Suzuki unleashes the GT750, a water-cooled three-cylinder two-stroke.
The first Japanese bike with a liquid-cooled engine, the prototype was shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in October of 1970 and launched in Japan on September 4,1971. The GT500 was developed from their wildly successful T500 (Titan) with an extra cylinder and liquid cooling. Marketed as the GT Le Mans in the US and Canada, it was nicknamed the "Kettle" in Britain (for obvious reasons) and the "Damn Water Buffalo" (for obvious reasons) in the US. A heavy bike due it's Chevy-sized radiator it tipped the scales at 550 lbs. To give you an idea of how heavy that is, a 1972 Honda CB750 four cylinder weighs 518 lbs.
Basic specs - 739cc, two-stroke water-cooled three-cylinder, 67 bhp @ 6500 rpm, 5-speed transmission, a top speed of 110 mph.
The Automotive Engineers of Japan included the 1971 Suzuki GT750 as one of their 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology.
240??!!
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