GT550 'Specials'
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'Specials' in this instance does not refer to the one off, personal creations that so many owners have built but rather to those small, limited production runs of GT550's made to fit a specific marketing opportunity.
1971R / Prototype
Not a 'special' in the sense of it being a limited production, but special as it was the first.
Features:
- Flattened lower edge of headlamp lamp (as with GT 750 J)
- Instrument housing without rubber caps as glare protection (as in the very early 380s models)
- Tachometer shaft without metal sheath
- Exhaust system without ECTS
- Problematic carburettor tuning
- Test riders reported miserable driving behaviour with pronounced "shimmy" effect
- Colour: probably only in Candy Yellow painted (Suzuki colour code 176). The narrow white stripes as with the "J" are missing
Suzuki Dunstalls
Paul Dunstall first produced one of his seat/fairing combinations for the GT550 in 1975. In 1976 he was offering conversion kits for the GT750, GT550 and the GT380 which included a fibreglass tank cover with blended seat,rear fender, and separate sport front fairing, as well as a handle bar mounted fairing for the GT250. The Heron Suzuki GB line-up shown below was offered in 1976. Production stopped in 1977.
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