Water Buffalo and then got a 1978 GS1000, which is a slightly bigger brother to the GS750. The GT750 2-stoke triple had horrendous handling, reminiscent of an over-loaded wheel barrow, I think largely due to a high center of gravity and an unusually short wheelbase. But my GS1000 handled like a dream!!
I recently got ahold of a 1979 GS750L. This video got me even more excited for riding season lol. Great video!
Awesome! Bet you can't wait :-) Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. Feel free to subscribe if you like.
@@BrightsideMedia I have subscribed! Your videos are very well put together, can't wait to learn more about bikes. The "L" Units are "Low Slung" and have a few more cruiser-like add-ons which fit me just right. Sucks living in northern Canada, riding season is so short!
Change the highway bars for even better handling!
Just finished an identical GS550 version in the same colours etc. Not a cheap restoration! Looks fabulous and identical to one I owned in 1981. They just look like proper bikes. Can’t explain the feeling when you see it, just pure nostalgia I guess. If I could can that feeling and sell it.. maybe I could retire.
Very nice! We suspect you'd have a very comfortable retirement indeed ;-)
I bought a brand new Kawasaki 750E (4 cylinder) back in1980 and the paint looked nearly identical to the one here. Loved that bike.
The old Z750E was a real rocket, 0 to 80 mph was pretty much the same as all the current one liter bikes of the day and the engine was smoother as well. Handling & stopping was good as well.
Did it love to rev !! Had mine showing a indicated 130mph down a gentle hill, glanced down at the tachometer and saw it at 11000 rpm (9.5k red line) I was still in 5th gear ! Thought I was in 6th. The engine did not feel stressed even at that rpm. Good old school bullet proof kawasaki engineering.
Amazing memories.Thanks for the excellent video. Greetings from a Brazilian subscriber.
You're very welcome :-) Glad we could bring back some nice memories for you. Thank you for being a subscriber!
The sound on the video really brought back memories. Not sure if the European tune was different, but my US version really took off above 4K RPM. The US press said it felt like a 550 below 4K and a 1000 over 4K RPM. My '79 was assaulted by the US EPA and was awful as delivered. It would barely idle. Luckily I had a good local accessory shop, so carburetor jets were plentiful. Great bike.
I always think about the day I collected my gs750 from the dealer 45 years ago and was astounded how it handled so smoothly,
Own a 1981 GS750 I saved from the weeds covered in a tarp since 1988. 7k original miles. Hopefully she’ll be done by spring. No where near original was forced to make her a cafe due to all the rot but if I have my way she’ll sing again come March.
Surely you can't wait for that! Well done on keeping one alive :-)
@@BrightsideMedia oh I can’t lol I’m sitting here trying to figure out if I can run her with no foot pegs, bad tires and in 20 degree F weather 😂
my roomie in college has this exact bike, new, same color. Frickin' awesome scooter right here. I was slumming on my 76 CB750F in red. Great bike also.
I still miss my lovely GS750 - I still have dreams about it!
Damn this brings back some memories! I bought a new '82 GS750T, basically a stripped down (cheaper) E model with a single disc in front and drum brake in back but the same engine. I did the standard mods for the time, Kerker 4 into 1 header, rejetted carbs, K&N pods, a set of K&N "Superbike" style handle bars (yeah K&N sold handlebars) and Metzler ME33 front/ME77 rear tires. I put a lot of miles on that bike and rode it regardless of temps as long as the roads were clear of ice and snow. My friends all thought I was nuts and I was LOL. I miss it sometimes, especially on sunny Fall days when I find myself on some blacktop back road full of curves and hills with no traffic.
Not seen ONE in years 😀!!! Love 💞 it.
Thanks :-)
My first bike (1981) was its little brother GS 550E - happy days 🙂
Awesome bike!
Bought the GS1000 brand new in 1979. What a great bike that was. Super fast for it's time, smooth and comfortable. Paid $2400 for it, sold it three years later for $2400.
Later I traded a progressive reloader (Dillon 450) for a GS850. Restored that bike to really nice condition and rode it for several years.
My wife and I put many a mile on the GS1000 traveling the back roads of northern Arkansas, camping as we went. Good times.
BRAVO!!! THE BEST BY FAR!!!
Thank you very much :-D
Lovely video well done . This is a proper motorbike with a lovely sound to die for , I never owned one unfortunately but I have ridden one . I love the older bikes better , I loved my old honda superdream and the 400 fours were lovely
Thank you :-) Glad you enjoyed it. They're great bikes, as is the Superdream and 400.
I really enjoy these videos.
Thanks very much :-) Glad you like them.
a very awesome video and beutiful bike,i want to make congratulation to paul for his stupend collection of true treasure of motornbike,and escuse for my poor english ,complimenti vivissimi dall italia
Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching from Italy! :-)
Best for UK, and for You! Great Work!
Yes! Thank you!
I had one and absolutely LOVED it!
My father still has his 79' GS750L. It's beautiful and I always loved the sound. His has a Kerker 4 into 1 exhaust and it sounds much crisper and smoother than the twin exhaust from factory.
Thank-you, a trip back memory lane. This was my time, just graduated high school, worked at a motorcycle dealership, dreamed of having a big bike. Thanks....
You're very welcome :-) We hope it brought back some good memories!
love it!
Thanks :-)
More videos now!!!!!! Great work keep em coming
Thanks :-) There will be more to come! Feel free to subscribe if you like.
@@BrightsideMedia can I make a request or at least get a preview of what bikes you r doing next? RD400? CB450?
We like to keep things surprising ;-) But there will be the definitive story of the GT750, for example.
A lovely motorbike. I wish I could get one now but, collectors items.
There out there....
I restored that exact bike about 6 years ago . Same color . Took it on a four day trip . Loved it .
Super quick and sound fantastic
I owned the 1978 Suzuki GS1000 E...Great bike. Handling was wonderful and fast as you wanted to go. Boy oh boy I sure miss those days!
I had a '78 S Reg in the same colour bout for £400 sometime around 1982-83. It's the only bike I ever regret selling. Beautiful looking.
My first "Big" bike. Absolutely loved it. This bike exactly, except for the wheels. I'd destroy my pals in the twisties. And pretty much rock them at the stoplight GP as well. My best bud is a lifelong Honda rider (me too, mostly) but a ride on the GS when it was pretty new had him saying that it was the best handling bike he'd ever ridden. Sold it after 6 years, change of life circumstances, lost storage too. Miss it still.
The GS really had the others licked in terms of handling - true indeed. Hope the film brought back some good memories :-)
This rekindled recall of how excellent there machines were and still are. I was a mechanic/service manager for a Kawasaki/Suzuki shop in Westchester Co, N.Y. during this time. Many a test ride on serviced Z-1s and GSs including the GS400 Suzuki that was about the same break-through engineering in a smaller package. The Suzukis were finished nicer than any other make I came across in that period and worked just a little slicker - it was a fabulous period for motorcycling.
Thanks for sharing. It really was a brilliant time
Just got one of these as my first bike and have yet to ride it so I’m excited
Have fun!
Thank you for the memories, mine was an 77 model but marriage came and I sold her 12months latter 😊🇦🇺👏👏
Bought a GS 750 brand new in 1979. That was a sweet bike. Like this guy says it handled great, and had serious power for it's time. I put a Windjammer on it and rode cross country. Sadly it got hit by an out of control driver while parked in front of my apartment years later so that was the end of that.
I had a gs 750 and later a gs1000. They were both amazing handled great tons of power.
I bought mine in mid 77 and changed the tires and the footpegs and took it roadracing. Started bringing home trophies right away. The only weak points were the brakes and cornering clearance. I used to wear through the muffler clamps in corners. After the weekend I’d put it back on the road and enjoy it . Great bike.
To me the '78 gs750 was a gift from God. It handled waaay better than the venerable CB 750. Much faster too. Light, agile with rocket acceleration and very good fuel economy.
And the GS1000 was the goat of 70's super bikes.
I started out with a GS550. Smooth, outstanding handling, faster than any other 4 cycle 550 of the day and with a 6 speed tranny to boot.
I rode all over California with it.
Wow.... Lovely machine. Excellent memories.... First one I rode had an aftermarket 4-1 exhaust.... I want to say it had a Devil "silencer", but my memory is shady, the bike wasn't mine and I have no pics.... It was certainly a handsome bike.
It was the first time I'd come across valve adjustment with shims and at the time it just seemed so very complex and alien.
But... What a machine.
Nice video of a bike that was so, so much better than its reputation.
For emotional as well as logical reasons, probably my favourite UJM.
The 850, on the other hand (they were all shaft drive in the UK) was an unrideable supermarket trolley of a bike. Hard to believe they had the same DNA. The 850 wasn't helped by many having massive Rickman fairings to add even more wallow. As horrid as the 750 was divine. Others may have their own views, but they are probably wrong.
Glad we brought back some good memories for you :-) It's a phenomenal bike.
Hi there, you guys make awesome motorcycle videos, i can’t get enough of them. Yeah man, the Suzuki GS range of bikes really handled well. It was the 90s before I got a GS, i took a long time getting weened off two strokes, i have a Suzuki GT250K from April 1973 in the shed. Awesome video man. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Really nice vid. I've got a 1980 GS750e and love my bike.
Thanks 👍
Great bike 40 years on they still do it for me I own Gs 750 GL cruiser 1979 model
I never had one but loved her from the first moment 👍🥰
Nice piece of history!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks :-)
I had one of these. It was a lovely bike and it went really well. It looked good because of its lines, colours and proportions. Mine was also a black/blue trim version and T reg. The only problem I had was that at over 100 mph the front headlamps bulb would fail, probably due to poor voltage regulation.
One of the best bikes ever built.
I owned one of these bro, nostalga aside its a fucking dog, dangerous handling and a 2 stroke. Best relagated to history.
@@sharp2684 Sharp, you’re a bit confused there. We’re talking about the four-stroke four cylinder GS750, not the two-stroke three cylinder GT750 from a few years earlier.
As a former owner (for nearly 10 years) of a GS 750 from new, I can assure you that it most certainly was NOT a dog and was possessed of the most stable and smooth handling of any of my bikes. No speed wobbles whatsoever, beautifully stable mid-corner and with a very strong and super-reliable engine and electrics. The original headlight was pretty crappy however, being a sealed beam unit with 35/50W. So that was one of the few things that I had to change. I swapped in an SEV Marchal - with a much more powerful H4 halogen globe. The increased illumination and much better focus an beam pattern were essential for riding Australian country roads at night. The other things changed were a slightly higher handlebar and an anti-lockup pressure limiting device added to the rear brake circuit, as that brake was a bit strong, leading to the occasional brake lockup under heavy braking.
Good old “Redeyes”. I still miss her from 35 years ago now. She was only sold because I had to give up riding - crook elbow at the time meant that holding the throttle open became unbearably painful after a couple of hours in the saddle and I had been going regularly on quick 6-hour rides (or longer).
WOWx🤩 I had and 750 and loved my GS550 👍🏻
Beautiful bike. I owned similar one back in late 1980s.
Lucky you :-)
thats the bike that got me interested in motorcycles as a 14 year old kid.oddly enough as an adult i bought a 84 honda magna 700 & never looked back.i still have it.never did get my suzuki.but i still love my old honda.
I love when yall cover the GS bikes. Ive got a 78 GS1000E and a 82 GS850G.
Thanks :-) Glad you enjoyed it.
Lovely Bike. I really like the ‘70s and early ‘80s bikes.
We do too!
I HAVE 1979 GS850 MAN ITS COMING ALONG BEAUTIFULLY
Such a beautiful bike
It really is!
In 82 i had a gt250 after sad the gs750 good bikes 😄😁
I owned one of these back in the 1970's and early '80's and I have to say it was a very good bike. Against its same capacity competitors like Hondas CB, it was like night and day. The Suzie could leave the CB750 standing still at the lights. As for the Z900 it is so close in capacity to the GS750, that it was hard to see daylight between them in a drag race, in the twistiest even closer. The bike I own now that most closely resembles the handling characteristics of the Suzie, is a 2000 model R1150GS BMW.
That's the exact bike that I had 81 gs750e same blue color I love that bike
best Suzuki i ever owned.mine had a Kerker 4 into 1 pipe.i've had a few 2T suzi's a GT250 and a rare 125 Stinger!
Had a 78 GS1100 that I ran for years. Loved that bike1
Those were cool as well!
78 was 1000.
I have that same bike in that same black/blue color scheme! Similar Daytona style bars and mild crash bars. I love it! Just wish it had electronic ignition. By '78, it should have.
Great bike, great job ...
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it :-)
I had a GS650GT, probably a sleeved down version of the 750 engine. Certainly, engine wise, looked very similar. Had some real go if you wound it up.
It's a beautiful motorcycle.
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