Rescuing Our Forgotten Suzuki GS750
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- We've owned this Suzuki GS750 for a little over 4 years now and we initially did a complete restoration of the bike excluding tearing down the engine. Well its now sat for 2 years after moving out and its time to pay some more attention to it to get it running again.
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Satisfying video. Finally got something from garage to road in one episode!
Thanks, the BMW 650i was on the road in one video as well
Subscribed to you guys maybe three months ago because i came across a 77 just like this one almost the same color but my pinstripes are gold and orange for 250 bux...anyways ive used both previous videos of this bike to get mine going...digging the videos and can't wait for the next ones....i watch you guys goldguy, bearded mechanic and brickhouse builds and gather information and implement it here in my garage......keep wrenching shits fun to watch
Peace ✌️ from southern California
Super happy that you're enjoying the videos and they're helping you out in your own build! $250 is a great price for a complete GS. Let us know if you have anything you'd like to see in a video and we'll see if we can make it happen.
Fine, thank you both for this Video 😊.
Thank you for watching!
So awesome to see you guys get these things going again. I'm new to the hobby and have yet to get my license but I'm very interested in doing this kind of work on a bike of my own. I haven't really narrowed down a bike yet. Do you think an older 750 such as this is a bit too much to handle for a first time restore and first bike? I'm definitely not interested in driving fast until my hair catches on fire (I'm a bit past that phase of my life at this point).
I'd say overall, any of the old UJM style bikes from 70s-80s are decent candidates for projects, and are nice street cruisers. There are small but dedicated Facebook groups and forums for most of the models, especially anything from the big 4 Japanese brands. Mechanically, these aren't very complex and are very well built.
When it comes to performance, these bikes aren't necessarily fast by modern standards, but still have plenty of power to get you in trouble if choose to. My 2022 Kawasaki Z650 is faster in every metric compared to the GS750. You still have to respect the machine for what it's capable of, but they generally have very tame engine characteristics and only really start to peak at high rpm. Suzuki also made the GS series from a 400cc twin all the way to a 1100cc 4 cylinder, so I'm sure you can find something within that expansive lineup that scratches the itch.
Nice video. I got a neglected 78 GS750 cheap and so far for a little more cash for small items and some sweat equity, it's running and loving the roads.
It yearns for the open road
@@Dan_And_Daves_Garage These bikes were built when the highway speed limits were 55mph max. How does your bike handle today's speeds? Hypothetically the sweet spot for my bike is 6k rpms.
It handles highway speeds pretty well, it'll cruise all day at 75-80mph and still has enough power and rpm to pass at those speeds. I don't recall the exact rpm it sits at for those speeds but it was never an issue. Bike should theoretically top out around 130MPH so there's still plenty of rpm to play with
@@Dan_And_Daves_Garage Rode back tested("in theory"), 80--85 is very comfortable, but I notice a decrease in fuel economy. :D