Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:35 am
Looks better in photos than it is but I love it.
Looks better in photos than it is but I love it.
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Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
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Looks better in photos than it is but I love it.
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:25 pm
Good-looking bike. Rather have my 500 though!
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:40 pm
Thanks! I'd rather have the Burger but I have money in the bank and still have a daily ride
Long time since I used a Choke and a Fuel Tap though!
Long time since I used a Choke and a Fuel Tap though!
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:57 pm
looks great lad, well done..
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:12 pm
Looks OK to me and nice to have a change now and again.
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:28 pm
I had one back in the day....was great fun sliding up to T junctions with the back wheel sliding under breaking.....bit like Steve McQueen in the great escape....I was a lot younger then and probably stooopid
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:47 pm
It certainly is small and light after the Burger!
Not had the back sliding yet!
Not had the back sliding yet!
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 7:57 pm
back in the day, they were know as "off the shelf cafe racers" for a 500 they really did move.
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:07 pm
stonking bikes did many miles on the one i had, and it NEVER let me down...
Lyn.
Lyn.
Re: Picked up the Kawasaki GPZ 500s
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:10 pm
Err not compared to an RG500, RD500 or even a Ducati Pantah or Laverda Montjuic.terryvanman wrote:for a 500 they really did move.
But to be fair to the Kwacker, at the time when it was released it was in a class all its own.