Suzuki GT750

The Suzuki GT750 is a water cooled, three cylinder, two stroke motorcycle that Suzuki made from 1971 to 1977, and it was the first Japanese motorcycle with a liquid cooled engine. The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan lists the 1971 GT750 among its 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology. The prototype was shown at the 17th Tokyo Motor Show in October 1970 and the bike was launched in Japan in September 1971 as a sports tourer, GT standing for Grand Tourismo, developed from the T500 with an extra cylinder and liquid cooling. It was sold as the Le Mans in the United States and Canada and nicknamed the Kettle in Britain, the Water Bottle in Australia and the Water Buffalo in the United States. It weighed 249 kg wet with a 739 cc engine, a five speed gearbox and a three into four exhaust, and the 1973 model was the first with twin front disc brakes.