Update: This bike SOLD! 1984 Kawasaki ZX550A – aka GPZ550 Miles: 15,070 $1,800 Near Rochester, NY 40-year-old survivor found in upstate NY SELLER >>> Please reply with name / number and time to call if interested <<< I am not walking around with the internet in my pocket and only see messages in the evening…
1981 Kawasaki GPz550D Miles: 11,700 Clean Title Located in NY Bid at post: $4,500 Auction ends: Monday Sept 23 1981 Kawasaki GPZ550D for sale on ebay This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated, hopefully. SELLER HELLO LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, I HAVE BEEN RIDING SINCE 1968,AND CURRENTLY OWN 6 BIKES. SADLY MY…
Mike did a solid review of a 1983 Kawasaki GPZ550 back in 2017 on RSBFS. He states, “Back in the early 1980s the middle weight class was considered capped below 600cc, and manufacturers were scrambling to produce something better than the competition. While Honda looked to technology for a solution (liquid cooled, 500cc V-4 interceptor,…
With apologies to RSBFS readers nearing, at, or possibly over the ripe age of this pristine GPz550 (did I cover everyone?), 40 years old in the sport bike business might as well be 80. And yet in the early 1980s (that’s right – depending on your musical preference it was the same era Ozzy bit…
Rare (adjective) 1. (of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often. 2. (of a thing) not found in large numbers and consequently of interest or value. 3. unusually good or remarkable. Before the flaming starts, I thought I’d hit up the olde Oxford Dictionary and set the ground rules for discussion. Nobody in…
A blast from the past, the GPz was perhaps the ultimate expression of sport bike back when Olivia Newton‑John was getting physical, Rocky had the eye of the tiger, and Tommy Tutone was trying to remember Jenny’s number. This was an era before liquid cooling, before fuel injection, and long before computers had anything to…
The early 1980s were a bad time for speed. With a very few exceptions, cars had spent the previous decade becoming wheezy, lumbering and compromised. Motorcycles were yet to fully cross the Rubicon from being either quirky runabouts or the steeds of tattooed heathens to the mounts of true enthusiasts. And then in 1981, Kawasaki…
One of the most iconic sporting motorcycles ever made – and by most standards one of the most archaic – is the Kawasaki GPz lineup. Built during a time of massive experimentation, the pedestrian GPz was more akin to an appliance than a bike that would be fondly remembered by future generations. There is nothing…