Looks like fat frog has been very busy. Several good looking gt750's but this black gt550 is different. Unusual l/h exhaust arrangement. Always liked black bikes.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-GT-550 ... SwWTRW1tML
The gt750K is a good looking bike - a bit expensive.
Black gt550 needs restoration
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Bloody hell that looks rough. Well overpriced.
Proof that four strokes are over complicated
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Some of the frogs gt750's are also well pricey. But when did you last see a gt550/750 at a realistic price. This particular 550 will cost a few quid to fix. Somebody will snap it up.Alan H wrote:Well overpriced.
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nairb123 wrote:Looks like fat frog has been very busy. Several good looking gt750's but this black gt550 is different. Unusual l/h exhaust arrangement. Always liked black bikes.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-GT-550 ... SwWTRW1tML
The gt750K is a good looking bike - a bit expensive.
The exhausts are wrong on the nearside, look like off a CB750
Just for you:
1976 GT550A in black
Re: Black gt550 needs restoration
Good looking machine. Must turn a few heads. Its great when another old bike from the past is rescued. Hopefully the fat frog gt550 will end up looking as good
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I bought one off him for £609 4 years or so ago.nairb123 wrote:Some of the frogs gt750's are also well pricey. But when did you last see a gt550/750 at a realistic price. This particular 550 will cost a few quid to fix. Somebody will snap it up.Alan H wrote:Well overpriced.
Took 3 years to do and now runs lovely - the green 550K.
I would say that it was a bit worse - cosmetically - than the black one above, but the engine was sound.
We can't price all the time it takes to do them up though realistically, can we?
I also bought a J and an A for less than £600 for the pair. (and some other stuff too) - I do love a bargain!
Proof that four strokes are over complicated
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The advert is funny: "rare to find one in *this condition"
Mike
(possibly, as some *like this will have been popped into a skip by now)
Mike
(possibly, as some *like this will have been popped into a skip by now)
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Thats cruel. Its not that bad..... maybeyeadon_m wrote:like this will have been popped into a skip by now
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You're right. I was a bit brutal. Lots to do, though!
Mike
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