New age water buffalo

[The emperor has no clothes]

I always thought the Suzuki "water buffaloes" we're pretty cool in the day. Never had one though. This one is bad ass in my opinion.

https://www.bike-urious.com/bexton-craft-motorcycles-build-1994-yamaha-fzr1000-with-suzuki-gt750-engine/

[Pete]

Had a 72 in 1972 and a 73 in 1974. Made many a long trip on both.
Put many miles on both, very solid, reliable bikes.
In those days I rode every where and everyday, did 12 to 20 thousand miles per year.

In a roll on in 5th gear from 60 they would run away and hide from a 750 Honda.
Great mid range power.

When the aftermarket developed exhaust for them it really helped the power.

No problems with the powertrain except for new chains every year and chain gear sets.

72 had quad leading shoe front brakes(worked well) the 73 had disc.

Both had points ignition with 3 sets of points, 1 for each cylinder. Set individually.

Carb slides were marked so they were easy to sync.

The radiator fan never came on, even in heavy traffic, to test it you had to block the radiator air flow.

Great old motorcycles.

[J.Mencalice]

Frankenbuff.  "It's Alive!!!"

[DIGGER]

I bought a new kawasaki 500 3 cylinder H1 two stroke in 1971 and made my first long distance trip from Houston to the Grand Canyon        Then they came out with the 750 Water Buffalo and I really wanted one but was pretty much broke at the time and couldn't swing it.    My riding buddy had a Harley sportster at the time and Harley was having hard times during the AMF ownership and his Harley stayed broke down.  He tried to go to the Grand Canyon with me but his dealer in Houston told him he would never make it due to the Arizona heat so he backed out of the trip.   The movie "Then Came Bronson" had me so fired up that I went by myself .  Had a great time     Shortly after I got back my Harley buddy sold his Sportster and bought the Suzuki 750 Water cooled 2 stroke and it served him well.   Great bike it was.    We went on several long distance trips after that encountering only a few chain problems on occasion.    After a couple yrs my 500cc H1 got stolen and with the insurance money I bought another 500cc H1 but it was never as good as my first one.

[signart]

I sent 2 GT750s over to an investor in England over the last 3 years, as I thin my herd down to Honda only, and only one low mileage Valk among them. The first went thru evilbay and the second went to the same buyer since I had his direct contact. These were not parts bikes, I more than quadrupled my investment.

The buyer sends a transporter to wherever in the U.S. to pick up his purchases and transport them to (I believe) Detroit. He fills a shipping container with classic m/c's and ships them to the U.K.

There is a huge following and club for GT750's over there. They call them "Kettles" as we call them "Water Buffaloes" here. (see Kettle Club - U.K.)
I still have a few parts