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

    I guess I'd forgot, or just didn't know, there was a GS750 Shafty...Very Nice & Very Orig. looking old GS.
    1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

    #2
    great photo!
    clean example
    1100 Katana / 1100 ES

    pragmatic not dogmatic

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      #3
      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.

      Last edited by Rich82GS750TZ; 01-01-2022, 06:39 PM.
      Rich
      1982 GS 750TZ
      2015 Triumph Tiger 1200

      BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
      Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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        #4
        Oh yeah, I remember someone posting info on that bike.

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        GS750TZ V&H/4-1, Progressive Shocks, Rebuilt MC/braided line, Tarozzi Stabilizer[Seq#2312]
        GS750TZ Parts Bike [Seq#6036]
        GSX-R750Y (Sold)

        my opinion shouldn't be taken as gospel or in any way that would lead you to believe otherwise (30Sep2021)
        Originally posted by GSXR7ED
        Forums are pretty much unrecognizable conversations; simply because it's a smorgasbord of feedback...from people we don't know. It's not too difficult to ignore the things that need to be bypassed.

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          #5
          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.
          Last edited by hank2; 01-02-2022, 12:09 AM.
          1981 Suzuki GS650G

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            #6
            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.
            1982 gs750gl shaft drive
            1980xs650
            1980cb750ka
            1990gsxr1100l

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              #7
              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.
              1982 gs750gl shaft drive
              1980xs650
              1980cb750ka
              1990gsxr1100l

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                #8
                OK Jim, now I remember. We discussed your 750G before, in this thread: https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...t=#post2665551
                Rich
                1982 GS 750TZ
                2015 Triumph Tiger 1200

                BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
                Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by jimfish View Post
                  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.
                  1981 Suzuki GS650G

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