Fantastic video. Suzuki put a huge effort into something that they believed in.
oliver6,
Oct 23, 8:11pm
I had a Suzuki 750 J model new in 1973, did 70,000km on it, my brother had 2 of them. I rode the rotary and didn't take to it so kept the J. Great bike on gravel roads !
the-saint1,
Oct 23, 8:17pm
Bloody Brilliant!thanks for sharing that mate, had to laugh at the white haired non oriental gent in the white leathers stopping to smoke a ciggie !It looked totally normal, shows you how the anti smoking media brain washing has worked on me NOT!I wish the rotary would make a comeback in motogp racing, imagine the power to weight ratio.
fred-a,
Oct 24, 5:49am
Love it! Used to have a GT380, not a rotary but still loved that bike. Smooth motor that triple.
countrypete,
Oct 24, 5:58am
I had a couple of GT750s, and still pine for one again.I loved the shot in the video of the factory with the lines of new GT380s and 550s.Never had a rotary, but I love the sound of the 2-stroke triples.
oliver6,
Oct 24, 6:37am
I was keen to have a GT750 again one day. I visited a friend of mine who had 5 of them, plus a rotary, a Yamaha turbo and a Suzuki turbo. After a short ride on several of them, I decided to stick with my boring, faultless, late model bikes.
splinter67,
Oct 24, 6:41am
there was a guy and his wife racing a gt750 as a speedway sidecar inNapier quite a few years ago sounded cool and went like a cut cat
kwkbrk,
Oct 24, 7:53am
I had a T350, a T500, a GT550, then an H2 750 . Then a family ! They were great days, great memories .
countrypete,
Oct 24, 8:01am
Exactly. Every time I went to ride one of the GTs, it had a flat bettery or a leaking fuel tap, or wouldn't idle or .So I sold them and bought a Bandit.
But the thing about nostalgia is that you forget all the bad bits, and only remember the pleasurable experiences - the sounds, the smell etc.I miss my Waterbuses
mm12345,
Oct 24, 9:29am
My recollection of the Suzuki triples was that they were slow and rather heavy/cumbersome,smooth to ride, but the front disks were so ineffective in the wet that you needed to ride with the front brake periodically lightly applied to keep the disk dry/warm - or else when you did need the brakes they'd give you the uncomfortable impression that you were speeding up rather than slowing down. They had a digital LED gear indicator - pretty flash for those days.
oliver6,
Oct 24, 10:19am
Mine was a J model, no gear indicator and twin leading drums on the front.
countrypete,
Oct 24, 11:04am
My two were "J" models, and they had consecutive frame numbers.Sold them way cheap! (sigh)
greenwing,
Oct 24, 11:44am
I had a near new GT380 in the mid 70's, I remember it being very smooth, but out weighing that is my memory of clouds of exhaust smoke when you opened the throttle, even with the meteringpump corrrectly adjusted. Then the alternator stopped charging, common fault with this model the bikeshop said and quoted an outrageous price to fix, so I sold it as is.
mm12345,
Oct 24, 3:59pm
This shouldn't have been a problem - with a GT380 there wouldn't have been anybody behind you, except step-throughs and old Holdens.
sifty,
Oct 24, 6:11pm
Fantastic funky soundtrack to that rotary clip, looked like the rotor was the way of the future didn't it.!
mantagsi,
Oct 24, 6:49pm
There's a nice RE-5 in Southwards museum, and yep, thats about the closest I've ever been to an RE-5! One of my old mans mates had a rotary Norton early on in the piece, hard case thing it was
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