Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo Smoker Modified

[Guest]

Absolutely fantastic, I love it! :clap:

 

[russr33]

You got the pipes from Jemco? They are about 10 minutes from my house in Houston. They have made several custom cans for me; one upswept can for my Yoshi and one for a Harris system. I knew they were very big with the 2 stroke crowd. Absolutely love the Kettle. Will have to do one of those for sure soon.

 

[viperg]

May i ask, what bike the front fender is from?

Front Fender is from a Ducati Monster modified to fit the Busa front end and look period classic. My Katana in the back ground with son piloting it at Indy.

 

[viperg]

This has to be the best looking cafe bike I've ever seen. Great Job

Best compliment I could ever hope to receive, thank you! With the resurgence of the cafe movement there are some brilliant bikes being built. The OE beefy GT750 has a great stalwart of a two stroke motor with its liquid cooling. The modern suspension has done wonders for the handling and it is quite transformed. The buffalo was my first real street bike when I was 18 so it is special.

 

[amxsteve]

Best compliment I could ever hope to receive, thank you! With the resurgence of the cafe movement there are some brilliant bikes being built. The OE beefy GT750 has a great stalwart of a two stroke motor with its liquid cooling. The modern suspension has done wonders for the handling and it is quite transformed. The buffalo was my first real street bike when I was 18 so it is special.

I thought mine was pretty special till I seen yours. so if I had to choose I like yours more.

 

[viperg]

I thought mine was pretty special till I seen yours. so if I had to choose I like yours more.

Thanks Steve for the fine compliment, but I must disagree with you. Your 75 Buffalo Cafe is BEAUTIFUL and indeed special! I really can appreciate that metallic black paint, finished frame and that motor of yours is awesome in black finish. You have quite an amazing specimen and that motor build....drool. I cannot wait to see a video of your moded GT750 flying down the road on full pipe....

I can tell you and I have similar good taste in vintage 70's & 80's Suzukis. And I am not ashamed to say I am a two-wheeled addict.

 

[amxsteve]

Thanks Steve for the fine compliment, but I must disagree with you. Your 75 Buffalo Cafe is BEAUTIFUL and indeed special! I really can appreciate that metallic black paint, finished frame and that motor of yours is awesome in black finish. You have quite an amazing specimen and that motor build....drool. I cannot wait to see a video of your moded GT750 flying down the road on full pipe....

I can tell you and I have similar good taste in vintage 70's & 80's Suzukis. And I am not ashamed to say I am a two-wheeled addict.

Remarkably the paint was done by my neighbour in my garage and it has to be seen. We sprayed it black and put a gold pearl in the clear he is a great painter and it looks real cool in the sun. I will definitely get the go pro going in the spring cause at 8-10k rpm it has an ungodly howl that is reminiscent of Barry Sheens TR at 200 mph. Well you know. It is a blast to ride and people just can't understand where that sound comes from. Smokers rule. With the porting in this mill it makes it a poor street motor and I am having issues with low speed response made worse by those 38s so come springtime they might go.

 

[viperg]

Remarkably the paint was done by my neighbour in my garage and it has to be seen. We sprayed it black and put a gold pearl in the clear he is a great painter and it looks real cool in the sun. I will definitely get the go pro going in the spring cause at 8-10k rpm it has an ungodly howl that is reminiscent of Barry Sheens TR at 200 mph. Well you know. It is a blast to ride and people just can't understand where that sound comes from. Smokers rule. With the porting in this mill it makes it a poor street motor and I am having issues with low speed response made worse by those 38s so come springtime they might go.

SMOKERS DO RULE! When I pull up anywhere the response is nothing but thumbs up and "what year is that bike?". I have to resist building my motor too hot for the street. With 34 oval slides my GT runs perfect on the street, but your motor is definitely hotter than mine. Max I can squeak out may be 85-90HP. Average MPG is currently 24-26mpg.... but boy is it fun too twist that grip! I have not Dynoed the bike yet. My motor was built by Eric Kalamaja of Sun Dial Motorsports in VA, USA.

Your Neighbor did a NICE job on the paint. It's funny that is the color you selected cause Charcoal metallic is a color I almost decided to go with, it looks good on your bike for sure. Smoke on!

 

[Guest]

That's an awesome looking Buffalo, great job!!!!!

 

[viperg]

It hit 65 degrees here in Indiana yesterday so it was time to roll project "Bad Buffalo" out of the garage for a rip in the spring air. I got a new video camera mount I was experimenting with so I placed it on the tripple right behind the Tach. It's a pretty cool perspective and shows how the modified two stroke loves to live on the red side of the Tach. It is So much fun wringing the GT 750's neck! Each video is in HD and less than a minute and a half. If you like the howl of two strokes turn up your volume.

Redlining the Two stroke 750
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2-lyFs2zT8

Hitting some turns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF72sC49hLw

 

[steve murdoch]

Although there are a lot of driveways that is a very nice twisty road in the second clip.
Just for the music factor how about some downshifts in your next video. lol.

 

[viperg]

Evening ride.

 

[dorkburger]

I absolutely love your GT. I've said for the last several years that my next cycle is going to be a GT. Few things mechanical sound as cool as a 2 stroke. Do i spy a red bull can ahead of the swing arm? A catch can perhaps?

 

[viperg]

I absolutely love your GT. I've said for the last several years that my next cycle is going to be a GT. Few things mechanical sound as cool as a 2 stroke. Do i spy a red bull can ahead of the swing arm? A catch can perhaps?

Thanks! It's a lot of fun, and for a two stroke I can actually ride it places and get pretty decent range. That is a Red Bull catch can that I installed and Ironically ended up showing at the Red Bull Moto GP in Indianapolis 2012 for the Cycle World Rolling Concourse. It is functional and catches all the Buffalo's burps.

 

[viperg]

My modified 1976 Suzuki GT 750 got picked up for a nice write up in the July issue of Vintage Motorcycle.

"One Bad Buffalo"
http://www.vintagemotorcyclesonline.com/

 

[russr33]

Nice man congrats! Well deserved! You ever want to sell that bad boy put me first in line......

 

[GSXR7ED]

Awesome! Congrats on the write-up and what a beautiful bike!


Ed

 

[steve murdoch]

Congrats on a well deserved feature, Viper.
I had not heard of that particular site. There are some good articles in it.

 

[viperg]

Mid-Ohio this year was a good time. I loaded up the GT and rode over for Wed thru Sunday. Covered about 700 miles for the trip.



Set up camp in the Vendors section to sell my original 1972 GT 750


1972 GT 750 California blue sold....


Entitled. "Dumb Focker's Riding Towards Storm". Blackness over the track ahead at 7AM, I was the only one with rain gear!


Rained hard on Saturday morning until around 1PM, but still managed the AMA vintage show.

AMA vintage show in Vintage modified


Sweet Resto/Mod KZ 1000 Amidst the rain drops


My buddies Suzuki RE5 took Best In Show. 4000 original miles, runs, rides what more can you ask for out of the Rotary time capsule?


Saturday Morning storm brewing


First to arrive and last to leave, too much fun. With my GT sold my buddy from New Zealand had enough room for his newly purchased Can-Am 125 and DT 360 in the back of the truck. The weekend went too fast.

 

[viperg]

So I got back from Mid-Ohio and decided to install my new performance clutch and do some annual maintenance. The original from 1976 had done its job, but was beginning to slip in the power band over 6000 RPM. The plates were glazing and the cork/fiber was breaking down. The new Barnett clutch DOES NOT, and probably will not slip ever. Initial engagement is easy and lock up sure. Of course the new springs and clutch pull is for real men.

Complete Clutch Kit


For all you home gamers out there this is my handy clutch plate pulling tool. Great for popping Beer caps too, which is most important.


Curved tip is perfect for reaching back of basket to pull clutch pack forward


After install