Jan. 2022...Guess it's time to start another yr

[rphillips]

I guess I'd forgot, or just didn't know, there was a GS750 Shafty...Very Nice & Very Orig. looking old GS.

[ptegsotic]

great photo!
clean example

[Rich82GS750TZ]

AFAIK, the GS750GL was a Japanese-Market-Only, one-year-only (1981) bike. An 8valve, 750cc Shaftie, that we never saw in NA. No Idea if James Fischer is a regular poster of the forum because we don’t see a username. If he is, maybe he can tell us more about it.

https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/suzu/suzuki_gs750gl%2081.htm

[GSXR7ED]

Oh yeah, I remember someone posting info on that bike.

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[hank2]

Very nice and straight! Nice photo. According to the website www.suzukicycles.org it was Japanese market model only. Evidently there was a GS750G in 1980 and both a GS750G and GL in 1981. Assuming the BOM photo is not in Japan, I wonder how it made it to where it lives now? Military bring back or such? Someone had posted a link to a Japanese exporter sale site earlier this year. I recall finding about 4 of the GS750G's for sale in various conditions. The nicest one had quite a price tag on it.

From suzukicycles.org

1980 Suzuki year code: T

The GS750 engine lived on in Japan where it wasn't allowed to sell motorcycles larger than 750 cc piston displacement. Basically the GS750G was GS850G with a 748 cc engine and different handlebar, both models were sport tourers with shaft drive. The GS750G was presented in December 1979.

http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/s..._black_250.jpgGS 750 G 1980 Overall Length: 2,215 mm (87.2 in) Overall Width: 875 mm (34.4 in) Overall Height: 1,175 mm (46.3 in) Wheelbase: 1,490 mm (58.7 in) Dry Weight: 249 kg (548 lbs) Engine type: Air and oil-cooled 748 cc inline-4, DOHC, 8 valves. 68 ps/ 8,500 rpm, 6.0 kg-m/ 6,500 rpm. Shaft drive. Available only in Japan. Click on the image for larger format.

http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/G..._black_250.jpgGS 750 G 1980 Overall Length: 2,215 mm (87.2 in) Overall Width: 875 mm (34.4 in) Overall Height: 1,175 mm (46.3 in) Wheelbase: 1,490 mm (58.7 in) Dry Weight: 249 kg (548 lbs) Engine type: Air and oil-cooled 748 cc inline-4, DOHC, 8 valves. 68 ps/ 8,500 rpm, 6.0 kg-m/ 6,500 rpm. Shaft drive. Available only in Japan. Click on the image for larger format.

1980 Suzuki year code: X

Suzuki presented the second and final version of the GS750G in February 1981. Cosmetic changes only. This was the last model year for the GS750G.

http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/G...silver_250.jpgGS 750 G 1981 Overall Length: 2,215 mm (87.2 in) Overall Width: 875 mm (34.4 in) Overall Height: 1,175 mm (46.3 in) Wheelbase: 1,490 mm (58.7 in) Dry Weight: 249 kg (548 lbs) Engine type: Air and oil-cooled 748 cc inline-4, DOHC, 8 valves. 68 ps/ 8,500 rpm, 6.0 kg-m/ 6,500 rpm. Shaft drive. Available only in Japan. Click on the image for larger format.

The GS750GL was another Japanese home market model with the reliable eight-valve engine and shaft drive. The design of the GL was obviously more chopper influenced but mechanically the GS750G and GS750GL were similar. The model was introduced in May 1981. I haven't found info of any other model years. It's possible that the '81 was the only model year for GS750GL. Probably the model until 1983.

http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/s...S750GL_250.jpgGS 750 GL 1981 Overall Length: 2,225 mm (87.6 in) Overall Width: 855 mm (33.7 in) Overall Height: 1,190 mm (46.9 in) Wheelbase: 1,510 mm (59.4 in) Dry Weight: 241 kg (530 lbs) Engine type: Air and oil-cooled 748 cc inline-4, DOHC, 8 valves. 68 hp/ 8,500 rpm, 6.0 kg-m/ 6,500 rpm. Click on the image for larger format.

[jimfish]

Hi there. This is indeed my gs750gl first registered in Japan in 82 and then imported to new Zealand in the early 90s where it sat in a container for around 10 years. That's where it got a paint job from Blue to what it has now. Which in my eyes is a very nice color with hand painted gold pin strips. So after it come out of the container it sat gathering dust in a old fellas garage for another 10 years. That's when I seen it and after a couples of years I managed to purchase it for almost a give away price. Has 37000km on the clock.

[jimfish]

Hi there. This is indeed my gs750gl first registered in Japan in 82 and then imported to new Zealand in the early 90s where it sat in a container for around 10 years. That's where it got a paint job from Blue to what it has now. Which in my eyes is a very nice color with hand painted gold pin strips. So after it come out of the container it sat gathering dust in a old fellas garage for another 10 years. That's when I seen it and after a couples of years I managed to purchase it for almost a give away price. Has 37000km on the clock.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

OK Jim, now I remember. We discussed your 750G before, in this thread: https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...t=#post2665551

[hank2]

Hi there. This is indeed my gs750gl first registered in Japan in 82 and then imported to new Zealand in the early 90s where it sat in a container for around 10 years. That's where it got a paint job from Blue to what it has now. Which in my eyes is a very nice color with hand painted gold pin strips. So after it come out of the container it sat gathering dust in a old fellas garage for another 10 years. That's when I seen it and after a couples of years I managed to purchase it for almost a give away price. Has 37000km on the clock.

Thanks for the background on the bike. It made it to a good home.