TRIPLE TRACKER: 1975 Suzuki GT750 from Down Under.

The story of motorcycle racer Ernst Degner is straight from a Cold War spy thriller: stardom, defection to the West, selling socialist two-stroke secrets to Suzuki, and dying a mysterious death. But his life also explains the curious fact that, while Honda and Kawasaki built their first superbikes as air-cooled, four-stroke, four-cylinder machines, Suzuki ended up building Japan's first water-cooled motorcycle and took on their competition with the mighty GT750, a two-stroke triple. Now, some fifty years on, the wonders of social media have helped us discover what just might be one of the best custom Suzuki GT we've seen. Meet Corey Potter and his wicked-in-white 1975 Suzuki GT750 from the South Coast of NSW, a two-stroke triple tracker and the ring-a-ding-ding king of the year. Believe it or not, Corey isn't even a professional builder, and modestly describes himself as just a guy “who likes to tinker in the garage.” He's built some seriously cool bikes over the years, but for now, he's not entertaining the idea of taking on any commissions. However, I have a feeling there will be people beating down his door once they see this killer creation. A true enthusiast, Corey had only ever owned a two-stroke dirt bike, but with a love for the smell and the sound, he just knew he needed a triple. “I managed to find a 'bike' that was little more than a rusty roller, with a corroded crankcase in a box. No cylinder or head, only two pistons, and looking very, very sad. So, I decided this was the perfect project bike, and as I was rescuing it from entropy-induced death, I didn’t feel bad at all about modifying it to get it back on the road.”