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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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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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Fuel Caps

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

One of the things I have been meaning to document is how the fuel caps go together as used on the Suzuki GT series between 1973 through 1975 on the GT380, GT550 and GT750. All of these come apart quite … Continue reading →

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1976 GT750 – Old Business

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Ian R. Sandy

It was eleven months ago now that I pranged my orange 1976 GT750 – I wrote about that little adventure here. While I did get the bike tidied up and usable again, there was one item that I didn’t get … Continue reading →

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A Field Guide for the Suzuki GT750

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

For a while now I had been toying with the idea of putting together an overview of what bits and pieces should be attached to a Buffalo manufactured in a given year. I saw this as possibly being helpful, as … Continue reading →

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1973 GT750 – Oil Pump

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

The build continues ! Recall when I cracked open the cases on the engine I wanted to use, I found a bit of a mess as it appears the oil had leaked out and been replaced with water over the … Continue reading →

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