Starting up my old Suzuki GT 750 after a year parked up. Probably Greta's worst nightmare.
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- I've a few old vehicles and bikes. I haven't used my bikes this year due to doing other stuff, so thought it was time to run up the GT750 for a change.
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Suzuki really nailed it in the mid to late 70's. Beautiful machine!
One of the nicest GT750s I've seen since 1972. It looks wonderful and sounds perfect.
I had the GT550 - the 3-cylinder stroker, but I have to admit it wasn't my favourite bike. But these old Suzukis are amazingly reliable. My Suzy RG500 sat in the shed for seven years. A new battery, fresh petrol, a quick blast of butane through the carby jets and she fired up 3rd or 4th kick. We've grown old together. I only wish I'd kept my RD350LC. I love these old strokers.
Stop telling lies lad you had a superdream
@@billybarr7443 250?
Loverly nostalgia and for me a dream unfulfilled - She looks a beaut and sounds a treat!
No mistaking that sound. In the 1970's my uncle had one of those. I had the GT550 at the same time (Yes, I was in high school).
Never forget that sound.
What a beautiful sample of a classic.
Thanks for posting.
One of the best bikes i owned.Actually it was identical to yours. Superb open road tourer for Australia. Cheers Ian
The Suzuki GT750 was the height of design in two stroke street bike development. Water cooled and with a lubrication tank for the two-stroke oil, it was a very modern and livable high-powered motorcycle. A real gem of a motorcycle. The sound from the engine is unmistakable. Today we have many excellent synthetic two stroke oils that burn clean that we never had back then. Pennzoil has one. I miss the incredible crazy rush of speed mixed with that off the wall sound these bikes delivered. Fun times. Beautiful Suzuki and Yamaha too.
I know
I had one, in bleu.
Greetings from the Netherlands
The original Water Buffalo, What a great bike! I would love to own one.....Well done man!
Speaking as yet another 'old git', loving this channel. Cracking '79 music referencing, I was 19 !
Smashing Kettle , love that off beat crackle. Cheers for sharing.
Lovely bike, Wish i had my kettle now, sold it for 300 quid all those years ago, the sweet smell of 2 stroke, lovely collection there, great V8
What a stunning ‘kettle’ be proud of that, always wanted one but sadly never got one, well out of my price range these days, nice to see the #7 under the seat, those who know…know 😉
The Yamaha 175, and the gorgeous flow of its tank up near the frame's top was what convinced me to get into motorcycles seriously, she had the Yamaha yellow tank and really stood out. I had ridden various types of bikes and various cars, but that one got under my skin. I did get a Suzuki T500 Titan 2 T in the end instead, though. The GT 750 was a halo bike for me then. I look forward to seeing you reveal it and start the beast.
Your Kettle sounds very well. Thanks for showing us it. Such a long ownership history too! I’ve had my own GT380B since 1978, bought in Portsmouth coincidentally!
Got mine from Rafferty Newman in Southsea. Cost £1040 plus my GT380 in exchange. 👍
Had a gt380a still got the owners manual even tells how the set points and timing now a days it says take to dealer.
@@oldgitsdoingstuff5033Good grief! I’d forgotten it, but that’s where I bought my GT380B, OOW270S, probably in 1978. I think I paid a little over £600 for it. Felt like a king, riding home that summers evening.
It looked brand new, as if it had never been ridden in the rain. It had 6000 miles on it. It’s now 45,000 miles, so I’ve done 39,000 miles on that little triple.
@@brybishYep, I’ve got owners manuals for my GT380B (bought 1978) and my GT750A that I bought in 2009 & restored by 2010. It’s as good a starter as this one in the video.
Two beautiful and well kept bikes, and i like the green.
I always lusted after owning one of these back in the mid 70's but never got to own
one. I remember sitting on one in Kens Motorcycles, West Gate Road Newcastle
in 1977, and imagined how proud I would have felt riding it home. I had a Bronze
coloured Yamaha RD200A at the time. My brother got to buy one of those GT750's
in 1986, and he let me ride it around the block. It felt big and heavy, but the weight
just disappeared once i was moving. I still love that off beat "Crackle" that those
old Suzuki's made back then. I bought a GT550 from a dealer in 1983 for only
£100 and it was complete, although a bit tatty. But, a repaint, new seat cover and
a new centre stand, the foot lever had broken off at some point. I replaced the
head gaskets, gave it a good clean, and ended up with a reasonable bike. The
only problem was, there was a slight knock on the left hand Big End bearing.
Which, is lubricated from the gearbox oil, from what I have read. So, someone
must have let the oil run low at some point. Otherwise an enjoyable project bike.
The bike sounds wonderful with a nice deep growl. It seems to run as great as it looks. Good job!
Oooooh! The Yamaha 1970 CT 1, was my very first motorcycle. So underpowered, that I couldn't legally operate it on California Freeways. That was fine by me at the time. So I got my feet wet riding roads in the foothills of the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains. In my Senior year in High School, it was my daily driver. No heated grips, but "Torque Induction" which allowed me to fill the 2 stoke oil in a separate tank under the seat, featuring a sight glass to observe the tank level. One day, the transmission self destructed, which cracked the main case...My granny helped buy a '69 Volkswagen Beetle. So, I was out of the motorcycle game for a couple of years until I came across a Honda CL 350. Seven bikes, and 41 years later, I'm riding a Honda XR 650L for the back roads, and a 2021 MT 09 SP, on the blacktop. Best of both worlds. Thanks for the memories!
Hi Kurt. That little Yamaha came across from Michigan and although it never ran at the time the bodywork and frame etc was perfect, something that our home market bikes lack unfortunately due to the salt used on our roads during winter. Plays havoc with older cars and bikes. All the best mate Paul 👍
Nice vid, great choice of toys can't fault any of them, absolutely Loving the Suzuki 750. Just bought a gs850 Suzuki the engineering of Suzuki through the 70s to late 80s was something to behold. Glad you got your bike back, Facebook was good for something then, long may you enjoy it 👍
Ian Dury and the Blockheads.....Hell Yeah!! I worked on a lot of these GT750's back in the mid to late 70's as a Suzuki mechanic great motorcycles and still one of my all time favorites.
Had the same bike and colour 1976 GT - A took it to Belgium Brussels Luxembourg Germany Switzerland back home to South Wales, only issue centre plug played up in Switzerland replaced it off it went ,
Beautiful bike then and now 👍
You have great taste in vehicles Sir! I love all three in your garage. I also agree with your restoration policy. That patina is all part of the history. I am so pleased to have recently added a Suzuki 2 stroke to my family. Just a T200 Invader. But I just love the 2 stroke sound track. It brings a smile to my face every time I ride it.
tell you what, in 1979 i was 16 on my ap50 and the gt750kettle was my dream bike , well that or an rd400. by the time i had enough spare cash to get one they'd all but gone from the roads and they were arms and legs. i used to mod it in my imagination drop bars clip ons expansion pipes and a half fairing. that was my dream as a teen. anyway there you go eh!
I owned a brand new RD400 , back in ‘76 when they first came out in Canada, ….you missed a great,great bike my friend , wish I still owned one.
@@MichaelandCathy1999 infact im on the look out for an rd 400 or even a 250 cause the 350 head and barrels go on or a 350lc. they do come up now and then needing a rebuild. next year it should be poss. i just dont fancy paying arms and legs for one. last time i saw the price of an rd400 i almost had a bloody heart attack!
Sounds just great just love the sound of a big two stroke Beautiful bike mate you sure looked after that one what a classic
Rather than wipe it with a rag I get the strangest urge to blip the throttle rather than just let it sit there on idle for so many minutes straight
Hi, I do love a GT750.. Still look fantastic and yours looks a peach. Can't beat the smell, the sound brilliant.. thanks for making the video, made my morning. Alex.
A pleasure to see and hear.
Thanks for the video.
Very nice Waterbuffalo. Great job restoring her.
Brilliant, thanks for showing us your bikes and the MG sounded lovely. 1979 I was riding an FS1E which started a lifelong obsession with motorcycles.
There were some lovely Kettles at this year's Stafford Classic Bike Show. Love it that it's still being ridden and isn't a show pony garage ornament.
Absolute amazing sir ! Thanks for sharing your collection, greetings from the Netherlands.
Making me drool , I had an identical GT 750 , same colour , MRD 917P , the only large capacity 2-stroke I owned and it was a gloriously smooth turbine of a bike ,wish I still had it .I recall an old schoolmate had an early ' kettle ' in the lavender colour, TVE 40K in ' 72 and it might have come from from another planet , it was so futuristic .Now I'm into recomissioning an early Mini must look into those jacks !.
Me too! I had identical bike I bought in 1977, GT 750A, same colour reg. PRX 7R.
@@gussie76 Great how we easily remember the reg. numbers, must have made an impression !.
@@Roger.Coleman1949 very true Roger, but can't remember what we did yesterday! 😄
Good luck with the Mini. The jack are brilliant , helps us Old Gits out ! Peter Old Git.
@@peterrawlinson2883 Thanks Peter, must admit it's become a bit of an obsession !.
I had a GT 750 in 1979, a superb machine, not soooo fast compared to today's machines. I loved the way it took off like a scalded cat at 4,000 rpm, not too good on petrol consumption either. Cornering could be frightening at times. 100 mph all day cruising was quite within it's reach if you hang on that long.
Very thirsty, I get about 30mpg from it which is terrible 😆 but hey, that's the way it was and still is. Still bad on corners but being older and wiser we ain't as daft and daring as we one were.👍👍
My last Suzi triple was a GT380...never let me down. Just love those strokers...very happy days all way back when !!
Yep more reliable than the KH triples which were infamous for melting middle pistons. back in 82 my mate owned a met blue GT380 which i got to ride a few times but i couldn't afford to buy it off him when he sold it. Quick bikes and not too heavy, also ridden the 550 but i didn't think they were much quicker. Flying kettle,s bit too heavy for my taste. But the sounds and smells of all 2 strokes is magic, except maybe the Puch Maxi.
@@MrSlaphead1960 I had a 550 about 8 years ago and it was a bit underwhelming I thought. I had a 380, a good bike as quite light, part ex'd for 750 as it happened. The 550 was not as refined at the liquid cooled 750, I think it quietened everything down in water jacket giving a much more smoother ride.
@@MrSlaphead1960 Puch Maxi takes me back to schooldays ! Youre in Raleigh Runabout territory..then came the FS1e and the Honda SS 50 !! Then we grew up and got REAL motorcycles....
@@davidsimpson105dB My dad said he had a runabout but bit before my time. when i was 16 I bought a SS50 but was a big mistake as everyone else bought Fizzie,s, AP50,s, Puch grand prix, garelli tiger cross etc. I had slowest bike, Most reliable & economical but not much consolation.
Very cool. I refurbed a GT550 years ago as a project bike. Nice job keeping the older stuff alive.
The 2Ts in particular, they aren't really on the general rider's radar anymore, unless they were notable ball-tearers, and they cost a packet now.
I had a 550 in the 70's 😊
Thanks I enjoyed the video, a friend stored his GT 750 correctly as one should, 22yrs later, new battery n plugs and it started forth kick !!!
Nice brings back good memories.
Really nice bikes. Just love the sound of 2 strokes and the blue smoke . Takes me back to 1977 Fizzies and Bsa Bantam. The crackling exhaust note sounds great. Amazing Japanese technology over 4 decades ago
Yep totally agree Andrew. I had a Triumph T140 a few years back and Suzuki was far far superior in every respec. Easier to ride for sure and
a mile burner unlike the Trumpet which was a painful affair.
Rivet counters😂😂😂 Good for you. 👍👍 Lovely bike.Always wanted one of these but too expensive for me now. 🙁🙁 Many years ago when I was working long distance haulage, got pulled over by plod checking for HGV9 I think, smokey diesel engine. Two traffic cops, one of which was on a GT750. Evidently his force was trialing them. He said they would be too heavy on fuel but it was a really nice bike compared to the standard issue Norton. They still look great today. 👍👍
I like your story with this GT750.
Thanks for the video.
Always loved the 2 stroke sound . But my poison was the Yamaha RD series. 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸😎
Rebuild one of these in the mid eighties.all chrome parts replaced and engine rebuilt.
Lovely bike to ride but as it was my daily ride to work it started to deteriorate so sold it on and bought another project bike.
Wish I still had it even at the age of 68 I still ride and my latest steed is a Suzuki sv650 which I rebuilt the engine on.Once you have bikes in the blood it's difficult to give them up.
Great little video! I like the references to the music back in the day!
The suzy kettle was, and still is, an awesome bike. I remember setting up the points on one of these for a friend and once I got it started and warmed up he took it up the road. He had aftermarket pipes on and let's just say he woke up the neighbourhood. Great you could find your old bike. I had an XL500RC that I would love to get back and be a born again biker.
me...............RD 350 LC. white with two blues
Did spannering back then at Sanders & Lewis in Kilburn. We had a copy of the Nico Bakker frame and called it our SL200.
My form of transport was the triple 550.
You don’t need to have a guilty conscience concerning Greta!
I personally believe she’d be honored to see more of these bikes on the road cos her initials are on every one of them!!!
I was lucky enough to own one from new (P reg). Great to see and hear your bike. Many thanks for uploading the video 👍
such a lovly bike if only they made them like this now instead of that plastic crap you can buy.
Good stuff especially when you own them and you have them what way you like ☺️ glad you are enjoying your machines 2 and 4 wheels 🙂👍 ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland
Cracking GT750 , i had a 77 plate back in early 80's , the engine was out of a sidecar unit Knockhill, " the kettle" it is called, as your always topping up with water, i wouldn't worry about the headlight your bikes minted mate, nice one, subbed.
Is it a common problem with the 750's to be consuming coolant thus always needing to top up the water level?
Thanks for the video !!! great cars and bikes you have!! hope you still have them
That's mint in my eyes mucka a nice old 750 kettle 👌👌👌👌
My brother had one in this colour, his had an chrome Apple 3 into 1 and to the day he sold it was as clean as the day it came out of the showroom.
My mate had one years later that was absolutely showroom condition in blue and the 3 into 1 again.
I had the gs750 4stroke 4 Suzuki's answer to the Honda 750-4.
Over 5hevyear I've had gt380s a and gt550 too
I had an MGB same colour but convertible, also a GT750 same colour - that sound takes me back
What a beautiful machine.
"It's my bike" - well said!!
Ah! The old Water Buffalo. Beautiful.
Never actually saw one in the flesh but heard all about these two stroke animals...having grown up on rd 350,s and 400,s i think a 750 two stroke 750 would have been scary. Looks great.
Nice GT and great vid! Keep it up(fellow old git!)😊
Gorgeous bike. Almost identical to the one I had (GT750M). Only sound nicer than that burbling on tickover is the awesome noise it makes when accelerating hard ❤
Wow, that Suzuki is in incredible shape! Haven't seen one in years, and maybe never one that nice. If I were in the UK, I'd volunteer to take it out for a spin occasionally for you if you don't have the time😄
It's beautiful I had one in 1977 and I miss it terribly, rare as hens teeth in australia
Rivet counters.... 😂
Lovely looking bike, mate, and she sounds sweet!!
Lovely stuff!
Wow fantastic story I envy you sir thank you keep it going never get board with your line up 😊
Lovely machine!
Love the smell of 2 stroke in the morning
I would be concerned about tyres getting flat spots if left for a whole year without paddock stands? When I was a young un back in 1980, my mate had one of these 'kettles'. Even back then, though, the Japanese two strokes were becoming less fashionable, and 4 cylinder 4 strokes like the Kawasaki Z650 and Suzuki's own GS 550, 750, 850 shaft, and 1000 were soon to take over.
Now, however, you're sitting on gold, there. A piece of motorcycle history, too, and I think Suzuki's were better made back then, perhaps. Certainly, the kettle GT's were top end two strokes, and the final hurrah for the Japanese two stroke was, arguably, the RD 250 and 350 LC's which came along early 80's. Happy days.
Nice bike. 3 cyl. 2 strokes just sound so good (even my Wartburg estate). Never managed a ride on a Suzuki 3, but rode a Kawasaki 750 3 (H2 ?), handling...... you don't want to know...!
Aaah I'm giving my one GT 750 a new name "Greta"...thanks for the idea! She really smokes!
Nice old bike. You do well in that small shed.
Hi mate. I wonder if you knew my bro Dave rogerson while you were in the navy. Dave joined in 73. Trained at Raleigh, then mercury, and then joined hms hamioney his first ship. Later moved to the fearless. He was a sparki. 3 other mates he new at that time was Keith wood, Tim blog's, and Jan code who served in the merchant navy too. I'm a sprayer from the 70,s and I've painted a good few bikes and mgb,s. I love 750 gt,s I'm 62 now and I hope to get our old bikes back 1 day. 550 4k Honda, kwak h2 250, bulldog and my first moped which was a casel ss4 5occ. Old gits of our age never forget the great times we had with our 2 strokes back in the 70,s. Take care and keep the memorys alive.🙂👌
Hi Paul. You brother doesn't ring a bell although I did go on Hermione a few times in refit at Chatham. The Casal 50cc! I liked the look of those, but opted for the Garelli Tiger cross in the end. The start of my love /hate relationship with Italian stuff. Had a MK1 guzzi Le man's last year, never again, am far too old !
I had a 1978 GT 750 with a Vetter Fairing on it. Only problem was that it was an oil burner.
Thirsty bikes too , I reckon 30 mpg is good. 🙄
Two of my favourite means of transport, a V8 MGB and the Kettle. I had a ratty old MGB GT in the late 90's that was scrapped, and my first bike in the early 70's was a second hand, knackered, Suzuki 200. My dream was the Kettle and I missed buying a mates abused one around 2005. I bought a Bandit 1200 to compensate, but it never did. Nothing comes close to the Suzuki/Kawasaki 2 stroke triple howl.
I really like that GT750, the 175 Yamaha, and the MG. Toyota never made anything that interested me, and the MR2 has EFI, something I want nothing to do with. Back in the '70s, Datsun made the 240/260/280Z, I really loved those. My first street bike in 1975, at age 16, was a 1972 Suzuki GT380. It was a ton of fun, but took some fiddling to keep it going. In 1980, I traded it for a brand new Suzuki GS450L, an early Japanese cruiser style bike, and managed to put over 45,000 miles on that. Would love to have another Suzuki 2 stroke triple, including a GT380 or a GT750, commonly known as a "water buffalo" in the U.S. because of the liquid cooling. I have three 2 stroke dual sport (like that Yamaha 175) bikes and a couple of 2 stroke Vespa scooters.
Lovely GT's you have, both the bike and the MG, I had a BGT when I was 19 and loved it. I am now in the middle of a restomod Vitesse Special project which is currently taking all my time up but loving every minute. I am currently powder coating all my suspension and hubs etc so working towards getting the chassis rolling again. Long way to go though.
Kind regards Paul from 48-Spokes
Hi Paul , all of the "Old Gits" are very lucky having some great toys ! I have the TR6 so good luck with the Vitesse, Peter Old Git.
@@peterrawlinson2883 Thank you Peter. It is a Vitesse running gear but looks absolutely nothing like a Vitesse. You should check out my RUclips channel. I'm just at the half way stage and starting to build it back up.
I love the TR's all except the 7.
I may have a look for one to restore after I have finished this project. What year is your TR6?
Kind regards Paul
@@itsalldoable Hi Paul, thanks for messaging. I will have a look at your Vitesse, Sam intrigued. Mr TR6 is the one in the Old Gits video. Its a 1972, August CP 150bhp car. Its a great crack ! Makes lots of noise as well, really rips the air when you wind it up to 4000 rpm. My fellow Old Gits and I have all had TR7's. They are once sorted a great fun car. Paul and Simon had the same car. Simon bought it off Paul, My one came from BL as an ex press car. They were the same hearing aid beige. Simon and I looked similar and mistaken for each other. Well 35 years plus later we are The Old Gits Doing Stuff !
The TR6 is great fun and I recommend to anyone. The American cars have only about 105 bhp , but they are a good buy, Stick three Webers on and you have a hooligan of a car !
Thanks for your message , going to look at your vids. I will drop you aline or two. Regards, Peter.
@@peterrawlinson2883 Sounds great Peter. I am a retired engineer and find it hard to give up. I really enjoy working on the car but not in the cold so much. I also have a couple of bikes. One is a very rare Norton and I am just editing a video on it which will be on my channel soon.
I look forward to hearing some comments on my video's.
Kind regards Paul
lovely collection there buddy
Really enjoyed the video very nice machines indeed , great getting your old GT 750 back .
Fantastic bike, not enough wheels for me !! Peter, 'Old Git".
My 1st bike was a tired CT175. 55mph flat out. Got it to 45 uphill, jumped out of my skin as 2 Z900s passed me cranked over to footpegs!
Nieghbour used to thrash his GT750 from new. Stacked it often & sold it to my brother 30 yr later. Still goes hard.
You can never have too many toys !
Old English saying is ' he who has the most toys is the winner' 😄
I had 2 GT750s back in the day a M and B model, Great bikes.
Water Buffalo is what we call it in the US. I'd like to find one for my garage. I understand they were great riding bikes.
Nice video.
Hi John. Well in the day they were frowned upon as lack of handling compared to Brit bikes etc. I had a T140 Bonneville till a few years ago and that indeed was a good handling bike, leagues above the GT. However, as a long range comfortable tourer, that's quiet, responsive, quick and reliable, the Suzuki GT750 was a fabulous bike for its time.
Hallo !
Ich habe auch ein 77' Wasserbüffel
In der selben Farbe und Top Zustand
Leider werden solch schöne Motorräder nicht mehr gebaut !!
Gruß von der Küste Hamburg ⚓️
You shouldn’t let it sit there and idle like that after sitting a long time. Revving it a little helps to lubricate the engine. You should check to make sure each cylinder is puffing a little blue smoke of course to ensure the oil feed line is not clogged or air bubbles in the lines.
Caressing your bike with Oily rag ! It’s what you do 👌
Beautiful kettle. I like the Yam too. Maybe get a battery maintainer or two? Just a thought.
The problem with all carburetor-based bikes is the petrol left in the carburetor. After a long-standing time, it evaporates. The leftover block the jets and you have to take the carburetor apart to clean it.
It would be better to run the engine until it stalls, so the carburetors are empty before you store the bike.
And don't forget to empty the tank, and rust prove it, slightly oil the inside.
That pretty funny to me, because I had Suzuki 380 and it flew, I also had a Yamaha 90 and used it as a trail bike. I can’t imagine a 750 2 cycle . Scary fast.
everything I heard was awesome, nice toys.
Nice vehicles. Wish i had any one of those.
You have some very nice toys 👍
M8 had a 750 kettle, christ that thing was fast, but my 850 Norton pissed all over the kettle in the twisty bits
Old bikes are great. I have a few.
Future barn finds gonna be lit
1976 GT 750 A Modell in frake orange! Have had same coloured parts on my bike....!
I had GT550 then Kawasaki H2 750 those were the days. Last I know the H2 is still on the road
"Greta's worst nightmare" Lol!
Dumbo Gretha IS the nightmare !!
She's a Rothschild, a total deep State shill..@@petergerritgroen3157
Was this suzuki's version of kawasaki's "widow maker"?. Those classic Japanese motorcycles are absolutely wicked.
I owned 7 Kettles all at the same time 4 were runners the other 3 I kept for spares in the late 70's early 80's and to my long and lasting regret sold them all as a job lot. Better to regret what you did then regret what you never did!
Great bike... I had one of those, should have kept it
Oil and exercise the idle speed screw, they can seize really hard. Very fine thread.