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The Suzuki GT750 is a water-cooled three-cylinder two-stroke motorcycle made by Suzuki from 1971 to 1977. It is the first Japanese motorcycle with a liquid-cooled engine . [ 3 ] The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (in Japanese) includes the 1971 Suzuki GT750 as one of their 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology .
The 380 and 550 engines were air-cooled with a system marketed by Suzuki as Ram Air. [1] This system consisted of a cast aluminum shroud covering a modified cylinder head to direct the cooling air. The GT750 was liquid-cooled. Suzuki thus led the motorcycle world by being the first company to mass-produce a liquid-cooled, large-bore two-stroke ...
Motorcycles with a V-twin engine mounted with its crankshaft mounted in line with the frame, e.g. the Honda CX series, are said to have "transverse" engines, [1] [2] while motorcycles with a V-twin mounted with its crankshaft mounted perpendicular to the frame, e.g. most Harley-Davidsons, are said to have "longitudinal" engines.
The Suzuki GT550 is a three cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled 1970s-era motorcycle in Suzuki's "Grand Touring" GT series. Three Grand Touring models including the GT380 and GT750 and were originally offered for sale with the beginning of the 1972 model year (MY) with the 550 called "Indy" for the North American market. [ 4 ]
Name Engine (cc) Type Image Boulevard series: Cruiser: Boulevard C50 (VL800 Volusia) 805: Cruiser: Boulevard C90 (Intruder VL1500) 1460: Cruiser: Boulevard C109R (Intruder C1800R)
The first of the GS Series was the four-cylinder GS750 released alongside the GS400 parallel twin in November 1976. [2] (1977 Model Year).The GS750 engine was essentially patterned off the Kawasaki Z1-900, and became the design basis for all air-cooled Suzuki four-stroke fours until the release of the air-oil cooled GSX-R.
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The motorcycle, designated XR 11 within the group, was developed from the Suzuki GT750 road model, but none of the components were interchangeable. [4] The performance-enhanced water-cooled in-line three-cylinder two-stroke engine had contactless thyristor magneto ignition and fuel was delivered via three 32 mm Mikuni carburettors.