Suzuki GT250 brochures

I have put some Suzuki GT 250 sales brochure scans on this page. I would be grateful of any contributions — sales brochures, magazine ads, magazine articles, pictures, specs, facts, corrections etc. Please scan the material in JPEG format (large enough that all the details are visible) and send them to me. Please tell me the source and the publication date if possible. If you send me pictures of your own bike, please follow these instructions.

1971 Suzuki year code: R

1971 Suzuki GT 250 brochure from Japan (2 pages). Click to enlarge. I found this on a Japanese website somewhere. At first I wasn't sure if I should put this on the T250 or the GT250 brochure page. I don't think the model was called GT250 outside Japan until '73 when the Ram Air cylinder head was introduced. In the Western World the model was known as the T250. Still, the Japanese '71 GT250 didn't look like the '71 T250 so I'd guess this was the first GT250 model available anywhere.

Here's more of the Japanese GT 250 brochure. I found these brochure scans at www.t250.co.uk. According to the www.t250.co.uk the model was only sold in the UK as the TT250 and as a GT250 in Japan. The same source also tell that there appears to have been a lull in production of T250R's in early '72 and it's during this time that TT250's appear in the UK in the low 40000's frame number range. The model looks a lot like the '72 T350R, the main differences being the smaller engine capacity and lack of a grab rail.

1971 Suzuki GT 250/350/500 brochure from Japan (8 pages). Click to enlarge. I found this on the Internet. It shows the GT models GT250, GT350 and GT500. The GT750 didn't exist yet. It was launched in September 1971, seven months later than these three.

1972 Suzuki year code: J

1972 Suzuki GT 250 brochure from Japan (8 pages). Click to enlarge.In 1972, still not presented in the Western world, the Japanese GT250 got a disc brake at the front and a new paint job. The engine's cylinder head was redesigned for better cooling, it was named Ram Air System cylinder head. The model was also equipped with a helmet holder and a kill switch. The GT250-II was available in Red, Blue and Green.

1973 Suzuki year code: K

1973 Suzuki GT250K sales brochure from Belgium (single page). Click to enlarge.The first GT250 model available outside Japan (except for the rare TT250, see the brochures above). The Ram Air cylinder head and disc brakes at the front (single disc) were the most distinct differences from the T250. This brochure was kindly sent to me by Erik Hobo from the Netherlands.

1973 Suzuki street bikes brochure scan from USA (3 pages). Click to enlarge. This scan was sent to me by Gilles Nault, Canada. Six classic Suzuki models: GT185, GT250, T500, GT380, GT550 and GT750. The pages are taken from the '73 Suzuki USA full line catalog. Here's more scans from the same catalog.

1973 Suzuki GT range brochure scan from UK (8 pages). Click to enlarge. ”A champion breed for champion riders!” This classy catalogue with the Suzuki models GT250, GT380, GT550, T500 and GT750.

1974 Suzuki year code: L

1974 Suzuki GT250L sales brochure from Belgium (single page). Click to enlarge. This brochure was kindly sent to me by Erik Hobo from the Netherlands.

1974 Suzuki GT series catalogue from Japan (10 pages). Click to enlarge. I found these images of this catalogue on a Japanese website spangss.com, it seems to be the entire catalogue, showing all the GT series bikes Suzuki had to offer in 1974. The 50 cc bike was the only one that did not receive the 'GT' model name, it was called GA50 instead. The GT models for 1974 were: GT750, GT550, GT380, GT250, GT185 and GT125.

1975 Suzuki year code: M

1975 Suzuki GT 250 M sales brochure from Schwitzerland (single page). Click to enlarge.This brochure was kindly sent to me by Erik Hobo from the Netherlands.

1976 Suzuki year code: A

1976 Suzuki GT 250 brochure (generic, 2 pages). Click to enlarge. ”We, the Suzuki family”. Color options: Star Dust Silver Metallic, Candy Gold, Candy Calypso Red. This brochure was kindly scanned and sent to me by Erik Hobo from the Netherlands. Printed in Japan

1976 GT250 Sport sales brochure from Germany (2 pages). Click to enlarge. A German special model with a racing-styled fairing and Black side covers. Even this brochure was kindly scanned and sent to me by Erik Hobo from the Netherlands.

1976 Suzuki GT 250 A sales brochure from Finland (4 pages). Click to enlarge. These scans was sent to me by Markku Nissilä from Finland. He scanned the whole Finnish '76 Suzuki lineup brochure for me to publish on my site. You can see all the brochure pages here.

1976 Suzuki GT-250 Hustler sales brochure from USA. Click to enlarge. Color: Ontario Orange (01A). I found this image on the Internet. Printed in Japan

1976 Suzuki GT series catalogue from Japan (10 pages). Click to enlarge. I found these scans on a Japanese website. I believe it shows the 1976 models. The GT750 model on the cover was launched in May 1975, the brochure may have been printed around that time. The motorcycle models presented here are GT750, GT55,0 GT380, GT250, GT185, GT125, GT100 and GA50. Printed in Japan.

1977 Suzuki year code: B

1977 Suzuki GT250B sales brochure from Japan (single page). Click to enlarge. This one is from some Japanese website. Unfortunately the quality of this scan is not that great but you can see the pictures anyway. I'm not sure of the year, a visitor of this site told me that it is a 1976 GT250B. I would agree if I hadn't seen a similar RG50 brochure and as far as I know the RG50 wasn't released until '77. The model name was changed to RG250 in Japan 1978 so I'd guess this brochure has to be from 1977. Tell me if you disagree.

1977 Suzuki GT250B sales brochure from Australia (4 pages). Click to enlarge. Here's the same brochure as above, but this is in English. It was for sale on Ebay. it on Colors: Marble Scarlet (293), Candy Gold No.5 (01H), Maui Blue Metallic (797). Printed in Japan, June 1976.

1977 Suzuki GT250B sales brochure from Belgium (4 pages). Click to enlarge. Here's the same brochure as above, but this is in Dutch. Colors: Marble Scarlet (293), Candy Gold No.5 (01H), Maui Blue Metallic (797). These brochure scans were kindly sent to me by Erik Hobo from the Netherlands. Printed in Japan, October 1976.

1978 Suzuki year code: C

1978 Suzuki GT 250 C sales brochure from United Kingdom (4 pages). Click to enlarge. This brochure was kindly scanned and sent to me by Dave Sykes from UK. “I've been collecting brochures since the late 1980's, my main interest are the Suzuki GT models from the 1970's. This was the last of the UK GT250 brochures I was looking to obtain and I didn't actually locate this one until 2004 so it is pretty rare,” Dave writes.

In some countries (at least in Japan) GT250 became RG250 in 1978. In many countries the model was sold as the X-7, in some countries it was called GT250X7. In Japan the X7 was known as the RG250E.

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Sources: Nippon Classics, www.t250.co.uk, Erik Hobo, Markku Nissilä etc.

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