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Suzuki's GT380 and the Magic of a Three-Cylinder Two-Stroke, Ridden Again in Portugal

SOURCE — ANDAR DE MOTOTAGS — #Suzuki  #GT380  #Europe  #ポルトガル↗ Read the full story

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Suzuki's GT380 and the Magic of a Three-Cylinder Two-Stroke, Ridden Again in Portugal — PHOTO — ANDAR DE MOTO / © Andar de Moto↗ View original

Portuguese outlet Andar de Moto rode a 1974 Suzuki GT380 for a retrospective test. Its 371cc three-cylinder two-stroke makes 38hp at 7,500rpm and 39Nm at 6,000rpm, breathing through four exhaust outlets with kick-start only. The test bike weighs 171kg, and originally sold in Portugal for about 55 contos, roughly €275 in period value.

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Mine Kusagane

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Mine KusaganeMotorcycle History · Classic Bikes Commentary

In the context of a three-cylinder two-stroke layout, the GT family is a rare artifact of an era that varied cylinder count by displacement while keeping one design language. What that era demanded, I think, was a way to keep the same sensory character across displacements. This bike, the note from those four exhaust outlets, that's the whole point.