Tag Archives: GT750

More Low Clouds – Part Three

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Ian R. Sandy

So the day had come – after all this work not to mention a chunk of loose change, had these engine modifications actually improved anything ? Well, for one thing you will note there was a lot less smoke this … Continue reading →

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More Low Clouds – Part Two

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Ian R. Sandy

The saga continues ! As offered previously, I needed to rebuild the engine on my blue 1976A GT750 but rather than just do a stock rebuild, I decided to try out a few common modifications in an effort to see … Continue reading →

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More Low Clouds

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Ian R. Sandy

Very nearly two years ago I started a project to rebuild the engine of my 1976A test mule by doing some dyno testing. This was to establish a baseline of how the engine was performing before actually making any changes … Continue reading →

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Short a Few Segments

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Ian R. Sandy

A common problem on the Suzuki GT750 is the eventual failure of the digital gear position indicator. I would be the first to admit that I thought it was a bit of a gimmick when I first saw one, but … Continue reading →

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Dating a Suzuki

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Ian R. Sandy

One of the things that I know we all lay awake at night thinking about is ‘what do those markings on Suzuki components mean ?’.  So to put our collective minds at ease, I have been doing some checking into … Continue reading →

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Low Clouds

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Ian R. Sandy

I’ve had my blue 1976A almost as long as my red 1976A – since the 1980’s – and I use it as my parts bike or ‘mule’ for testing oil pumps, carbs etc, or as a place to hang good … Continue reading →

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1972 Suzuki GT750 Reproduction Gauge Shells

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Ian R. Sandy

When I picked up my 1972 Suzuki GT750J rebuild project, there was an obvious issue with the gauges. The plastic gauge shells for my speedometer and tachometer were both cracked up into the lens, and when I started asking around … Continue reading →

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GT750 Oil Injection Lines

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

After 40 odd years (I suppose some of them were ‘normal’, but I digress) the check valves in the oil injection lines used by Suzuki for the GT750 as well as other oil injected two strokes are starting to be … Continue reading →

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Suzuki T and GT Resources Site

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

As mentioned this past February I have taken over the support of the Suzuki T and GT Resources web site located at this link, and since that time have been steadily adding material to it. While there is still quite … Continue reading →

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ELZ2Coil Accent Electronic Ignition System

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

Just an update for folks – you may recall in an earlier post that I mentioned I had bought a couple of these units to try out and I had promised to report back … so: If you are looking … Continue reading →

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