Perfecting my '78 GS750

[DaKyy]

So I washed and waxed it... Found an unpleasant surprise...






Tips on repair? Wouldn't want to change the muffler as it looks ok otherwise.

The odd thing is I hadn't noticed it before. It looks like that kind of damage wouldn't appear in couple of months.

[rustybronco]

A piece of stainless steel, some muffler/furnace cement and pop-rivet a patch over the hole?

as the hole is on the very bottom, the repair shouldn't look to unsightly when viewed from the side.

[chuck hahn]

Man..I would hold someone at gunpoint for a guage face as nice as that for my bike..Mines the exact same color as yours is. Your gonna love that bike.

[rustybronco]

I got a pair of original side covers from a very generous person from our forums. Thanks again CH!

Hmmm.... I wonder who that might be? '750's, generous, just can't put place the initials

[chuck hahn]

I dont know the guy hes talking about either.. generous, careing, gives stuff away for free.. Doesnt sound like anyone i would want to be aqssociated with. Oh and I just gotta ask..so where did you get thats guage cover? Did you buy a new one or get that one restored? If its a restore job, im would be very inteested in sending mine along.

[chuck hahn]

I was just noticing ( and i think we talked about this before) But the seat and the dash are indicitive of a 77. The pinstriping is also from a 77 pattern. The 78s had a stepped seat with the aluminum trim, the 77s had the intigrated ignition in the dash and the 78 had the seperated ignition.. heres the differences in the dashes..

[chuck hahn]

Heres the different seats..I will grant that my 78 is the E model, so that may be the differences in the seats. In any case i am not knocking or picking the bike apart. Thats not my intent. Just noticing a few differences and it has peeked my curiousity.. Thats a he!! of a sweet bike!!

[DaKyy]

A piece of stainless steel, some muffler/furnace cement and pop-rivet a patch over the hole?

as the hole is on the very bottom, the repair shouldn't look to unsightly when viewed from the side.

I though something that way too. I'll probably cut out the bad parts completely and cover it up with a patch. Or I'll give it a try anyway. Hopefully it doesnt rattle...

Hmmm.... I wonder who that might be? '750's, generous, just can't put place the initials

Cant even remember anymore what those initials stand for... Oh well, he prolly comes around and post to this thread...

I dont know the guy hes talking about either.. generous, careing, gives stuff away for free.. Doesnt sound like anyone i would want to be aqssociated with. Oh and I just gotta ask..so where did you get thats guage cover? Did you buy a new one or get that one restored? If its a restore job, im would be very inteested in sending mine along.

I bought it new and paid dearly. However there was a set of stickers for the text parts in eBay. I can dig it up for you if you want? Only thing to do then is the white edge on the warning cluster.

I was just noticing ( and i think we talked about this before) But the seat and the dash are indicitive of a 77. The pinstriping is also from a 77 pattern. The 78s had a stepped seat with the aluminum trim, the 77s had the intigrated ignition in the dash and the 78 had the seperated ignition.. heres the differences in the dashes..

I've wondered the seat&cluster aswell. All the papers say it is a '78 but can't really say what the PO has done with it or had the dealer done something to it before selling it. Maybe it is really a '77, but didn't sell and was registered in '78 and someone changed the wheels. Can I check the manufacture year with the VIN? Something odd there is indeed. But I like it!

[chuck hahn]

Well yes i would like the sticker info.. The 77s had wire whells and only one brake rotor. The 78s had mags and dual front brakes. The top half looks like a stock 77 setup and paint, but the bottom looks like the 78 whells and brakes. And by the way,, the covers cleaned up real nice. Did i send you the suzuki stickers too? Its been quite a while and i didnt recall them being on when i sent them. I found the side cover stickers on ebay some time ago.. Guy had the white ones and the gold letters.

[DaKyy]

Here is the sticker seller... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-GS1000-...item3f02560ec9
Though he hasn't anything for sale currently but hopefully they will be on sale again...

I think I've seen dual disc setup with wire wheels? Atleast this page has some info...

http://www.suzukicycles.org/GS-series/GS750.shtml

As already mentioned, the 1977 GS750DB had twin brake disc at the front, othervise the urgraded version (January 1977) shared the same specifications with the preview model of the GS750. Officially 1977 was the first model year for the GS750. I only presented the '76 GS750 because of the lack of the right side front disc.

So maybe there are differences in US and Europe versions.

I checked the numbers

Model: GS750E
E. No: 53851
F. No: 15730
So the GS750E would indicate to the '78? '77 was B?



I Bought the side cover stickers from eBay (they weren't 1:1 to the originals though. Different font) and the emblems I bought from http://www.suzukitandgtparts.com

[DaKyy]

Bought a NOS muffler for 100$ on eBay. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...TQ:MOTORS:1123) Has a small dent on it though, hopefully I can pop it back. I will still repair the old one, and when it goes completely I have something new to throw at it. I'll just have to hunt for the left side muffler so it wouldn't look stupid...

[Hovmod]

Beautiful.

[ChicagoBob]

Great job! Great bike! Remember that Suzuki titled new bikes in the US in the year they were sold, in spite of what the VIN indicates, so a '77 could have been sold new in '78 or '79 and titled for either of those years.

Two US models of the 750 were available in 78, the Standard and the E. The standard, same as in '77, had the flat ribbed seat, spoke wheels and a single front disk (on the left side), and was available in, I think, blue and red. The E had the stepped pleated seat, cast wheels, two front disks, and was black. Both had seat straps, which were often removed for comfort reasons. In the US, the sidecoves were unpainted black plastic with a small "GS750" logo and no stripes.

I remember all this because I owned one. Also, see http://www.suzukicycles.org/GS-serie...articles.shtml

[DaKyy]

Great job! Great bike! Remember that Suzuki titled new bikes in the US in the year they were sold, in spite of what the VIN indicates, so a '77 could have been sold new in '78 or '79 and titled for either of those years.

Two US models of the 750 were available in 78, the Standard and the E. The standard, same as in '77, had the flat ribbed seat, spoke wheels and a single front disk (on the left side), and was available in, I think, blue and red. The E had the stepped pleated seat, cast wheels, two front disks, and was black. Both had seat straps, which were often removed for comfort reasons. In the US, the sidecoves were unpainted black plastic with a small "GS750" logo and no stripes.

I remember all this because I owned one. Also, see http://www.suzukicycles.org/GS-serie...articles.shtml

Well this was sold new in Sweden, don't know anything about its history otherwise than I bought it right after it was imported to Finland last year. I found a parts fische though with this seat + the trim on it, so it probably is not modified. Maybe just the meter casing have been changed at some point.

edit: co-worker welded a patch on the muffler. Looks quite good - though only thing holding the muffler together is the chrome. Will have to get the other muffler too, it will go soon aswell.

[hampshirehog]

Your numbers are for a 1978 GS750EC (so the wheels are right).

Don't get hung up on it appearing to be a mix of 1977 and 1978 parts. Chances are it came out of the box like that in Europe. Suzuki were (still are) the parts bin kings and that's a big advantage when working on these bikes i.e. loads of parts fit across the years / models.