Boy’s Rare Racer – Suzuki Egli GT750

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That is shite
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Yorick wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:19 pmThat is shite
Glad i bothered.
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Me like. A lot.
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I quite like that, apart from the fairing - which looks like it's on a bit wonky. Some nice engineering. :thumbup:
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Some nice details,such as the underseat exhausts.

It's of it's era,so modern day eyes need to adjust.

Cool to see they use a Kawa swingarm, eccentric adjusters are both function and form.
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Wonder if those spannies actually work like that? Exhausts are important to how a 2t runs and they are much longer than normal?
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That's minging
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:23 pm I quite like that, apart from the fairing - which looks like it's on a bit wonky. Some nice engineering. :thumbup:
This, the fairing is pointing up to far and doesn't really fit the style of the rest of the bike.
Love a kettle though.
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G.P wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:56 pm
Count Steer wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:23 pm I quite like that, apart from the fairing - which looks like it's on a bit wonky. Some nice engineering. :thumbup:
This, the fairing is pointing up to far and doesn't really fit the style of the rest of the bike.
Love a kettle though.
You're right - good spot. Looks like the radiator is in the way for where the fairing should be mounted.
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The fairing's been angled to match the line of the tank... but the whole effect is to make the bike look like it's too low at the rear.
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I quite like it, it reminds me of a matchbox toy idea of what a bike should look like. :thumbup:
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weeksy wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:20 pm
Yorick wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:19 pmThat is shite
Glad i bothered.
I like it.
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When ì was 11, that's how I imagined a bike should look like!
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I like it too.
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It’s not as bad as many of these!
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:23 pm I quite like that, apart from the fairing - which looks like it's on a bit wonky. Some nice engineering. :thumbup:
I get what you're saying as that was my initial thought, but it does form part of the curve running into the seat unit?
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I think the engineering aspect is good, if not a a little fussy. That said, it's nowhere near the worst that's been posted, by a country mile.
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It seems to have bent upwards in the middle !

If that was corrected then it would work much better
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Taipan wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 6:33 pm
Count Steer wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:23 pm I quite like that, apart from the fairing - which looks like it's on a bit wonky. Some nice engineering. :thumbup:
I get what you're saying as that was my initial thought, but it does form part of the curve running into the seat unit?
I suppose that's what was intended, but the result suggests it wasn't such a good idea. It looks like it's sticking its nose in the air and that can't be great aerodynamically. As Mr Moofo says ^^ the upper half looks like it has sagged in the middle.

I still like it (I always wanted a kettle and was v close to buying one). I think this one will handle better than the original too. :thumbup:
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