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On 5/26/2023 at 9:51 AM, ASL1125 said:

I am extremely impressed; it looks like show quality.  The color is fantastic.  IIRC Suzuki put the same color or just barely different on the 1976 GS750, the first truly great handling Japanese multicylinder sport bike. 

 

I had a Suzuki GT750, a '73 IIRC, but mine was the much darker blue metallic, not nearly as nice as this beauty.  A reliable pro mechanic that loved the GT750 engine, said that its complicated lubrication system makes it more complex than Honda's CB750 engine w/chain driven SOHC.

 

Amazingly, considering the 2-stroke architecture, the GT750 made more low-end torque than Honda's 4-stroke 1977 CB750 SOHC I owned later.  The GT's air-box is pretty loud, IIRC rivaling the exhaust level under heavy load/high acceleration.   

 

The GT's worst offense was its limited cornering clearance; IIRC the 3-4 exhaust system ground first. 

 

The GT's' dual front discs just totally outclassed Honda's CB750 single front disc.  I recall the first time I saw the GT on the Marin Sunday Ride, just staring at the dual discs like it was science fiction.  We were taking our break at the dam just a few miles S of Fairfax, CA, just after the coasting race down the fire-road, a race that starts just above Bolinas Lagoon.    

Thanks.

It's tidy and all original but far from show quality - just looked after. The wheels are showing their age with a fair bit of pitting and with spokes needing the constant attention of the oily rag.

The twin discs at the front worked really well - in the dry. But in the wet they were lethal. The old twin leading shoe drums of the first 750J were much better, to be honesy. But it's not a problem now - modern brake pads and tyres make it stop and handle better than it ever did. And I never take it out in the wet now anyway!

14 hours ago, handfiler said:

We must all be on the elderly side of the scale to remember these excellent machines. My friend had a '72 GT 750, I had a '72 CB 500. We eluded the local constabulary on a few occasions that summer for reason I won't elaborate on.

Well if I said I've owned it since 1981 it'll give you an idea of how old I am too!

On 5/8/2023 at 12:54 AM, 1004ron said:

WOW that looks brand new - I remember them - they were legend one of the first bikes to go water cooled - I couldn't afford one of those in that era and had its smaller brother the GT250 Ram Air, then later the Kawasaki Z1000.

Thanks Ron. It's not new, or restored - just looked after during the 42 years I've owned it.

16 hours ago, rbrb2008 said:

These are Nice! Are the HID-LED Halogen? 

Thanks. They're the standard equipment lights for the ST-Line. As far as I know they are halogen headlamps with combined LED daytime driving lights/indicators. The foggies are halogen (I think).

What's the roof-rack you've got fitted there? I've not been able to find one that will fit an Edge with the panoramic roof.

On 12/25/2021 at 9:30 AM, omar302 said:

Does the Euro Edge have adaptive lights to switch between LHD and RHD? 

Hi Omar.

Yes. You can change the headlamps on the touchscreen to suit both left hand and right hand traffic. Very useful and does away with having to buy those horrible deflector stickers that you had so much difficulty getting rid of once you got home!

On 12/22/2021 at 4:23 PM, MetalAnon said:

OOPS... now that i look closer I se your deflectors also go down to the sill .  my bad

No worries. Here's a closer pic. 

3 hours ago, MetalAnon said:

NICE!  Not too many in that color around me... are those wheels the 21"?

 

 

Thanks. No Edges of any colour around me! They are that rare. I see another one on the road about once a month at most!

They're 20" wheels - standard for the ST-Line over here.

No, a set from Heko

https://e-heko.com/en_GB/index

Interesting. I'd not heard that. I put front and rear on my car earlier this year and didn't really notice any difference in wind noise at all. But then again, my hearing's not too good after a lifetime of attending loud concerts and riding motorbikes!

Interior view of my 2018 ST-Line

Front view of my 2018 ST-Line

Car looks good all in black. 

Don't you have wind deflectors for the rear windows too?

Nice colour scheme

It looks great, but doesn't it compromise the tyre safety at all?

I like the mudflaps. Whose are they?

Guess you could get a LHD one imported from continental Europe.

Mind you, would you be happy with the 180PS (177BHP) twin-turbo 2 litre diesel engine it comes with?

We've never been able to get anything like the 335 BHP V6s you guys can get.

Ah! My bad. I thought it was odd. The coordinates I was looking at must've been for somewhere else. Stone Mountain, Georgia USA maybe.

Cool. British Columbia is a beautiful province. Difficult to believe that view is on the same latitude as Majorca!

Hoping to visit Canada again soon, once the pandemic is over.

Spectacular scenery. Where is that?

Was it taken at night?? Can't see anything at all.

Thanks. They're the standard 20" wheels for the Sport and ST-Line models here - Platinum-Grey, which I think is darker than the similar wheels offered as an option on the US Titanium model.

Nice looking cars. What is that on the right...a Fusion? You should post this pic in the "how many Fords have you owned" thread.

Nice pic.

Over here though, we call the 2nd gen Edge the Mark 1 and the 3rd gen the Mark 2. Confusing eh?

That's because the 1st gen was never imported. 

Nice colour ?