What to do with a 1973 Suzuki GT750?
Use the engine, instrument cluster, radiator and a few other bits from the donor bike from Fred and Janice seen in the middle photo – most of the rest of the bike is too far gone to salvage. The tank, while not really usable, does have the right pattern for the paint and so will be useful as a guide.
Where is the oil drain hole on a Suzuki GT750?
The front forks were specific to 1974 having chrome top caps on the lower fork legs covering the fork dust boot (photo lower right) -the fork gaiters of the ‘J’ and ‘K’ were dropped and the fork oil drain hole was moved to the rear of the lower fork leg.
When did the Suzuki GT750 air box come out?
The air box (13700-31211)and air box side covers are specific to the 1974 model year, although the air filter element was the same as was used through to the end of the 1977 production.
What kind of front fender does a Suzuki GT750 have?
The 1973 style front fender (part number 53100-31701) was used, having a single rubber cable guide on the upper left side for the speedometer cable and having the tubular stays and external mounting brackets as seen to the right.
When do you change the oil seal on a GT750?
The connecting rods were now fully switched over to floating big-ends, non-floating small ends (at engine number 38060) Crank oil seal changed to replace C clip with an integral steel locating lip to ensure that the seal does not get displaced at engine number GT750-54214 and frame GT750-49895.
What was the compression ratio on a 1974 Suzuki GT750?
A Field Guide to the Suzuki GT750 Previous, Next, Index 1974 Suzuki GT750L Engine Click on any image to see a larger version. Although the barrels have the later style of inset ‘Liquid Cooled’ markers used on the M, A and B models, the porting and the compression ratio (6.7:1) was the same as that on the J and K models.
When did Suzuki change the grill on the GT750?
As 1974 and early 1975 grills often cracked in the area of the mount mounting holes a change was made at frame number 58021 when the mounting screws were changed to the larger shouldered design with larger diameter mounting holes in the plastic grill.
What are the head bolts on a Suzuki GT750?
The head bolts now included as standard a sealing washer (part number 09168-14008) which the earlier models had lacked. This change limited seepage of water into the stud opening causing extensive corrosion and making the barrels very difficult to remove.