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September 18, 1973
Review:
The Suzuki OT·750
Photos by Ad Friedman
Somehow a 750cc two stroke seems like the
wrong basis for a touring bike, but as we
discovered when we tested the Suzuki GT-750
last year, it can work out just fine. Our major
objection to the bike was that it was too
specialized, too much a tourer.
The 1973 GT-750 overcame many of our
reservations about the applications of the bike
and at the same time became a better tourer.
The most noticeable changes are the dual disc
front brake and styling changes.
The front brake is the only standard dual disc
now in production. It works well, very well perhaps, conjectured some staffers, too well. It
took very little lever pressure to lock the front
wheel, although the system" was sufficiently
sensitive to allow you to bring the tire to a
rolling howl even if you weren't u~ to the
bike. The idea .of a front brake that could be so
easily locked would be more frightening if the
machine did anything scary when you locked up
the front wheel in a straight line, but, except for
the long black streak of rubber on freeway
offramps that had been approached at 90 MPH,
you could almost be unaware that it was locked.
All our staffe"rs like it for their own use, but we
all wondered what would happen when a
beginner, all heeled over and going too fast,
grabbed the front brake.
The Suzuki now stops. The limit to the
