Suzuki GT750 (1977)

This is the only picture taken of the bike from the early 80s.

I had my Kawasaki Z650 nicked and as the weeks went on it didn't seem like it was going to turn up so a friend had this 'project' Suzuki GT750 which he let me have for £300.

It had just had the engine seals done and all the main bits working, but there was lots to do and lots of bits missing or needing attention and as can be seen from the pictures had half the console missing and dented just about everywhere. It also had terrible handling which I put down to both the forks and the rear shocks needing replacing. The plan was to use the insurance money to finish it off properly.

After being missing for 11 weeks my Z650 turned up abandoned in a hospital car park with only minimal damage. Locks needed to be replaced, battery dead, some wiring and the tank was dented. Got most of that done over a weekend and back on the road.

This meant the GT750 was a bit redundant . I'd spent a lot of time and money getting the Z650 to handle the way I liked it and simply preferred it to the 750, which needed a lot of work.

Started to put feelers out to sell on the 750 and got a couple of people asking if I'd break it! One was willing to give me £300 for the Engine and another wanted the complete front end as a swap for an ex-proddy race Suzuki X7. Sort of a no brainer then really as going to get almost 4 times as much to sell in bits as it cost me so got the spanners out and stripped the bike down.

Most of the rest of the bike sold via adds in motorcycle press adverts and local papers with only a hand full of bits which I just junked, and I had a bloody quick X7 to play with!