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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.

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'87 '88 '89 RB50 - Suzuki R

”The picture of my Suzuki GSX1100EFG was taken in the dealership showroom moments before I took delivery. I have had the bike from new and it was purchased to replace my previous 1983 GSX1100ESF. I still have the bike but ride it very infrequently due the continued presence of 'little people' in the house!” Mark tells us.

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1986 Suzuki GSX 1100 EF

Owner: Mark Jennings, Great Chishill, Cambridgeshire, England

Purchased: August 1986

Mileage: 18,500 (Yes, only 18,500!)

Mods: Original

Comments: ”A quirky bike not suited to city riding. However, in a world where all modern motorcycles look the same it is a major head turner due to it's retro styling and small front wheel.

I have used it once or twice on long journeys over 200 miles and the riding position is not good for tall people (I am 6'6" - 2 metres) without frequent back stretching stops...”

Here's more Suzuki GSX1100EF info.
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'72 GT-380

1972 GT380J. Here's more Suzuki GT info.


'73 GT-750

1973 GT750K. Here's more Suzuki GT info.


'73 GT-550

1973 GT550K. Here's more Suzuki GT info.


'73 GT-550

1980 GS1000ET. Here's more Suzuki GS info.


'85 750 Katana

1985 GSX750SF. Here's more Suzuki GSX info.


'85 750 Katana

1985 GSX750SF. ”A hunchback,” Steve says.


'00 Bandit 1200S

2000 GSF1200SY. Here's more Suzuki GSF info.

Katana fun...
Hunchbacks. A Katana cartoon.

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1972 Suzuki T 125
1972 Suzuki GT 380
1973 Suzuki GT 750
1973 Suzuki GT 550
1980 Suzuki GS 1000 E
1985 Suzuki GSX 750 S Katana
2000 Suzuki GSF 1200 S Bandit


Owner: Steve Falloon, New Zealand

Comments: ”Looking back, I guess I've been a right Suzuki nut.

First bike was a brand new T125J in May 1972. No photos unfortunately. It was a great bike to learn on, light and nimble with enough power to not get you into trouble! Sold to my brother in November 1972 when I bought a brand new green GT380J.

I liked the then current GT550J gold colour so much, that I had my spraypainter Dad paint the 380. Mods included a grab rail, and later, higher wider bars and another gold paint job. Many, many long-weekend trips with biker friends were had around the country. We all owned T500s or GT380s. Weren't the Titans great machines? :-)

I remember the 380 being a large, smooth, and comfortable bike, and great for making sparks on corners at night!! Woeful ground clearance, especially 2-up.

December 1973 and the 380 was traded-in on a brand new gold GT750K. I still dream of this bike today - the unique sound, and quiet, and sooooo smoooth, soooo comfortable! You could ride all day and half the night too, as I often did.

It had heaps of mid-range grunt, unlike all the screaming rockets at the time.

Again, many, many trips away with friends, or just 2-up, racking up something like 50,000km in the first year. Mods included higher wider bars, twin Cibies, and, reversed fork legs in an attempt to improve handing.

The early water bottles were notorious bad handlers at higher speeds, and I think the mod did improve things.

I tried air horns on it at one stage - seen in the photo. And I didn't like the side cover badges, plain old ’GT750’ so replaced them with original J model ones, ’Water cooled 750’.

Even sadder (!) in 1975 I sold the bike for a car, as my friends too
drifted off in 4-wheeled cages :-(

Finally saw the light again in 1978 as the last of my friends who was still on two wheels, moved overseas and sold me his green GT550K.

The 550 had that same nice sound as the water bottle but not quite the grunt. Still it took my new wife and I on a long trip, all loaded up with a pack and a teddy bear strapped on! See by the photo the Cibies ended up on this bike too.

1980 the 550 was traded in on a brand new GS1000ET. Ye gods! A four-stroke. But what a difference. I remember being surprised at it not feeling like a big bike at all. Heaps of power and of course handled like nothing I'd ever owned before! One not-so-obvious novelty was the air shocks front and back. Kept stock except for a chrome pack rack. Only had it about a year and it was time to buy a house.

It was 1990 that I was able to get back on a bike again. A very nice 2nd hand GSX750SF - not a ’real’ Kat some would say, but the basic shape is still there.

Main memory of this one was how well it handled - so precise, like being on rails on any type bend. Also the incredible rush of the top-end ;-)

Only complaint - VERY hard-to-read speedo and tach at night.

Kept stock except for a black pack rack. One of the photos shows clearly the general Katana hunchback body shape, and the later model S4 versus S3 cosmetic differences - silver instead of gold everywhere, the pin striping, and the fuel gauge.

It's one of the few bikes that I ever really liked the look of. Others hate it. But to me, the concave curvy bits in the half-fairing are a work of art.

After more than 12 years and over 120,000km of reliable service, well, except for a few stator rewinds :-( she became a bit tired and worn and it was time to retire her for something newer. I've kept the Kat and am now in the slow process of stripping and restoring it to "pretty good nick".

So in March 2002, I bought a low-ks, 2nd-hand GSF1200SY. The Bandit is to me, more or less the ultimate motorcycle. Nothing looks-wise to attract attention, quite-ish, more than enough grunt (especially in the middle), handles pretty well (not as tight as the Kat) and comfortable.

Two-up, no difference at all. I just love it. Great fun at the traffic lights too ;-)

Where I live in New Zealand, there is no snow and very little ice, so am able (and do) ride every day, year-round, any weather. That leads to my only complaint - she's a real bitch to keep really clean.

The bike is stock except for the Givi rack and screen that were there when I bought her.

My son asked me the other day if I won Lotto, which bike would I buy? I told him I've already got it! Them! Well, maybe the K2 or K3 version Bandit would be one better. Then I'd get on eBay and have a Water bottle or two! Mmmm, and maybe an earlier Kat as well.”
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'74 TS-250

”Soon I will send another picture to show that 27 years has aged the driver much more than the motorcycle.” Dan says.

>Here's more Suzuki TS info.
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1974 Suzuki TS 250

Owner: Dan Ehrhart, Naperville, Illinois, USA

Comments: ”This is a picture of myself on left and Tim Pottridge, friend from down the street.It was taken some time prior to March of 1977 (photo developing date) where I was born and raised in Naperville Illinois. I bought it from the original owner, whose name I don't remember, in 1976.

The last time it was registered was 1988. I am in the process of getting it back on the road today.

I really enjoyed riding it as much off the road as on. The Preston Petty Mudder fenders were on it when I bought it. I removed the turn signals, throttle side rear view mirror, skid plate, and added an off road rear tire.”
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