When I was probably 8 years old my brother had a GT750. He was much older than me obviously. As a favor to our parents, he took me on a camping trip and put me on the back of his bike and told me not to fight the leaning during turns. It was my first real introduction to what made a motorcycle work. He explained the cooling, the brakes, the way the motor worked and that began a life long lust after all things with two wheels.
Fast forward over 40 years and I have had several motorcycles, but in keeping this short I will just keep it to my current bikes, a DL650 Vstrom, DRZ400S Supermoto and a BKing.
As of last Saturday I send off a cashiers check to buy my own GT750. I had the good fortune to speak to the previous owner of the bike, even though I had to buy it through a dealership.
It is a blue 72 with 11K miles, and has been with the previous owner the last 43 years. I am waiting on the check to clear so that I can arrange shipping from the North East to my home here in Arkansas. When it gets here I will post pictures of Hedorah and Godzilla together.
Hello From Arkansas.
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Hello From Arkansas.
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Re: Hello From Arkansas.
Looks very nice. I like the colour. Welcome to the forum.
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Re: Hello From Arkansas.
That is nice and I love the period correct accessories on it. Looks like the only thing it needs are the rear black cones at each exhaust pipe end. What a beauty!
1976 Suzuki GT750 (Maui Blue), 1972 Kawasaki H2 750 Mach IV (Candytone Blue), 1984 Yamaha RZ350 (KRR- Yellow/ Black).
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Re: Hello From Arkansas.
The previous owner said that there was not a way to weld the cones in, but since i have never owned one i won't really know what he means until i get my eyes on it. If anyone is in the Arkansas area, message me maybe we can ride.