Trying to determine whether (as I suspect) it was the Suzuki GT750 or
whether they made some water-cooled single before that (as someone
suggested to me recently).

A lot of Googling throws up nothing before the Kettle. I did discover
some old air-cooled Suzuki with a hydraulic rear drum brake, though :-/

I was just wondering if any of the many makers that disappeared in the
1950s and 1960s made anything, but have drawn a blank. GT750 it is,
then?


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On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:27:47 +0000, The Older Gentleman
<(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <1jxngt6.wv59yx1fepe0nN%(E-Mail Removed) o.uk>:
> Trying to determine whether (as I suspect) it was the Suzuki GT750 or
> whether they made some water-cooled single before that (as someone
> suggested to me recently).

1972 model year, J suffix.

> A lot of Googling throws up nothing before the Kettle. I did discover
> some old air-cooled Suzuki with a hydraulic rear drum brake, though :-/

> I was just wondering if any of the many makers that disappeared in the
> 1950s and 1960s made anything, but have drawn a blank. GT750 it is,
> then?

Bridgestone didn't have any watercooled road models, AFAIR. Hmm, they
had a watercooled 50 cc racer in '66 thobut:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=f...page&q&f=false

See
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...7225712AAhJIhC

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In communiqué <1jxngt6.wv59yx1fepe0nN%(E-Mail Removed) o.uk>,
The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> cast forth these
pearls of wisdom
>Trying to determine whether (as I suspect) it was the Suzuki GT750 or
>whether they made some water-cooled single before that (as someone
>suggested to me recently).
>
>A lot of Googling throws up nothing before the Kettle. I did discover
>some old air-cooled Suzuki with a hydraulic rear drum brake, though :-/
>
>I was just wondering if any of the many makers that disappeared in the
>1950s and 1960s made anything, but have drawn a blank. GT750 it is,
>then?
>
>

Frying Squiller.
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Ivan D. Reid <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...7225712AAhJIhC


The top answer is pretty coherent. The rest is the usual bunch of
ignorami: the sort who declare the the GPZ900R was the first
water-cooled Japanese four.

Hm. I shall keep hunting. European bke, no problem: Japanese - still
looks like the Kettle.


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"The Older Gentleman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1jxngt6.wv59yx1fepe0nN%totallydeadmailbox@yah oo.co.uk...
> Trying to determine whether (as I suspect) it was the Suzuki GT750 or
> whether they made some water-cooled single before that (as someone
> suggested to me recently).
>
> A lot of Googling throws up nothing before the Kettle. I did discover
> some old air-cooled Suzuki with a hydraulic rear drum brake, though :-/
>
> I was just wondering if any of the many makers that disappeared in the
> 1950s and 1960s made anything, but have drawn a blank. GT750 it is,
> then?
>
>
> --
> BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
> Suzuki TS250ERx2 GN250. Only seven bikes now.
> Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
> chateau dot murray at idnet dot com


Ahhhh The Water Buffalo. Tried to buy one once. Wound up with a Honda 6.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFrUaktuogQ

Thumper

Thumper <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Ahhhh The Water Buffalo. Tried to buy one once. Wound up with a Honda 6.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFrUaktuogQ
>
What is that: an L model?



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Thumper wrote:

>
> "The Older Gentleman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:1jxngt6.wv59yx1fepe0nN%totallydeadmailbox@yah oo.co.uk...
> > Trying to determine whether (as I suspect) it was the Suzuki GT750
> > or whether they made some water-cooled single before that (as
> > someone suggested to me recently).
> >
> > A lot of Googling throws up nothing before the Kettle. I did
> > discover some old air-cooled Suzuki with a hydraulic rear drum
> > brake, though :-/
> >
> > I was just wondering if any of the many makers that disappeared in
> > the 1950s and 1960s made anything, but have drawn a blank. GT750 it
> > is, then?
> >
> >
> > -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
> > Suzuki TS250ERx2 GN250. Only seven bikes now.
> > Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
> > chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
>
>
> Ahhhh The Water Buffalo. Tried to buy one once. Wound up with a Honda
> 6.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFrUaktuogQ

This one sounds nicer ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq-_V...eature=related

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The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Ivan D. Reid <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...7225712AAhJIhC
>
>
> The top answer is pretty coherent. The rest is the usual bunch of
> ignorami: the sort who declare the the GPZ900R was the first
> water-cooled Japanese four.
>
> Hm. I shall keep hunting. European bke, no problem: Japanese - still
> looks like the Kettle.
>
>

Only earlier one I've found is the Yamaha GL750 ... but it didn't go
into production, so shouldn't count.

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On Mar 11, 1:17*pm, Naqerj <pat...@globalnet.co.invalid> wrote:

> Only earlier one I've found is the Yamaha GL750 ... but it didn't go
> into production, so shouldn't count.

I knew that, but why feed the Limey troll(s)?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/...51c55d88e6.jpg

I Can See Clearly Now! <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Mar 11, 1:17 pm, Naqerj <pat...@globalnet.co.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Only earlier one I've found is the Yamaha GL750 ... but it didn't go
> > into production, so shouldn't count.
>
> I knew that, but why feed the Limey troll(s)?
>
> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/...51c55d88e6.jpg

I knew that as well, but I've still got some odd single-cylinder thing
in my mind. Or maybe I'm just thinking of a Zundapp or summat.


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Suzuki TS250ERx2 GN250. Only seven bikes now.
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com