Suzuki GT750 TWO STROKE !!! Tune UP and RiDe WATER BUFFALO waterbuffalo kettle
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This is my buddy's amazing Suzuki. What a beautiful two stroke. These are the most beautiful dinosaurs left.
I just gave it a two year tune up and then a nice ride. Check it out!
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I had a ‘73 in red I rebuilt and cruised from UK down to South of France and back, never missed a beat. Very comfortable and very fast. As others have said, tachometer over reading a huge amount. Also you mentioned having to pull hard on brakes- something wrong if so as even fully laden with top box, panniers and tank bag I could use 2 fingers on the front brakes and those big discs would make the front tyre howl…..I do miss that bike!
Had my GT750 now for 41 years, toured Europe on it in the 80s and will never part with it.
Listening to a well tuned two stroke start brings the hairs up on the back of my neck like nothing else.
THIS LOOKS TO BE A 1974 IF THE EXHAUST IS ORIGINAL. The lack of a radiator fan leads me to believe it is a 1975 but owner could have removed it in any case. One of the most important adjustments you can make on these bikes is the oil pump adjustment inside the oil pump actuator housing. There is an alignment mark that you need to make sure is properly set so you inject the correct amount of mixture into the cylinders.
These bikes are just a really nice cruiser that has good power to handle traffic, passing and ramps. The engine is fairly smooth and non intrusive. The front brakes are very powerful for this time period, if they have been properly maintained. A bike of-this vintage should have had the calipers rebuilt with new seals as well as the master cylinder. Those seals would be hardened by now and lead to stiff or reluctant brakes.
I rode mine from San Diego to CT. In 1976 at age 19 and the bike was flawless during the ride. Equipped with a Windjammer clone fairing, an EZBerg seat, an adjustable back rest for my back and that was it. 3,000 miles and 6 days is all it took back then. A stop over in Pittsburgh to visit the family is why it took 6 days.
A year later i traded the GT for a new Gold Wing and that was a mistake. The GT was a better all around bike than the Gold Wing and more fun to ride. The Gold Wing was just too one dimensional a bike for me and it was gone in 6 months for an R90/6 BMW, but that is another story. I was sorry i sold the Water Buffalo GT. She was truely an iconic great bike. I still miss her today.
So you can't ride an RD across the country? I bought a 1977 RD 400 new and used it as a cross country and round town bike. By the year 2000 I had put 87000. miles on it. The only time it broke down on the road was when the clutch cable hanger gave way but I was able to repair with nail on the side of the freeway. Several times I traveled 1300 miles in 24 hours. I have gone back and forth across the USA several times. Sure it needed a top end every 25000 miles and a crank rebuild every 40,000 miles but I never had to adjust valves. Once I put on electronic ignition the plugs lasted 5000 miles. It has been as reliable as any bike.
Rode across to the IOM on my KH250 - totally reliable including several circuits of the track.
When you generalize there’s always an exception to the rule
The H1,H2, and the RDs have been getting praise for decades, rightfully so but calm down at let the GT have the open road, liquid cooled and electric start.
Maybe my memory is a little fuzzy but this bike weighed maybe 540 pounds heavy but not Goldwing heavy right? The Suzuki triples 750, 550 or 380 were never meant to compete performance wise with Kawasaki triples as I remember. The GT 750 was more a competitor of the Honda 750 at least in my group back in the early 1970s.
As a boy racer only the Kawasakis would do maybe a Suzuki GT 750 when we got old....say 28 years old.😄😄
Back in the 1980s I did some good running GT 750s with chambers at the drag strip ocassionally.
I really enjoy you working on some the 1970 bikes...good memories. 👍
Thanks for interacting! You grew up innthe golden era of bikes! There is about 45lb difference between this bike and a 1976 GL1000.
@@MotorcyclesandArt I was at the Mecum Motorcycle Auction a couple weeks ago and we saw a 1977 Goldwing and man it looked small. I was lucky in the era I grew up in, there were tons of kids riding between 13 to 21. There were a few old riders say 28 years old or more and now I have to admit 28 would be a young rider.
Seems like whenever helmets come off there is a lot of gray hair or no hair riders which worries me a lot about the future of motorcycles.
Every once and awhile I find a youngster like yourself with talent and passion and I get hopeful again so keep up the good work.
@@flatcapcaferacer Ameeeeeen! Flat cap. There IS! a future for the MotorSports world. I'm a Measly 53 years old this year..But i Still try to be an Ambassador to the Sport. I just Am not ready for Electric..My 2T KTM and Rd 350 are too too Salty and Spicy..
@@davestrain9529 While at 68 I'm not always the oldest drag racer and when land speed racing I'm not even close so I'd say your only half way there.👍👍
As far as the power range goes on a proper tune, the GT was tuned for good mid range power. It could deal with traffic all day long in the city and then the 1975 and newer bikes were retuned to add 5 more HP on top as a result of the Kawasaki Z1’s acceleration. So to remain competitive the GT was given a boost on top but the midrange was still very good.
With a set of proper expansion chambers, a slight port and polish job and proper tune, the GT turned into a wolf and Z1 sleeper killer. They would go from a high 12 second 1/4 mile bike to an 11 second 1/4 miler. It was really easy to make the GT go fast. The exhaust pipe change out dropped over 30 lbs in weight, bringing the bikes weight to under 500 lbs dry. After the basic mods, the CB750 bikes were toast and stock Z1s wear just a challenge. Making a 2 stroke go fast was a much simpler project than any 4 stroke bike.
You mentioned twice you can't ride the Yamaha RDs cross country. Well, not exactly RDs, but my buddies and I rode Yamaha R5's from Nebraska to California and back without problems back in 73. I'd say that's far enough to qualify. Great bikes. Also, I'm helping restore a GT750 for a friend right now. It's going to be a beauty!
Rev counter is miles over reporting. I don't think you went over 5k revs.
I thought that too revs showed near max at about 30mph thought strange
Something I never expected to hear " 2 stroke cruiser"! Love the episode! Thanks man.
Stoked you enjoyed
One thing I’m gonna pull you on buddy and no offence made or intended. Number one. That baby ain’t anywhere near as heavy as a GoldWing other than that another great vid as always. And yes you’re correct in that at tacho needs help. Lol.
Steve UK
I did own a Suzuki GT750 the same year as.this one you rode and also the same colour and l fond memories of riding from Sydney to Adelaide across the hay planes cruising on 160kph approx 100mph for kilometre after kilometre
Nice example this one. I had two L models, one the same colour as this. After boiling the carb boots soak them in brake fluid overnight.
That oil of wintergreen and Isopropyl alcohol works great to soften rubber intakes .
Over the years I had the smaller Aircooled GT380 Trippple and GT500 Titan twin..both excellent bikes for cruising with good gas and oil consumption if you didn't race it..Yes they are heavy and not too powerful BUT these 2 strokes where built to last..Can't say that about other 2 strokes I've had.
Sweet bike and video, gt750 is one I want to have in the collection! I'll contribute my own 2 cents which is to also use a heat gun on the intake boots when installing or removing to keep them soft. That's also how I removed the stuck carbs on my old bike, heat gun the boot then pull.
Had one. Really liked it.. Windjammer and bags.. Went from KC to DC north to Niagra Falls through Canada to Detroit back to KC. Never a problem..
Message from England
Usually get bored of the
road test but your commentary and chat was great and kept things really interesting
Ive Just bought a mint restored “kettle” (we dont have Buffalo’s here lol)
Legendary machine here
Mine was a ‘72 Purple Waterpumper with a dealer installed Bates fairing. Wonderful bike with lots of 70’s chrome and a nearly indestructible engine, twin leading shoe front brakes and single leading shoe rear. I fitted Bettor rear shocks with the hope of curing the willowy handling on this heavy, under-sprung, under-framed big bore (for the time) bike. They didn’t. Suzuki intended this bike to compete with the stunning, class leading Honda 750 four NOT the widow maker air cooled Kaw 750 triple. On the highway the GT750 LeMans was sublime and unrivaled semi tourer for the day.
Beautiful bike, it sounds amazing! Nice job man.
Thank you, Sir!
I took the baffles out my dad's bike. He was pissed until he figured out that they needed replaced and were super easy too put back in. Last time I ever went 100mph plus as a passenger on a bike that had Dunlop nylon tires. The nylon was hanging out is the only reason i know they weren't steel belted. Never had any problem with the oil injection and only replaced plugs and kept the chain lubed. Awrsome bike! New supra powered by bmw
Hey man. Nice views of Ocean Drive, in CC. Grew up there and I bought and rode a new 1973 red GT750 for four years as a daily driver. I installed a Craig Vetter fairing and a set of Showa bags. I put more than 35,000 miles on it with normal maintenance - chains, sprockets, tires. Never had to replace spark plugs because I ran unleaded gas. I tried a three into one expansion chamber exhaust, but it ruined the quality of the motorcycle (too noisy) and did not add much performance. Another guy liked the noise, so I sold it and put the original pipes back on. A piston port two stroke engine idles similar to a four-stroke engine with a high overlap camshaft. Neither engine has much low-end torque, but they do make horsepower. But in any two-stroke engine (motorcycle or outboard) scavenging the cylinders requires good gas flow and low RPM does not flow much air. The Suzuki is ported much tamer than Kawasaki's engines, so its power curve is not as abrupt making it more of a tourer. The liquid cooling kept the engine from sticking the middle cylinder under high loads. I always said that Suzuki just grabbed one of their outboard boat motors and stuck it on a motorcycle.
The Kawi triples require experienced riders, lots of extra parts and knowledge of how to fix everything. If not you will not be riding for long. They are dangerous but are good to burn out and the 750 can haul 3rd gear wheelies if you have the ability .
First bike was a 50cc two stroke scoot. Getting harder and harder to find any still on road anymore. Nice work on this one.
I just pulled one with the black tips on the mufflers out of a garage that was rented out for storage and it was abandoned. its rusty and missing a few parts but I talked to the owner about 8 years ago and he said it ran when he stored it so I got my work cut out for me
Beautiful bike. I hope you going to start back on the salt flats bike soon. Ride safe, Bro.
Yes Sir, I am. Thanks for pushing me.
@10.10 Starts talking about two stoke torque and plunges over his knowledge cliff.
Whereabouts did you find this? I'm riding the struggle bus here in Detroit. They are all over in the UK, those guys are snatching our US bikes up so fast it hurts. I'm in the "Motor City" sure, but it's like finding Bigfoot around here.
Love the old kettles!
Beauties!
Daddy had Same BUFF!
..would send me out With SIMICHROME..at 12 , to polish cases.
@Dave strain. Same ! My dad had the gt750 and my 2 older brothers had a z900 and an rd250 - I was chief valeter of all 3! Miss the 70’s like crazy!
Had one in copper colour road al over Canada and states never had a bit of trouble except at the top of mollas pass tried to adjust carbs for altitude BIG mistake
There’s a company in the uk that makes the airbox & carb rubbers, they’re called legend motorcycles
Awesome! Thank you
Its been a while since I rode my GT750 last time though it is still sitting in my garage next to my other bikes but to me it looks like your tachometer has the wrong gearing. It shows at least 30% to high revs.
The gear of the wire that connects the tacho with the engine has a gear and yours seems to be wrong.
The jumping indication also tells that there is something wrong with that wire.
Cool video though thumbs up
tach was way off
Had one at uni, that's one fast bike
Nice touring cruising machine 😊
You can easily get new carb boots 🤣✌️
The tachometer is clearly broken. I think there is a fix for that but you need to disassemble the tachometer.
Something wrong here , I had a GT750A and it pulled like a train from low revs , spin the wheel pulling away without dumping the clutch and no way did the revs go that high .
Has this engine been ported ?
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And the roads got a lot better to ride on too. Less pot holes and unpaved roads.
Howdy, I have searched for the petcock, can't find. Please help.
Toyota SUPRA`, at 13 O Clock ( 13'20" ) !!!! Go Gettum Casy. Love seeing this old Buff back in the stable.
daddy had T500 , Gt380, skipped the 550, got the LeMans. I got rd 250 in 1986 at 16 years old. Put 347 cc Juggs on it. 5 Later, Im still learning. Great vids, .Cheers Dave Boulder CO
Oh hell yes! Great collection
@@MotorcyclesandArt Yeah..But we.. "Graduated "To: YAMAHA VISIONS..in late 80s early 90s.. GRoss. You need 3 of them.
..2 parts bikes to keep one Running..
For some reason the rev counter is way off. Nice bike.
Nice bike, freind had one, and it was frigging fast, why dont your roads have any markings on them?
Off memory, I think this and the gt550 not sure about the 380 is the only 2 stoke road bikes with electric start, also those head bolts need another polish
Other two strokes road bikes with electric start was the 3rd generation rgv250, r1z, nsr125, rd200, ts350 and no doubt some others. But yes it's quite rare.
I notice that the bike isn't wearing registration plates, don't you have to display them in your country?
Did you ever shift out of third gear, as the "Tacho" was way around, and the "Speedo" was
a low reading, yet the engine was revving real hard.
It is a heavy bike. Me and my 2 brothers had to lift one into the back of a van
some years back.
The bike was not revving hard, the tacho was telling the most massive lies.
I knew the tach was wrong, no way you can ride these to the red line in town , seen you were at 6000 rpm ' 40MPH, yeh not in 1st gear,
Powerband...Hit it.
Always wondered why the name "WaterBuffalo"!
Water cooled and Strong like one
@@jensgerdes45 Makes sense to me.
What is the bike worth in it's condition?? Beautiful
In U.K., you might see £7500-9000 for one like this, nice, but not concours.
I’ve seen plenty go for £12000+
Prices have leapt in the past 10-15 years.
The rear suspension is wrong for that year. They Are 72 only The ones you have one.
What the Hell is with the background crap music. Can't anyone just make an information video with this crap!
What a load of rubbish, I had a KH triple for years and did virtually zero maintenance and it was fine. That stupid whistling background music, I won’t be watching again, bye.