I had an exact replica of that 380 on a T reg, she was a dream and I sold it and bought a brand new 350LC on a Y reg must have been mad. The 380 handled and looked much better. The stupid things you do when you're young and daft. Excellent video. Well Done .
Thanks! My Dad had the 350LC when I was a kid. He bought it brand new. It met its demise when a taxi driver pulled out on him and he smashed into the front of it taking out his ACL on his left leg. The bike was totalled. One indicator lens survived. 😢
Yeah guy bought it in spent a fortune on it somewhere Inc crank re build. Said he just wanted rid Nice bike I bought it from him thinking I could always break it. And hey presto I couldn't believe no one had tried the obvious.
Got a gold one. Took ages to get it running right. Off road since 86. Sonic cleaned carbs , new jets and everything. Still couldnt get it running on three. Even though carbs spotless throughout. Gave up and bought a refurbed set in px for mine. Ran perfect straight away. Now have found a set of new old stock exhausts for 300 quid, even though the originals are okay but they going on it. Doesnt feel fast like it did when i was 20 in 86 if i had a go on one. But its fab 😊😅
had one of these 1975/76 in blue, very smooth ride until you hit 5.5k rpm, great bike ,simple maintenance and could shift. better than the cb500 one of my mates had,
bought a 380 back in the late 70s, only thing wrong was the kickstart return was broken, no problem says I, then realized the whole crankcase had to be split, rebuilt it completely on the kitchen floor, survived just, though the wife was a bit upset, lol
Great bikes, had a 550 in 1977, silky smooth and always remember hitting the power band, so much fun and a bike I miss to this day. Great video, thanks, even thought the music was ok.🙂
Good video. I once had a 250 Super Six Hustler which developed a misfire after its first service and the problem turned out to be a missing washer under the main jet - how this had occurred is a mystery - but it was not laid in the float bowl. The fact that the washer was missing allowed the emulsifier tube to rise and fall at will hence the rough running/misfire.
Great job in sorting things out. But, pls: go watch a video from the great master-mechanic Allen Millyard! No music! Some cupcakes, every now and then, that Tracey is baking. Some hedgehogs, sometimes. And: No music! (I'm 63 and much into "The Warning" from Mexico, these days. Those 3 sisters ROCK!)
Had a head-on crash with an escort van (yeah, my fault) smashed myself and my brother who was on the back, bent the forks so that they followed the front of the engine and squished the front wheel to the point where the rim was touching itself and the hub. By the time I had recovered sufficiently, my dad had replaced the front end, the wheelbase ended up a couple of inches shorter due to the headstock being pushed back but it handled fab! Definitely the kind of bike that if you hit a brick wall on it, it would come out the other side without you!!!
Was looking forward to watching this as I have fond memories of the Suzuki GT380 but that “music”!!!! Forced myself through 3 min’s but can’t take anymore, be bad enough for a couple of floors in an elevator.
Any mechanics out there? years ago I had a Honda CB 77 and found it was only firing on one cylinder, it was the plug, put a new one in and it was perfect till I turned the engine off, found the new plug was dead, it would start and run after a new plug was fitted but after turning the ignition off the new plug was always dead, never found the problem, just sold the bike however I always wondered what was causing the problem, any body know the reason?
where are this sort of type? we not knowing much of that - although I met a lass from Hull once... such fear, such heat! I did not know it. Do now! oh yes...
I haven’t watched the video yet, but I know it’s going to be a burn hole in the top of the piston because of the spark plug misfiring because water has gotten in under the spark plug cap
@@quidly259 I ran into that problem very very, very many years ago in the world the person that had owned the bike before me didn’t return the correct spark plug cap and replaced it with an aftermarket one and the same thing happened to me twice when I was driving to work on a cold wet morning, I loved that bike ended up, swapping it out for a Honda
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Nice, but the music is annoying.
Yes, the music does my head in.
Very true, I have hearing problems and it was a nightmare trying to hear what was being said over the music.
@@hullygully1135 sorry guys. I’ll not use that track again.
" A week later " ! and the ' music ' is still playing ! 🙄
Good lookin suzukis I would love to turn that 500 into a cafe racer and rip the streets like the old days
I had an exact replica of that 380 on a T reg, she was a dream and I sold it and bought a brand new 350LC on a Y reg must have been mad. The 380 handled and looked much better. The stupid things you do when you're young and daft. Excellent video. Well Done .
Thanks! My Dad had the 350LC when I was a kid. He bought it brand new. It met its demise when a taxi driver pulled out on him and he smashed into the front of it taking out his ACL on his left leg. The bike was totalled. One indicator lens survived. 😢
Rare now a few around when I was a lad think a lot went for the 550 or rd400 kh 400.?😅
Great video,lovely bike. Horrendous music!
Good video. It’s good to see old school bikes being kept alive.
Video would be better without the music! 👍👍
Lovely old bike from back in the day. My Dad had one and it burbled along quite the thing. Yeh, great old bike.
No music is needed
@@Tz250racer1 first video I’ve had complaints on about the music. I’ll tone it down in future.
Had a few of these come into the workshop similar problem a usual problem was the center exhaust would coke up. Easy fix.
Same thing happened to mine coked up exhaust
Yeah guy bought it in spent a fortune on it somewhere Inc crank re build. Said he just wanted rid
Nice bike I bought it from him thinking I could always break it. And hey presto I couldn't believe no one had tried the obvious.
Old man had the 550 version, loved it, but he'd have to refuel at every town.
Got a gold one. Took ages to get it running right. Off road since 86. Sonic cleaned carbs , new jets and everything. Still couldnt get it running on three. Even though carbs spotless throughout. Gave up and bought a refurbed set in px for mine. Ran perfect straight away. Now have found a set of new old stock exhausts for 300 quid, even though the originals are okay but they going on it. Doesnt feel fast like it did when i was 20 in 86 if i had a go on one. But its fab 😊😅
The music made me mentally ill after 3 minutes. Sorry mate, stopped then.
Unessecary
I lost my licence on a GT380 when i was young and even more stupid than i am now!
Grand job, lovely looking bike 👍
had one of these 1975/76 in blue, very smooth ride until you hit 5.5k rpm, great bike ,simple maintenance and could shift. better than the cb500 one of my mates had,
Nice start to your channel. Listen to all the comments and you'll be good.
@@StuartBlake-iz6rf thank you.
I had one in 79. But sadly it died when the centre pot oil pipe broke and the engine ceased. 😢
bought a 380 back in the late 70s, only thing wrong was the kickstart return was broken, no problem says I, then realized the whole crankcase had to be split, rebuilt it completely on the kitchen floor, survived just, though the wife was a bit upset, lol
I had a GT250, bulletproof bike, i loved it. Every now and then it'd drop a cylinder. In my case it turned out to be a points issue.
Great bikes, had a 550 in 1977, silky smooth and always remember hitting the power band, so much fun and a bike I miss to this day. Great video, thanks, even thought the music was ok.🙂
Lose the music and keep the camera still 👍
@@simonsackett thanks. I’ll try for the next one.
I had 1 nearly new in the 70s...used to think it was .meant to start on 2 them 3 cylinder about 30 minutes later
Good video. I once had a 250 Super Six Hustler which developed a misfire after its first service and the problem turned out to be a missing washer under the main jet - how this had occurred is a mystery - but it was not laid in the float bowl. The fact that the washer was missing allowed the emulsifier tube to rise and fall at will hence the rough running/misfire.
Great job in sorting things out. But, pls: go watch a video from the great master-mechanic Allen Millyard! No music! Some cupcakes, every now and then, that Tracey is baking. Some hedgehogs, sometimes. And: No music! (I'm 63 and much into "The Warning" from Mexico, these days. Those 3 sisters ROCK!)
Had a head-on crash with an escort van (yeah, my fault) smashed myself and my brother who was on the back, bent the forks so that they followed the front of the engine and squished the front wheel to the point where the rim was touching itself and the hub. By the time I had recovered sufficiently, my dad had replaced the front end, the wheelbase ended up a couple of inches shorter due to the headstock being pushed back but it handled fab! Definitely the kind of bike that if you hit a brick wall on it, it would come out the other side without you!!!
@@stuartmoulton6426 glad your still here to tell the story and that the bike could be repaired. 🙌🏼
Lovely bike those
I'll keep my old E-strings, good tip ;-)
Always remember on a 380 the points cam runs anti-clockwise.
I had one with one cylinder holed in the middle. It was due to a sport exhaust. Put standard exhaust on and sold it.
Never forget taking pipes off for cleaning in the early 90's an not exactly putting them back on properly😂.
Was looking forward to watching this as I have fond memories of the Suzuki GT380 but that “music”!!!! Forced myself through 3 min’s but can’t take anymore, be bad enough for a couple of floors in an elevator.
@@brendanmccabe8769 so sorry. I thought it would be cool but everyone is saying the same. I’ll sort it for the next one.
A common problem with these was a nice round hole in the centre piston
I tbink Middle jet is different size
Absolutely love the music! Had me humming along!
It's almost always the crankcase seals. If it was rebuilt it was not put back together properly or they didn't redo the crankcase seals.
Nice work 👍
@@nickvinten7803 thanks!
hi . you have to open full trottle for pressure messuring the cilinder .
@@EDP1 it was jammed open. Maybe I should have mentioned that on the video.
I remember this one, in It's day that was regarded as big bike, now it's not so much
Hope it wasn't the same person who did the carbs that did the top end rbld.
I seen people fit new crankshaft seals without testing the crankcase pressure first!
@@yomommaahotoo264 that I don't have a clue about. Lol
@@yomommaahotoo264 fortunately, the carbs were done by someone else. 👍🏼
My first bike was a GT380. The middle cylinder blew up 😢🏍️🇦🇺
Very nice
Well filmed, good knowledge, I'll sub when mind numbingly repetitive music is deleted!
@@bobss3704 🤣 thanks.
Any mechanics out there? years ago I had a Honda CB 77 and found it was only firing on one cylinder, it was the plug, put a new one in and it was perfect till I turned the engine off, found the new plug was dead, it would start and run after a new plug was fitted but after turning the ignition off the new plug was always dead, never found the problem, just sold the bike however I always wondered what was causing the problem, any body know the reason?
Nice Bike
When doing a compression check. Shouldn’t the throttle be wide open
Use WOT when doing a compression test!
You have to use non ethanol fuel in older, carburated bikes.
Can we have Chuck Berry "My Ding-a-Ling" next time.
@@kjm-ch7jc ok 😅
Thanks for all the comments! Please don’t forget to subscribe 😁👍🏼
Used to eat Woodruff keys on mine . They are heavy to wheelie
My GT380 would drop out the middle cylinder at the most inconvenient times, like running from the law.
Center cylinder should be up 2 sizes on jet due to running lean when it gets hot
where are this sort of type? we not knowing much of that - although I met a lass from Hull once... such fear, such heat! I did not know it. Do now! oh yes...
I haven’t watched the video yet, but I know it’s going to be a burn hole in the top of the piston because of the spark plug misfiring because water has gotten in under the spark plug cap
@@stevil. Very unusual water ingress usually give poor performance. Not pre detonation probs.
@@quidly259 I ran into that problem very very, very many years ago in the world the person that had owned the bike before me didn’t return the correct spark plug cap and replaced it with an aftermarket one and the same thing happened to me twice when I was driving to work on a cold wet morning, I loved that bike ended up, swapping it out for a Honda
Compression tests are done with the throttle opened full! And loose the music.
@@rvdvogt it was jammed open. Just didn’t mention that. I’ll definitely not be putting that music on again.
3 seconds in and I switched off due to the shite music.
thanks but get rid of the music
sorry, but the music is horrible !!! Else thanks 4 the upload
" A week later " and that ' music ' is still playing ! 🙄
@@stevebandit1964 I can’t exactly change the music without reuploading the video..
@@lukozaid don't worry about it mate, good video content but from the comments I think you get the drift .. 🎵🎶 🙄👍
Interesting content but the background music is unbearable.
No music ruins video
No music please
The music is awful.
@@tam1381 sorry guys. Everyone is saying the same. 🫤
Christ Almighty. I had one of these in1981.
No need for the music .
Kill the music
Stop that annoying music!
Main jet has trash in it for no 2
Terrible music..
Get rid of the music!
hold the throttle fully open when doing a compression check,if it cant suck air it cant compress it!,schoolboy mistake!!
@@paul.alarner6410 I had it jammed open. I just never mentioned it. Sorry.