Beautiful Suzuki GT750 on CL Phoenix

[canuck750]

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/mcy/d/1973-suzuki-gt-750-survivor/6374913462.html

1973 SUZUKI GT 750 SURVIVOR ONLY 9800 MILES! - $5850

Amazing original condition, if it looks as good in real life its a good purchase.

[kingoffleece]

The Water Buffalo!

[Tom]

One year newer than my '72 that I had.  Has disc brakes.     Nice!  That kind of money, I'd rather buy the 2013 V7 Racer in Gilbert. 

[Xlratr]

If that was here in Germany I'd be there with the cash.


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[guzzisteve]

I also had a 72, my 1st road bike, was a blast.

[Socalrob]

I had a GT380 in college in the late 70's.

Always wanted the big water buffalo.  That is the nicest one I have seen in ages.

[bigbikerrick]

Wow, what a beautiful  survivor! I would think a bike like that would be worth about 10K !
Rick.

[Tom]

 :1:  I had the aqua not as funky of a color as the fuschia.  It would lose the muffler cones on a regular basis till I safety wired them.  Repainted it black with the logo in red.

[Waterbottle]

My baby. Oh BTW, they where called Waterbottle's here in Australia

[canuck750]

Wow, what a beautiful  survivor! I would think a bike like that would be worth about 10K !
Rick.

I think it is worth closer to $10K given it is original and in such great condition. It would fetch big $$$ in the UK.

[Chesterfield]

Under priced by at least 4K

[wymple]

Geez I wish I had the money. I lusted hard over those back then, never managed to get one.

[SmithSwede]

Cool bike.  Always wanted one. I was a hard core 2 stroke fanatic back in the day.   Yamaha RD-400 was the word. 

Yet the Water Buffalo seemed somewhat bizarre to me at the time.  Water cooling?  Radiator?  On a motorcycle?  Seriously?

Now the majority of motorcycles are water cooled and the air-cooled finned motors are the oddballs. 

[Huzo]

Yep.
First road bike.


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[molly]

Fondly known here in Blighty as 'the Kettle'.
My neighbour as a GT750, GT500 AND GT250 in his collection.

[perter]

Also know as "vandbøflen" (water buffalo) in Denmark... at least a more positive name than the HD VRod - it's called "vandrotten" which means water rat 

[Old Jock]

In the UK they were known as "Kettles"

Seen a restored one quite recently, nice bike

[Ncdan]

One must use caution with these great old bikes. Just replacing the tires alone will put this bike in a price range that one will never get no where close to their investment bank and a carb rebuild and you will have twice the bikes value invested.

[keener]

One must use caution with these great old bikes. Just replacing the tires alone will put this bike in a price range that one will never get no where close to their investment bank and a carb rebuild and you will have twice the bikes value invested.

not my experience at all .......in fact the opposite

[oldbike54]

 So what did you Brits call the Scott Flying Squirrel ?

 Dusty

[Old Jock]

So what did you Brits call the Scott Flying Squirrel ?

 Dusty

I'm old but not that old

[Murray]

My baby. Oh BTW, they where called Waterbottle's here in Australia

Always thought the 750 was called the water bucket and the titan 500 was the bottle, may simply be regional variations.

[Huzo]

One must use caution with these great old bikes. Just replacing the tires alone will put this bike in a price range that one will never get no where close to their investment bank and a carb rebuild and you will have twice the bikes value invested.

Some things are worth more than the sum of their parts...

[oldbike54]

I'm old but not that old

  So what about "The Silk" ?

 Dusty

[Old Jock]

  So what about "The Silk" ?

 Dusty

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"The Silk"

Never seen one on the road only mag reports, I thought it was a cool bike but well outta my price league at that time, probably still is Dusty

John

[Warba]

First tour I ever went on was on a 72 orange GT 750. I went  from northern Minnesota to Nova Scotia coming back through Maine and New England. All my gear was bungeed on in a green army duffle bag. It had a windshield. The only time the fan came on was in traffic in Montreal. Just put gas in and 2 stroke oil, Pennzoil or whatever outboard oil you found. Keep some grease or oil on the chain. no problems. I met a Canadian from Thunder Bay in Quebec and rode with him and some other Canadians from Windsor for a while. Two Strokes stay in the back.