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First
of all, this project is intended to deliver a factory correct
recreation
of a
standard road bike.
It is not intended to be a racing bike.
The question I asked myself when I started
was 'what would a 1978 GT750 Water Buffalo have looked like, if
it had been built
?". I personally think that generally you need look no further than the
GS750 produced in 1977 through 1980 to get a pretty good idea - a GT
then would have had a rear disc brake, stretched wheelbase to improve
the handling, updated front forks, updated front disk brakes, more
stylish body work and electronic
ignition. It would not have been exotic - but it would have been a
faithful, reliable every day rider
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Many people have done
rear disc brake conversions to the GT750, and a
few people have produced absolutely beautiful makeovers, and
one-of-a-kinds based on the GT750 triple power plant - on
this page I've included a few photos that I've collected from the web,
of which the
Seeley and Reimo are
outstanding examples, as is the one
in the lower left from the UK and the one in the upper right.
My
goal then
was to design
a GT750 that would look as if it had rolled of the show room
floor in 1978/1979. I was looking for a total package that
flowed well,
and had the modern 'every man' updates without being an exotic. It
would closely resemble a GS750, but still be an oil burner - after all, to paraphrase a
line from the movies, I love the smell of a 2 stroke in the
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