Kawasaki GPz's
comfortable (although it would do a nice wheelie!), but with the Gemini pipe it sounded AWESOME when revved "to 11". The 1100 was nice to ride, but heavy as expected - still, it was a FAR better bike than my FJ1100 was. The one that I never did get
was the 1985 750 turbo. Yep, they were production-line IHI turbocharged 750's with digital fuel injection - 25 years ago! Where my regular 750 made 86 horsepower, the turbo made 117. I did get a chance to ride one once. Suffice it to say that I have
never accelerated like that since! The turbos were capable of hitting 124 mph in the 1/4 mile - in the low 11 or high 10 second range. When I ran my first 750 at Fremont drag strip, I ran a mid 12 at 108 mph, so obviously it's a huge difference to ride the
turbo. The GPz 750 will always have a place in my heart for all the good times I had with it - as they used to say "Kawasaki lets the good times roll". The "one that got away" will always be the 87-88 Ninja 750 (3rd picture). I loved the looks and the
comfort, it was just never in the cards for me to own one.
was the 1985 750 turbo. Yep, they were production-line IHI turbocharged 750's with digital fuel injection - 25 years ago! Where my regular 750 made 86 horsepower, the turbo made 117. I did get a chance to ride one once. Suffice it to say that I have
never accelerated like that since! The turbos were capable of hitting 124 mph in the 1/4 mile - in the low 11 or high 10 second range. When I ran my first 750 at Fremont drag strip, I ran a mid 12 at 108 mph, so obviously it's a huge difference to ride the
turbo. The GPz 750 will always have a place in my heart for all the good times I had with it - as they used to say "Kawasaki lets the good times roll". The "one that got away" will always be the 87-88 Ninja 750 (3rd picture). I loved the looks and the
comfort, it was just never in the cards for me to own one.
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