UPDATE: This bike sold before I could post it, but I’d thought I’d share it with you all anyway, since it is so darn nice. -Tad The dream of the 1980s was to turbo all the things. Cars, hairdryers, sneakers… If you could buy it, someone was trying to slap a TURBO badge on it…
Here is a bike that should need no introduction. The last of the “He-Man” bikes and the best of the rest as the motorcycling world teetered on the verge of technology overload, the Kawasaki GPz1100 was THE bad boy on the block in the early 1980s. This bike is very far from rare in terms…
From the 30-something files comes the epitome of the quintessential 1980s sport bike: the Kawasaki GPz. Conceived during what was to become the eve of the classic sporting motorcyle, the GPz led the way right up to the next real era of technology and died out with the introduction of the hyper bike. Making the…
For riders of a certain — ahem — level of experience, the GPz model lineup was the quintessential sport bike during a time of alarming advancements. This was a watershed era for sport riders everywhere, as the Big Four labored tirelessly in the pursuit of new technology. By comparison, this era of the GPz could…
Hard as they are to find, unmolested early sportbikes pop up occasionally. This pre-Ninja 750 appeared on the New York Craigslist recently. 1984 Kawasaki GPz-750 for sale on Craigslist Developed from the KZ-750, the GPz-750 had 92 hp, new frame with Uni-Trak rear suspension, and generally more sport-oriented. The sweet bikini fairing foreshadows the full…
The revolutionary early Ninja’s combined many improvements with the result being the first street cycle capable of 150mph. Not the first inline 4, or with 4 valves per cylinder, or water cooled, but the first to combine these in a production engine. Great attention was given to lightening and narrowing the drivetrain, the alternator and…
The fact that Kawasaki upped the small bike ante in 2013 by bumping the 250 Ninja up to 300cc and thus creating a new category is some pretty old news; check out this wonderful GPz 305 back from 1983. During this time – and prior to the introduction of the 205R which did not come…
Woodbine, Maryland – 32,350 miles – Reserve not met With turbo wars in full effect during the early 80’s, the big four Japanese manufactures all brought weapons to the fight. However, it was Kawasaki that showed up fashionably late to the party with arguably the best bike. The GPz750 Turbo was clearly the winner of…