Suzuki GT550 2 Stroke Triple 0-60 MPH Test! Then it Broke...
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- 1973 Suzuki GT550 Indy 3 Cylinder 2 Stroke 0 to 60 MPH Test!
After THIRTY YEARS of sitting, it's time to wake up this GT550. In the previous episodes of this series, I cleaned the carburetors, restored the gas tank and installed a new battery, air filters, fuel line with filter and petcock, cleaned and set the ignition points. Then, I took the bike on its first test ride and it is CRAZY fast! But I need to find out just how fast it is by doing multiple 0-60 mph runs. The results surprised me! Watch the video to see how fast this bike is.
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6:58 "It think it's ready to go back to its owner"......that broke me🤣
So hard to watch you disrespecting this old bike. I wouldn't lend you a moped.
I had a 74 GT 550 I rode to high school back in the late 70’s . I wish I would have kept it . I remember the Suzuki shop told me there was a recall on the starters back when I had mine but i didn’t get it done in time . I remember part of the recall was there was a problem with the starters coming loose . I always kick started mine . Running around town cruising with friends it would carbon up a bit and I would have to take it on the highway and blow it out . I sure miss it .
My 1974 Suzuki GS-550 had a starter that didn't work either. I just kicked it. Thanks for the memories
I had a 1975. New tires, balanced wheels, got her up to 140. Easy to get there. Scary decelerating
its a vintage bike ffs treat it with a bit of respect
I got one of these when I was 14 or 15 I bought some knobby dirt bike tires on it and just used the bike on gravel roads I burnt some yz's and banshees up with it had a ton of fun on it
It sure sounded like the Sprague clutch went out on the starter while you were ripping it. Taker her apart and inspect it, I bet that clutch is fried.
By the way I have one of these bikes, mine is a 1972 gt550
I had the Sprague clutch go on my GT550A, back in 1989. It used to stick, so the starter motor would spin up and eventually the Sprague clutch would engage. My GT550A sounded like a WW2 aircraft piston engine flywheel starter, as it would whir away for a few seconds, then engage the Sprague clutch and turn over the crank.
The Sprague clutch is on the back of the clutch basket. It is the same clutch basket as used on the Suzuki GT750, GS550 & GS750 motors. Usually giving the Sprague mechanism a good clean out fixes the problem. If it doesn't, then replace the clutch basket.
The starter motor is the same as used on the Suzuki GT750, GS400, GS450, GS550, GS750 & GS1000.
There's a problem with the front end,
probably the ancient tires. They weren't made with wobbles!
Check the brushes on the starter motor, as the wires inside the brushes can detach internally with age. They will require cleaning, tinning, reinsertion and gluing back in place.
The starter motor is the same one as used on the Suzuki GS400, GS425, GS450, GS550, GS750, GS1000 and GT750.
The starter motor enters directly into the engine's sump, so the oil will have to be drained before removal. I discovered this the hard way, whilst on my back, under my bike, whilst a friend read out the step by step destructions, for removing the starter motor, from the workshop manual. The "By The Way" warning about the oil pissing out when the starter motor is pulled out, was at the top of the next page, following the previous instruction step to pull the starter motor out.
Always enjoy the videos! Since 2018!
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Thank you for the video I own the 1975 gt550 in Black I bought it used at a Suzuki dealer in Providence in about late 77 I had it till 1981 I used it as an everyday ride I lived on the East Coast Northeast so didn't ride really in the winter of course I have my cars for that but yeah the bike was pretty sturdy and it went straight fine and it went in the turn it was stable it was a I am 78 I took it from Providence to New York City and the New York City up to Laconia for bike weekend and then all the way up to Maine and then back down again I used to take the bike from Providence to New York City on a regular basis and back round trip and of course all around New England and I really just put tires and batteries in it I don't think it was ever in the shop for any reason anything that had to be done I did myself and it was only just tune ups and things like that but I could be started with your hands I used to start the bike with my hand not get started with my hand once in awhile just to show people and the bike will just turn right overon the trip to Laconia I went with the with two people one had a goldwing 1000 and then this is 78 and the other one my sister's boyfriend had a tiger a 650 tiger or I might have even been a 750 tiger with one with one carburetor one longer don't remember that particularly but I was nose and those with the triumph performance wise it was faster somewhere around the kancamagus highway in Vermont and it has no trouble you know taking someone on the back you can go anywhere with it or I was able to go anywhere with it it had plenty of power for that I remember once driving from New York City to Providence at night in the pouring rain it rains almost the whole time I was hugging the back of of 18-wheelers to try and keep the rain off me getting in their draft safest thing to do but I was trying to do anything to keep the rain off of me it was the worst time I ever had on a motorcycle LOL what's up I didn't skip a beat in the Florence essential rain for hours back then the Connecticut turnpike i-95 which is how I went from New York to Providence all the time still have toll boothsanyway it was pretty cool to hear the bike again after all these years I'm blind I had to stop driving and riding in the mid-90s my last bike was a hodgepodge put together a bike that I put together it was a 71 1200 shovelhead engine in a 79 lowrider frame that was my second Harley my first one was a brand new 81 Sturgis 1340 I prefer those I want to hollies at about 4:05 and I once I got on a Harley and I got used to it and 81 I really didn't look back until it was stolen from in front of my house long story and I ended up not having enough money to buy another Harley and I got a really good deal on an 82 CV 750 cost them which was a really great bike I enjoyed that bike 10 doors in California San Francisco and then around 87 I put together the the lowrider Alexa sold the 750 actually at 7:50 I turned into a rigid frame stripped it down to you know strip that down completely lower the volume I lost about 10 mi or so off the top end but I got a lot of low and talk which I love because the Harley's had so much longer anyway I'm all over the place here so I'll stop sincerely David Rafael AKA Bob the blind bedroom guitarsPS these videos and other videos I can't see them so I'm glad you mentioned the what's the time was for 0 to 60 but it really stirs up a lot of emotions because I loved I lived and breathed motorcycles and it was really great on the west coast so you can ride them while you're around I'll stop you LOL
I used to commute on my GT550A between Poole & Dorchester, Dorset, England. The bike used just over 8 imperial gallons of leaded 4 star petrol a day to travel 28 miles work and 28 miles home again.
The weight distribution is 70% front and 30% rear, hence the wheel spins.
Holy crap, thats like snowmobile mpg's, maybe worse🤔
I had a Kawasaki H2 750 that had to go into the shop for a repair but I needed transport for a weekend trip… The shop kindly let me borrow a GT550 for the 600+ miles round trip, it made the H2 look economical and after passing a service station on the motorway had to go onto reserve but didn’t even make it to the next services which was about 20 miles.
8 gallons to travel 56 miles?? Really? I had a 1972 GT550J that averaged 45-50 mpg during the 3 years i owned it.😃
Hh, a bad tuned 380 makes 30 mpg and tuned well 45 ish
These were great bikes so were it's little brothers the 250 and 380 and of course it's big brother the 750 wish I still had the one I had.
'73 model, hard to say for sure, but there was a period when the starter clutches would engage at speed, spinning the starter motor until the armature would basically explode. As a Kawasaki/Suzuki mechanic back in the day, I recall repairing several of these for that problem and it included a new type starter clutch and a new starter motor - all under warranty. The factory made the changes on the production line so later models were O.K. out of the box.
@@whalesong999 that's sounds like exactly what happened. Is it okay to just use the kickstart only and still ride it like this?
@@GoldGuyRides Probably ok to ride but the starter clutch on the back of the clutch driven gear might shed some parts over time and that would not be beneficial for the engine. IIRC, the starter clutch uses rollers on ramps that use little internal springs to help the rollers bite to start the engine but retract after the engine rpm comes to life. That same system was used on many Japanese makes during the period. The engineering of putting that mechanism on the back of the clutch is a Suzuki only variation and only one I know of prone to failure. The improved design uses different "dogs" to engage and would positively retract, as I recall.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprag_clutch
Sounds rough, theyre as smooth as silk when settup, great tourer,
Frame flex is when the frame bends like it's made of rubber
Yikes
Love it always fancied a gt 380
I had one in the late 70's but you could not let go of the handlebar due to the wobble in the front end. The GT500 was alot better of a great handling bike.
6:58 just broke me 🤣
Cookin with that burnout
They had 2 different types of starter clutches. The earlier year was notorious for having issues. If I remember correctly, they had a recall around 73 or 74 for installing the new type of Borgwarner one that was much better. Super hard to find a replacement. I may be off on my facts, its been over 10 years since I was knee deep in the GT550. Those are super rare now, I doubt you will get a chance to get one later on, but I agree its fun run get on the pipe but it handles like a pig.
Would be nice, if a 50 year old vintage bike could be treated with some given respect - its absolutely NO point to make burnouts on an Classic aircooled 2-Stroker ... and - pls.- DON'T ever use an electric drill to fasten steel bolts in an aluminium housing - thats neither a good idea nor good craftsmanship !
Ok boomer
Great vid GG. Let's dissect it, fix it and do an epic wheelie in celebration! GG for the win!
Do you need another bike project?
Until the next bike build series, I’d like to see the CB750 hit the screens again. That is the bike that brought me to your channel. It would be nice to see a motovlog or maintenance videos on it. Keep up the great vids Mas.
@@RedStarMotoworks Thanks!! The CB750 is going to make a comeback very soon, stay tuned!
Poor old girl.
She's alright, she waited 30 years for someone to ride her like this.
@@GoldGuyRides Fair play Sir
I hope you gave it back to the owner already.
You're going to rag it out until it is a p.o.s.
F'n hell
BTW, you wouldn't have rode a GT 750 "water buffalo " like that. 😂
@@chasingembers2520 yep, I gave it back to the owner. Like I said in the video, I was giving it a good shakedown ride to iron out any last problems and then I said "this is my last ride on this bike".
I enjoy your videos but you can't abuse a customers bike like that. I also suspect the sprag clutch and as the saying goes you break it you bought it
Exactly,i would not go anywhere near this clown.
I had a GT380 was never a fast bike . Fitted expansion chambers to it. And the big end went
For science!
@@e.avegarage yes, science!!!!
Why do abuse a bike that you don’t even own?
Exactly.
What do you mean by abuse? This is what this bike was originally built to do...
I was paid to get this bike running and riding again and I did. Then I had to test it thoroughly to iron out any last problems that it might have so it is ready to go back to the owner.
@@GoldGuyRides It wasn't necessary to be pulling burnouts with it. Immature behaviour for views just makes you look like a clown.
They are old dry-rotted tires and the owner said he is going to replace them with new tires anyways, he doesn't care. People on UA-cam are so quick to judge without even knowing the facts or the full situation, it's crazy.
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I'm leaving a second, cuz I was listening I'm flying so I have screen readers I was listening to other comments and in the back of my mind I was saying it sounds like this guy is like repairing his bike that is a customer's bike and if that's the case well yeah I wouldn't never never bring a bike for you to fix or a car or a toaster with that fact I figured it was a friend or something like that but even then it sounds it's sort of like it was the customers by I wonder if you would show this video to their to your customers and what they think of it and maybe they're down with it and that's okay but I don't think that's a way to treat somebody else's bike especially an old one and you know you are riding on what you claimed the rotted Wheels with the bike or going all over the place like it had a pliable frame or something like that yeah not too smart and when you took that the motor loosened it up I didn't have to see it but I knew that oil was going to come out I'm doing burnouts like that with dry rotted tires on a motorcycle that's in syncand again as I stated in the other comment I had a 75 GT 550 didn't wobble at all it wasn't it wasn't a canyon by but it certainly you know took one is fine it didn't wobble with it it went straight when you wanted to do it stopped when you wanted it too so yeah there's something else wrong with the bike maybe it was in an accident in the frame got out of alignment the forks might have been who knows I can't say cuz I can't see and even if I could it's a small video anyway best of luck to you bro and live and learn but yeah try not to do that kind of stuff with other people's bikes and the I'm assuming you're going to be responsible for the starter cuz that's the way it goes so anyway stay safe and enjoy your riding because as a blind person who will started to go blind in the mid-90s who lived and breathed motorcycles and anything with an engine you take things for granted because if I could still see I would have still been riding over these last 30 years and I'd be riding today sincerely David Raphael AKA Bob the blind bedroom guitars
2 stroke power 😅
2 Strokes are so much more fun!
If you have to justify your bike purchases to your girlfriend, get a new one. 😂 Unless your finances are shared/she's providing equally, it really shouldn't be of any concern to her. I have 10 bikes in the garage and as long as my gf can still park her car in there, I'm good.
Haha yeah I was kinda just joking. I only have 3 bikes right now and she already can't park in our little 1 car garage. She really doesn't care but she might be a little annoyed if I keep bringing in more bikes when we already have limited space.
@@GoldGuyRides makes sense! :)
When you going to get a old clapped out dirtbike to restore again. Somthing popular. Your views will go up again
That's a good idea, I've been thinking of doing this soon. Stay tuned!
@@GoldGuyRides good man! Cant wait. Be like the old days restoring it bit by bit. What i loved about it was u was learning on the job so we was to. Seeing what works n dont work. Its always great content!
a complete KNOB,,, nothing else you can say.
Abuse of a classic bike, sacralidge 🙄🙁
@@denlsgoulden2307I think it's more abusive to the bike to just let it sit in a garage and collect dust and rust than actually go out and ride it the way it was built to ride but hey that's just me I guess.
@@GoldGuyRides There's a huge difference between riding a bike and enjoying it without thrashing it and abusing it. These machines are 50 years old now and getting rarer by the day and are irraplaceable, they should be used with the respect they deserve 🙁
@@denlsgoulden2307 Yes, you are right. They should be respected and I think I was pretty respectful. Although, it's hard to make entertaining content when just babying a bike and not actually riding it the way it was built to ride. I didn't break anything on the bike in this video except for the starter motor clutch which is due to a major design flaw from the factory and was bound to happen anyways.
He is a proper clown, its not even his to abuse,& will end up on his ass,which might sort out his tiny disrespectful brain,but im not holding my breath.
This bike was not built to be thrashed. It's not a Kawasaki.@@GoldGuyRides
frankly I'm surprised the police have not seen this video... 60 in a 25? At least find an airfield etc?
@@jtreg it's ai generated so not even real, don't worry. AI is getting scary these days isn't it.
Go away Dad you're embarrassing. Police have crime to worry about, not a gold guy on a motorcycle in the middle of nowhere.
@@GoldGuyRides LOL, That's your story and you're sticking to it. Gotta CYA when playing.
@@CRFLAus hahaha I couldn't have said it better myself.
Shoosh or else ill tell the Police about how your children smoke marijuana.
6:58 "It think it's ready to go back to its owner"......that broke me🤣
6:58 "It think it's ready to go back to its owner"......that broke me🤣