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Pictures of visitors' Suzuki motorcycles
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Here are some motorcycle pictures the visitors of this site have sent to me. Send a picture of your bike here. Use JPEG format. Please tell us your name, hometown and country, purchase date and your personal comments of your Suzuki. Don't forget to tell the model name and model year of your bike.

Click on the images to view them in a larger format. There's more links to visitors' motorcycles at the bottom of this page!





Suzuki '74 T 500 T-500

Here's more Suzuki T500 info.
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1974 Suzuki T 500 L

Owner: Joe W Richardson,
Hull, United Kingdom

(Continues from the previous page)

Comments: ”Bought early 90’s with good running engine but very tatty bodywork. Subsequently I bought an American donor bike with very good chrome and eventually completed the rebuilt in 2002 utilising tank and panels in ‘British Racing’ Green.

Unfortunately, the long stand made the crank seals hard resulting in very poor low speed running. Additionally, though the compression was very good and the engine was powerful when the throttle was opened. On the overrun, the top end rattled as if it was full of ball bearings.

Full engine rebuild in 2003 with a recon crank and a rebore put the engine to rights. Bike to MOT and put on the road later in 2004.”
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Suzuki '76 GT 750 GT-750

Here's more Suzuki GT750 info.
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1976 Suzuki GT 750 A

Owner: Joe W Richardson,
Hull, United Kingdom

Comments: ”What can be said? No Suzuki collector can have a collection without one, though I really must do something about the seat and the cylinder stickers.”

See even Joe's bike pictures and comments on pages 11 and 12!
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Suzuki '75 GT 750 GT-750
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1975 Suzuki GT 750 M

Owner: Joe W Richardson,
Hull, United Kingdom

Comments: ”If a Suzuki collector must have a ‘Kettle’ then a serious collector must have two...”

See even Joe's bike pictures and comments on pages 11 and 12! And the pages 45, 46 and 47...

Here's more Suzuki GT750 info.
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Suzuki '70 A 95 A-95 Finland

Here's Veijo's brother testing his big brother's brand new Suzuki A95.

Suzuki '70 A 95 A-95 Finland

The white triangles front and rear were required in Finland during the rider's learning period.

Suzuki '70 A 95 A-95 Finland

A T125 Stinger, a friend and the A95.

Here's more Suzuki A95 info.
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1970 Suzuki A 95

Owner: Veijo Saano, Kuopio (Kiuruvesi back in the seventies), Finland

Purchased new in June 1970

Shown in standard trim, with extremely long and ugly mudflaps as required by Finnish legislation until mid-70's.

Comments: ”Until mid-seventies, the learner-class motorcycles had to weigh less than 75 kilograms in Finland - for the safety. To get the vehicle below the weight limit the bikes, such as Suzuki A95, had an engine far smaller than 125 cc, which was the maximum allowed. Also other components, such as lights and brakes, had to be small and light - for safety's sake, of course?

But the little Suzuki had the Posi-Force lubrication - for other bikes of this class, you still had to mix oil and petrol.

In the black-and-white photos you can also see the white triangles that had to be carried for a period of one month. That was for riding practice, during which one had to stay within one's home town area, obey a speed limit of 50 kph (31 mph), and not carry a passenger. After this one could go and try to pass the test for driving licence.

If one passed the tests it was total freedom: no speed limits, no compulsory helmet etc. But with a bike like the little A95, the maximum speed was at 80 kph (50 mph), although the model name promised 95 kph. And after a couple of years, also Finland got the general speed limit and the helmet law.

Although the A95 was very small, it faithfully transported me and my girlfriend for two years. I even rode it through the winter 1970-71. In Finland that is not an easy task, with temperatures often dropping below -20 degrees Celcius.
The little Suzuki had no problems in the cold.

The third photo shows my school mate who - inspired by me buying an A95 - bought a T125 Stinger in the summer 1970.

I sold the A95 in the autumn of 1971. My next bike was an old Ariel 500 Red Hunter. When riding it, I crashed with a Volvo in October 1971.

I was actually looking for a used Suzuki T20 for my first bike but bought the brand new A95 instead. It was actually a more suitable speed for a hotheaded youngster. The T20 was almost twice as fast a motorcycle"
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Suzuki '75 GT 750 GT-750

Here's Veijo's GR650 before the modifications.

Suzuki '75 GT 750 GT-750

Suzuki '75 GT 750 GT-750

After the modifications. The larger fuel tank is taken from a GS1100G. Ready for touring.
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1984 Suzuki GR 650 Tempter

Owner: Veijo Saano, Kuopio Finland

Comments: ”I bought my GR650 with 16,000 km on the meter in 1986. The first thing I noticed that the high bars and the custom-styled sitting position made it unpleasant to ride faster. I replaced the handlebar and mounted a screen to get rid of the annoying air streams. Even the fuel tank (13 liters) was too small for my purposes - I was going to use it as a touring bike.

In the first photo, the GR650 is in standard trim, except for the missing rear indicators. I had just removed the pannier rack, and the blinkers were not yet attached when the snapshot was taken.

In 1986-87, I used the GR650 quite a lot for touring. I rode from central Finland to Lapland, southern Sweden, and Norway, up to Lofoten islands. I modified the bike rather extensively (second photo):

rubber gaiters on the front fork
plastic windshield
lower handlebar
22-liter fuel tank from a bigger Suzuki shaftie, probably GS1100G. The fuel meter sensor from the GR fit directly to the bigger tank and was working correctly.
new exhaust pipes (custom-made according to my wishes)
”Sito” mufflers
Denfeld hard bags

As you can see, the seat, the tank and the side covers don't fit perfectly together, it should have needed an extra touch.

The original exhaust pipes began to rotten quite fast. The inner pipes went to pieces, as there was a rattling noise and bits of metal started coming out of the exhausts. I believe the exhausts had double walls in order to avoid the pipes turning blue.

Although the modifications improved the bike's touring abilities, I sold it soon. The GR was easy to use, but the bike tended to wobble already in moderate-speed curves, and the engine was too mildly tuned. Even without the screen, the top speed was only 165 kph (100 mph) according to the speedometer. I was looking for a performance kit to make it a bit faster but I was told that ’the bike is not built for performance’.

I part-exhanged the GR to a used BMW R100 (1983) in the autumn of 1987. ”
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