Is The Suzuki GS550 Too Small? | First Ride On My Only Suzuki

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

I had a 1975 Honda 550 Four and it was a perfect commuting and touring motorcycle. That displacement is perfect. No too small and not too big it's just right.

[@navscycles]

I have a 75 Cb550 I hear from a lot of people it is too small I haven't rode mine yet since it's been in storage since I fixed it. I know the 750 feels just right to me since I have a few thousand miles on them, Im interested to get on my cb550 before summer ends.

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

@@navscycles I don't know what more that you need than a motorcycle that will cruise all day at 75mph, two up pushing a fairing. It's stable in cross winds and will accelerate well to pass.

[@navscycles]

Yah I bet the 550 does everything I want it to do. I also own a RC51 so I understand why people want faster. But I defiantly want to put some miles on mine when I get around to it.

[@hatchetjack1031]

I was a Suzuki factory rep. Years ago, I had a GS550ESE. I rode w/ several GSX-R 750's and FZR's. My bike stayed w/ them up until about 115 mph.

[@richardwarsinske7064]

Having owned several of the late 70's/early 80's Suzuki 4-strokes (1977 GS750/1980 GS750/1981 GS650E) + having friends that owned various yrs. of the GS550 I'd consider weight (not size) to be the major difference between the 550/650's and the larger models. 750's from that era weighed almost 550lbs wet with the 550/650's being in the 470-480 range so the larger bikes additional power was pretty much cancelled out by their extra heft. The gem of those bikes and my friends 550's was that chain drive GS650E! It was basically a 550 built up to 672cc (I think) + dual disk front brakes added. It was only slightly heavier (480lbs wet) than the 550's because of the additional disk but only trailed the 750's by a few HP and actually had more maximum torque + a MT07 like powerband that made for a far more energetic feeling bike compared to the relative peaky 550's/750's. Loved that bike!!!

[@paulscountry456]

Unless your really big that bike will do it,overall better than the bigger gs series.

[@vintagebikes4215]

I have the 1980 GS1000g model w. 13k miles, have done 34 repairs/improvements...so far...and currently have the top end and cylinders off for a valve job and new rings, I'll do myself. Constant repair issues as it sat for 17 years. These are superb running bikes, truly, but far from problem free at 46 years old. My daily rider is a 1992 Honda ST1100 w. 72,000 miles...reliable and problem free.

[@navscycles]

When they sit and age they definitely need work bits it’s definitely worth it

[@shinethelight01]

It sounds like it is running on 3 cylinders.

[@navscycles]

At one point in the video it was starving for fuel otherwise it ran great when I had it