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The Suzuki GT750 is a water-cooled three-cylinder two-stroke motorcycle made by Suzuki from 1971 to 1977. It is the first Japanese motorcycle with a liquid-cooled engine. [3] The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (in Japanese) includes the 1971 Suzuki GT750 as one of their 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology.
Suzuki thus led the motorcycle world by being the first company to mass-produce a liquid-cooled, large-bore two-stroke engine. [citation needed] The GT750 was nicknamed the "Water Buffalo" in North America and the "Kettle" in the UK. [2] Other names were the "Wasserbüffel" in Germany, "la bouillotte" in France and the "Water Bottle" in Australia.
The motorcycle, designated XR 11 within the group, was developed from the Suzuki GT750 road model, but none of the components were interchangeable. [4] The performance-enhanced water-cooled in-line three-cylinder two-stroke engine had contactless thyristor magneto ignition and fuel was delivered via three 32 mm Mikuni carburettors.
LVT-2 Water Buffalo with Marines bound for the beaches of Tinian Island, 1944 This was an improved version of LVT-1. It featured a new powertrain (to save time and to simplify production it was the same Continental radial 7-cylinder engine as that in the M3A1 Stuart light tank) in the rear of the hull with a propshaft along the centreline to ...
An escaped water buffalo was located Wednesday, days after it was shot and wounded during a weekend attempt to return it to its owner's suburban property, officials said. The animal was found in a ...
During the later years of Wetbikes (late 1980s) there were considerable advances, such as 60 hp Suzuki 800 cc engines, and Metton hulls, which were much lighter than previous models. [1] [3] Eventually the Wetbike gave way to the new personal water craft (PWC) such as the Yamaha WaveRunner, mainly because the latter are much easier to ride. [1]
Residents affectionately nicknamed the water buffalo "PHill," and he will now be immortalized on a Raygun T-shirt. The Des Moines-based store, known for its quirky merchandise, announced on ...
A water buffalo is on the loose in an Iowa town, and police are warning people that it is injured and aggressive. Police in the Des Moines suburb of Pleasant Hill responded Saturday to a call ...