New GT750L Decals Available

[kettle738]

A good mate of mine has a beautiful 1974 GT750L that he has owned from almost new; the bike has been the subject of an ongoing restoration to near concours condition, but there was one small part that always eluded him. From new the rear brake plate had two small brake wear limit warning decals which as far as I'm aware were unique to the L model, later bikes have the same information cast into the brake plates and earlier models having nothing...unless you know otherwise.

This decal was aparrently never listed or sold by Suzuki as a seperate part and was essentially unobtainable, added to that they were very vulnerable to cleaning and tended to be obliterated very soon in the bike's life.

A few months back a lovely low miles unmolested GT750L appeared on US ebay and one of the photos featured the elusive brake wear decal; the ever helpful Geoff Ward and Sunrise Graphics have produced copies from that photo which I received the first examples of this morning......they're good.

If you have an L model, they are available here http://www.sunrisegraphics.co.uk/sunrise/ and it would be good if they sold a few sets to justify the production of a very obscure decal.

Mick................kettle738

[yeadon_m]

Mick,
wonderful piece of detective work and follow up. New info for me too. I wonder if the same warning evolution occured on other Suzukis of the era and if so, one might expect others to use the same decal?
Ian may know...?
Cheers,
Mike

[kettle738]

Hi Mike, I don't know if it's correct for any other bikes to be honest, I just knew about the existence of this particular detail as my friend had described it, so when I saw a photo of one, although I don't own an L model and have never actually seen this decal I did know what it was and just how rare it probably is.

I sent the photo to Ian for his Field Guide, I don't think he had ever seen one either, and I knew that Geoff Ward would probably get them made if I asked nicely; it's taken a while but they have made a top job of the reproductions and I hope I can get a few L model owners to buy a set.....I'd be willing to bet that many L model owners don't know of them as I doubt they lasted very long when the bikes were new.

If anyone does know that this decal is correct for any other Suzuki model I'd like to know as it would be useful to tell Sunrise Graphics so they can list them with all the applicable models.

Mick......................Kettle738

[oldjapanesebikes]

Nice one Mick ! I think I'll order a set just to add to my collection I'm not aware of this being used on any other model, but it would make sense that it would have been. Just need to keep looking.

[kettle738]

Slight update, if you want a set of these decals, the contact is Geoff Ward (he's the VJMC dating certificate guru if you recognise the name)

E mail him here to buy some gi.ward@ntlworld.com


Mick...................kettle738

[oldjapanesebikes]

Mine were waiting for me when I arrived back from vacation - the photo doesn't do them justice as they are very nice indeed. Recommended !

[kettle738]

Just back from the USA, nine hours in seats that would have a galley slave complaining.

But enough of that, glad you got your brake warning decals and you're happy with them Ian.

As it happens I just found a perfect original monochrome photo of them in situ......page 130 of the GT750 Haynes manual, Wheels Brakes and Tyres.

The Haynes bike, as we all know was an L model.

Mick............kettle738