Had a nearly new Kawa turbo 750 in '84, no bike Kawasaki for 27 years, March 19 got a 05 Bandit GSF 650 inj., Wow 58, 59 times more biking joy than the turbo. Alas now a HOPEFULLY only semi retired Crazy Mad Banditateer FEKKIN Banditless Banditaholic, ruined for any other bike, and I ain't even lying. yours truly Scott Loch. Na Professor Bandit B.T.E. Torque Enjoyment only, nothing technical. Turbo ? Whenever I Engaged it, it always tried to throw me off the back ?, Hang in, for your life Bandit was Incredible Hot biking wise Remember every Ride ? remember every Twist of the throttle ?, Response was quicker than an Arcade game. Blessed 20, 21 months of Biking JOY. And I'm not even lying.
I drooled over the GPzs in the early 80's but never managed to own one. I managed to get a ZX 10 years later but still lusted after the earlier GPzs. God they were faaaast.
....FAST OR NOT!! BUT THE GPZ 900 NINJA WAS, IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE SEXIEST BIKE FROM THE NINJA SERIES!!...IMMORTALISED BY TOM CRUISE WHEN RIDDEN IN THE MOVIE TOP GUN.😍😍😍
@ampassionstruck9138 You must own one if you're so passionate about it. The turbo is more collectible, I believe. I have a mint 85 turbo. Had it appraised last year. $20,000.00 You can keep your Tom "Maverick" Cruise.
Probably the most reliable bike I ever owned. Did the bol dor twice in the eighties . Got a 900r now 110k still going strong . Build em right to start with and they will keep going. Take note honda !!
That was quite a bike my God for 1984 !!!! There's a whole lotta bikes and cars that 750 would tear'um new one today in 2022 !!!!....especially with modern rubber !!!
Two up on a gpz 750turbo and doing 100mph on the M4, a 2gear drop with a ford xr3 flashing lights and toting his horn, I think we got to over 150mph in a blink of an eye. Yet another amazing bike from Kawasaki , my all time favourites H1F and the zxr400.
i owned one for a few years in the 80's. probably the sweetest bikes i've ever ridden. seat was great and a cross between sports and tourer so fun but comfortable for 100s of Ks. coz of DFI it was a slow pig until the boost came on but boost gauge let you know so no nasty surprises. effortlessly get up over 200kph but thirsty at speed so needs fuel every 45m - 1hr. you could go further but why risk running out of fuel and blowing the turbo which had no electric oil pump. one of the bad things was idling it down. another was the need to replace chains/sprockets/tyres regularly... but for an old air cooled rehashed motor made of parts, the turbo rush was really something to feel. kinda wish they had continued turbo bike production across many models.
Owned one of these for six years........Every ride was a blast.......sold it and......every bike after...although newer and bigger displacement were all dissappointing .....why did I sell it...?
The ad sounds so dated! I was overawed by this bike when it came out. Never got close to riding one but bought a GSXR 1000 K5 in 2005 instead which, I presume, would blow this bike into the weeds.
I has one back in 1991.
It was the most exciting motorcycle I owned until my turbo bandit and now my ZH2.
Had a nearly new Kawa turbo 750 in '84, no bike Kawasaki for 27 years, March 19 got a 05 Bandit GSF 650 inj., Wow 58, 59 times more biking joy than the turbo. Alas now a HOPEFULLY only semi retired Crazy Mad Banditateer FEKKIN Banditless Banditaholic, ruined for any other bike, and I ain't even lying. yours truly Scott Loch. Na Professor Bandit B.T.E. Torque Enjoyment only, nothing technical. Turbo ? Whenever I Engaged it, it always tried to throw me off the back ?, Hang in, for your life Bandit was Incredible Hot biking wise Remember every Ride ? remember every Twist of the throttle ?, Response was quicker than an Arcade game. Blessed 20, 21 months of Biking JOY. And I'm not even lying.
I drooled over the GPzs in the early 80's but never managed to own one. I managed to get a ZX 10 years later but still lusted after the earlier GPzs. God they were
faaaast.
....FAST OR NOT!! BUT THE GPZ 900 NINJA WAS, IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE SEXIEST BIKE FROM THE NINJA SERIES!!...IMMORTALISED BY TOM CRUISE WHEN RIDDEN IN THE MOVIE TOP GUN.😍😍😍
@ampassionstruck9138
You must own one if you're so passionate about it.
The turbo is more collectible, I believe.
I have a mint 85 turbo.
Had it appraised last year.
$20,000.00
You can keep your Tom "Maverick" Cruise.
Probably the most reliable bike I ever owned. Did the bol dor twice in the eighties . Got a 900r now 110k still going strong . Build em right to start with and they will keep going. Take note honda !!
TURBO POWAH!!!
Cool intro, I hadn't seen the first 1.5 minutes before. Love the 80's riding gear.
I owned the GPz750 non turbo and put a Bassani 4 into 1 pipe on it. Man, the sound was beautiful.
That was quite a bike my God for 1984 !!!! There's a whole lotta bikes and cars that 750 would tear'um new one today in 2022 !!!!....especially with modern rubber !!!
Two up on a gpz 750turbo and doing 100mph on the M4, a 2gear drop with a ford xr3 flashing lights and toting his horn, I think we got to over 150mph in a blink of an eye.
Yet another amazing bike from Kawasaki , my all time favourites H1F and the zxr400.
Thanks for this it was great to watch the old beast!
That first spot......awesome.
At 8:15 you can see oil burn coming from his exhaust. Yikes!! Apparently some oil getting past the turbo already.
i owned one for a few years in the 80's. probably the sweetest bikes i've ever ridden. seat was great and a cross between sports and tourer so fun but comfortable for 100s of Ks. coz of DFI it was a slow pig until the boost came on but boost gauge let you know so no nasty surprises. effortlessly get up over 200kph but thirsty at speed so needs fuel every 45m - 1hr. you could go further but why risk running out of fuel and blowing the turbo which had no electric oil pump. one of the bad things was idling it down. another was the need to replace chains/sprockets/tyres regularly... but for an old air cooled rehashed motor made of parts, the turbo rush was really something to feel. kinda wish they had continued turbo bike production across many models.
Owned one of these for six years........Every ride was a blast.......sold it and......every bike after...although newer and bigger displacement were all dissappointing .....why did I sell it...?
cos you're a fool my friend!....haha!
1979 Z1000 ST was the bike first of the film,advert video was done some apocalyptic style.
I road with a guy Scott Parker..he put that thing at like 130 hanging off the back..was an like 87 or so..I was rocking the ex500
“It doesn’t seem to have turbo lag, it just seems to get faster and faster and faster”
a great looking bike that's as fast as needed yet not a torture rack to drive.
Those tyres are scary
If you owned this bike and didn't know about the 3 little tricks that brought this engine to 170hp at the rear wheel. You missed out.
What were the upgrades you did?
Awesome bikes! I will steal my wife's hairdryer and weld it onto my bike ASAP.
I like the ole Rainier Beer/Kawasaki promo's the best ;)
I miss my 1983 GPZ550 the most...and closely the 76 500 Triple
The True Successor to the H2 triple...Should have been called the H2 turbo
I love Rick Brett.
I just bought one today 😁
Nice find...
real bikes!!!
8:24 smokin a bit
Hard to Define... HD video resolution.
Alan Partridge showing up again @ 6:35
Wish i`d kept mine, C33 YRW if its still about.
Same here, mine was C490 JJO and i see the MOT on it expired Feb 2018.
.....ONE QUESTION!! IT HAD A DOHC ENGINE BUT ONLY WITH 2 VALVES PER CYLINDER AND NOT 4!! WHYY!!????.
@Just J thanx for shedding some light.
The top end was used from the KZ650.
That was engine development back then.
Also, it is an air-cooled engine and 5 speed gearbox.
I love mine.
❤️❤️❤️
THE DADDY OF H2R...
true.
but i was referring to the turbo mate.
Yeah the 1978 Kawasaki Z1R-TC.
i stand corrected man.
Jordan RS
The Son of the ‘71 H2.....
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE KAW 500-1968
The ad sounds so dated! I was overawed by this bike when it came out. Never got close to riding one but bought a GSXR 1000 K5 in 2005 instead which, I presume, would blow this bike into the weeds.
It's 30 years old, of course it sounds dated. But at the time this was the shit.
Bulletproof is correct
今だったらカワサキが作ってるT-4練習機のブルーインパルスの映像なんか入れるとカッコイイ
ゾクゾクする
Misil kawasaki
Digital fuel injection...cool
Death machine.
OMG
Alexa play Turbo Lover
Why's it sound like a jet lol
Because of the Turbo.
Because of the sound dubbing
10.7 secs in 83 , heavy weight production M/C = F %#@)*^&% amazing , I don't think a current house priced supercar can those times .
The other Turbo's , ahhh, sucked.
Tervehdys