Movie Motorcycles: Maverick's Kawasaki GPZ 900R; Top Gun
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- "The Need for Speed." The Kawasaki GPZ900R used a 908 cc 16-valve inline-4 engine with liquid cooling. The GPZ made an astonishing 115 hp at 9800 rpm! The GPZ900R used a steel frame, 16-inch front, and 18-inch rear wheels, air suspension, and an anti-dive fork. Importantly though Kawasaki positioned the engine lower in the frame, allowing it to maintain a lower center of mass enabling perfect performance. The motorcycle is owned by our customer, Jerome LeBlanc, a Tom Cruise impersonator. His likeness to Maverick is astonishing. We maintain the bike for him, as he uses it for various promotional events around San Diego.
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My shop sold the 2 1984 Ninja 900 s to Paramount. They were re-painted to look like 1985 models.
We carefully reassembled the body work, only to find out they wanted to make it look thrashed, but you can't tell in the movie. Some of the plastic was rashed . They even cracked the lowers and
sewed it up with rusty wire for the Frankenstein look. They got a bit carried away and brought one bike back to the shop so I could weld the left side engine cover.
Really? I had a 1986 900 Ninja with a different paint scheme (red, blue and white) and when I saw Tom dust the old Gpz900R in Top Gun II I almost had tears in my eyes, did you really restore them? did you have two units in your store?
Cool
@@Alejandro-oi9cd I didn't restore In the +normal sense. We had 2 1984 Ninja 900 s for sale, One was in Cycle Trader. They repainted plastic and tank to look like a 1985 model. We installed the plastic they painted after they had bought the bikes from us.
@@lordabhikingfisher8087 Well, unlike yourself, I REALLY did sell the 2 bikes to Paramount. I'm in San Diego, they filmed the bike scenes in San Diego, and I took pictures.
@@rudedog3529 I remember reading Chris Dolan's comments on a Kawasaki forum verifying what you said. I used to follow him on Ebay (he had amazing bike collection that he sold off bike by bike) and YT, but haven't seen anything from him in years.
I had the 1985 version, which actually had a red fender with a black lower part, with a thin silver band between them. That scheme carried the main color scheme down to the fender. The "Maverick" bike has an all-black front fender I think the '85 color pattern is the best looking bike Kawasaki ever made, that had a full fairing. I loved that bike, put almost 50K on mine in the two years I owned it. The fairing sucked for airflow through the radiator, the bike would quickly overheat in slow traffic. I swapped out the middle section for an aftermarket one, it looked even better, and had better airflow. I can't remember who made it. Wish I could post a picture, I still have lots of them of this bike, which was the last motorcycle I ever owned.
You are the best Maverick replica. Do the same with the kawasaki H2R. I wanna see more Top Gun scenes with you acting. Thank´s.
The gpz900 engine spawned 25 years of sportbikes for kawasaki based on that block and design. Freakin famous.
My brother had the blue and red version of this bike . I remember it very well even if I was 9 at the time.
1986 model.
this engine was the base for Kawasakis icons ZX 10 and ZZR 1100 (ZX 11) - unbreakable, 100000 miles no problem.....
Top gun movie is the best movie and the motorcycle. Period
Realmente achei que fosse o Tom Cruise com a Kawasaki gpz 900 do primeiro Top Gun, daria para um bom dublê kkk. Ótimo vídeo.
That KAWAI GPZ900R sounds really nice & smooth as all big tourers should sadly some don't
I went out and bought that same year and body styles after seeing the movie. I sold it because it was too much of an adrenaline rush and I was afraid I was going to hurt myself.
You would need truck springs on the back of the gpz to carry kelly mcgillis these days .....
Another classic bike, the Goose's Z1000 from Mad Max.
I had the same bike. Fast for it's day, but a couch by today's standards. It was comfy though!
He really looks very similar!
Dang, you even look like Tom Cruise. Crazy.
Theres a jacarandah tree in the background, amazing
I had a GPZ 900 R in all black at the time. was then a special finish from Kawasaki Europe. the motorcycle was pretty much the strongest (116hp) and most modern motorcycle on the market at the time. damn I'm old😆
Holy macaroni! Dude looks more like Tom Cruise than Tom Cruise!!
Bike is cheezy. Even back then.
Gledao Sam film i zaljubio se u motor i odmah otisao i kupio ga.
Ermosa moto me encantan las motos en especial clásicas 😁😁q bien Tom saludos de cali colombia
Love it👍🇮🇪
Hahà A replica movie bike, AND a replica Maverick as well. Very good!
...😂😂😂 " I cant hear u !!".
Been riding 35 years. Motorcycles are therapy for the soul.
Agreed
@@MrGchiasson the need, for speed
@@theunknown4570 Nothing quite like it.
I love it when neighbors ask, "Where ya going?".
I tell them..."not sure yet." and rev it up and just....go.
@@theunknown4570 I rode to a local airport..you know..a few Cessna's and a private jet...
Just riding on a back road alongside the main strip...alongside a two seater plane..
Not quite racing an F18..but it'll do.
Yip, riding nearly 40 years. Once your bitten your hooked. 👍
Excelente
素敵！トムクルーズみたい！
I have a 1983 Yamaha 650 XJ Turbo with 4,000 miles on it All Kool Bikes. A James Bond movie used a bike like mine in 1 of their movies. 😊
Never say never again.
@@marcparadis9647 Thanks 😊
bonita moto me encantan las clasicas pero maverick macho aunque des una pequeña vuelta ponte casco y una chaqueta hay que dar ejemplo
Pee Wee Gleason put the bike below 10s in the quarter mile. 1st or 2nd stock production bike to do it.
He did it with a stock Honda V65 Magna also.
Damn...haven't heard that name in decades. Jay Gleason. Motorcyclist had the best team
Those 16 inch front tyres were KILLERS! An experiment that caused a lot of death.
In the early '80's the Ninja900R was THE COOLEST Bike on the Steet!
I had an 84 Kawi Gpz 750 and an 86 Ninja 1000R back then. Then came the 1986 GSXR's, had a few and been Team Suzuki since.
Why 16 inch wheels were killers?
@@albertmartin318 had a GPZ750, 1000R, and 2 87 GSXR750 & 1100
I raced those 16" tires on the track every weekend for 5 years straight as did my fellow club road racers and no one died. Idk wtf your talking about
@albert Martin those that know the difference between a good bike and a missile usually gravitate towards Suzuki - the best!
Valeu o rolê esquentando o motor da pra sentir na veia . Você é um sortudo . Vida longa .
kkkk
Eu sei que você é estrela do cinema . Trabalha . Tem seus negócios próprios . Falei sortudo de um modo espiritual. Não sabia o que comentar . Aí disse você é um sortudo. Mas quis dizer que você é abensuado espiritualmente é pelo profissional que você é. Sucesso.
@@joaquimalfredo1860 yess
@@joaquimalfredo1860 esse cara nao e o tom nao loko
This bike had a defective starter clutch and some heads dropped the valves because of bad keepers
No boots no gloves no helmet NO BRAINS.
It's fine not to wear a Helmut on a bike....
Until it's not.
did you see tom cruise wear them?
@@1979phill Same answer.
@@tomvana4270 in that case then your not a biker and shouldn't be riding bikes.
Essa moto é top
Será que é a mesma do filme de 1985 top gun
Lol. How i love those guys!!! (like Rodney Dangerfiel said)
somebody is unable to read correctly, in the scene when Charlie chases Maverick in the Porsche it can clearly be seen on the side pannal GPz750R. Please feel free to check it out. Also the scene before this chase when they argue outside the tack terminal it is also clear to see 750r on the side pannal.
I not only sold the Ninja 900 s to Paramount, but was there on Laurel Street Hill when the Porsche and Ninja parked. I shot a picture of Tom Cruise on the bike and some pictures of the crowd that was there.
Get rekt. 1985 gpz900
@@drew8368 1984 Ninja 900re-painted to look sort of like an '85 model. I sold Paramount the bikes.
@@rudedog3529 yea I know I’ve seen all your comments. The original in 1986 was an 85. It was actually a 1985 Kawasaki GPz 900R A2.. which was the European model but it was refit with the “ninja” decals and different gauge cluster because Maverick needed the “American” version
@@drew8368 I don't know where you are getting all that from. How are you going to say it's a euro model ? They ( there were 2 of them ) were both 1984 models, re-painted to look like 1985. Movie came out May of 1986, but was filmed summer of 1985. I was also present during some of the filming and took pictures. Again, I sold the bikes to Paramount.
Old bikes… I like my new one
New bikes wouldn't exist without the old.
This was a ground breaking motorcycle when I was 20.
Bland
The bike looked much bigger when Tom was on it.
;)
Jérôme Leblanc, j'adore 💬😉
Did you change the motorcycle's exhaust? because it kind of sounds differently.
No. And now the bike is permanently mounted in front of the restored Top Gun house in Oceanside.
Don’t like the Tom cruise in that but love the motorcycle
is this the same one from the first movie or a different one? If it was the same one, who kept it all these years?
Does anyone know if they used the same actual exact bike in Top Gun Maverick that was used in Top Gun in 86?.....
Good question. We don't know the answer for sure.
Gruß kawalotzi… we have More GPZ 900 R Ninja in all colours
I'm pretty sure the mirrors were bigger and fixed reflecting inward
Lindo!
Hah Hah! Nicely Done ✅……Could you work on a 1986 Kawasaki Ninja 600R?
Fellow '86 Ninja 600R owner here. Mine's blue, pearl white, with red stripes. Purchased it in 1990 and it still looks almost new. Just checking in!
Looks like the town of Truman Show😂
I understand that it's in good condition, but I'm wondering if you can ride this bike in shorts ... well, in Japan, the police will stop you. The 900R is Kawasaki's pride, so please take good care of it.
How many Charlie's went up to try and get a date with Maveric?
GPZ900Rに憧れてバイクの免許取得したなぁlol
So here's a question for someone who knows what they're talking about not just hear say. Does anyone know where the original GPZ 900R in the movie is today ? No we don't care about the ghost GPZ750. Someone must have it, you don't part out a famous movie bike. They found the original Steve McQueen Triumph from The Great Escape and that goes back to 1965.
It's in Oceanside California on a mount
@@djft6944 Where in O side ? Would like to see for myself.
A2の北米モデルだっけ。黒赤カラーのGpz900Rはもうかなり希少かなぁ。750Rだと黒赤はまだちらほら中古売りに出てるけど。
Thought Maverick's bike was 750turbo Kawa. Had one in 84, NICE. 35 years after turbo, got a 05 Bandit 650i., turned out, 58, 59 times more biking joy than the 750 turbo, not top speed, just acceleration joy, over 80 mph, before the red line, in 2nd gear. Wow, felt like an industrial catapult sent it off. Called it a Perfect Storm, arm's limp on bars, all at the back wheel. Sadly now a semi retired Banditateer fekkin Banditaholic, ruined for any other bike, just Blessed for 19 months, got a PhD Masters Degree in Bandit Torque Enjoyment only, nothing technical. Scott Loch. Na Professor Bandit 650i.B.T.E. out.
Are you sure the GPZ in the movie was a 750 and not a 900R?
Either way,
I have a 2007 GSF 1250 Bandit with 225,000 miles on it.
Runs like new. Still tears up the street.
@@LAMB53087 At first look, looks like a 750 turbo, but there was no big oil cooler on the turbo, remember, knew a guy with a GPZ900, the 900R, never knew, black and red,looked like a turbo. Kawasaki, Pah !!!, All about my late beloved 05 Bandit 650i., one very careful, cautious owner, who basically ran it in for 15,000 miles, the throttle response??, Quicker than an Arcade game. Your bullet proof 1200 Bandit, long may it stay Healthy, heard on good authority, the 1200,:had more mid-range torque, than the 1250i. LLLLucky you. I ACHE for my late beloved Bandit, take care??, can't it's a Bandit, see gap, Bandit finds gap. All the Very best. Professor Bandit 650i.B.T.E. out. ps. Getting a PhD Masters Degree, in Bandit Torque Enjoyment only, nothing technical,was a total Joy,
@@LAMB53087 I thought you had a 1200, and not a 1250, just glanced before I replied. But a fuel inj.1250. Nice.
I sold the 2 Ninja 900 s that Paramount used.
Definitely 900r
Is it the original one or just a replica?
Replica
Id put it on the back wheel
His hair didn't move it all
Correction ... Tom Cruise was driving a 750 Ninja GPZ, and not 900 !!!
Bullshit !
I sold the 2 Ninja 900 s that Paramount used.
Bike scenes filmed in San Diego.
I took a few pictures of the filming, as well.
I've heard too that it was actually a 750 in the movie
@@rudedog3529 Ηe believed well and said what you want .... in the Top Gun of 1986 he drove I worked for 35 years only Kawasaki read the sides what they write .....
Superelo mijo ya pasó deje la goma
Damn all this time I thought he was riding the ninja 250 in the movie
Thought it was a 750 turbo, so black and red, had one nearly new, in 84. Turns out it's a 900.
Which city is this
Oceanside, CA
San Diego and Oceanside.
Maverick would be pissed to see his bike riden at parking lot speed. The need for speed, not slowness.
O dia em que o Tom Cruise achar esse cara, vai encher ele de porrada hahaha..
I always understood that it was a gpz750 not a 900
Nope a 900
The z1000 is the bike
Gpz 900 was so so. The GPZ 750 turbo and the GPZ 1100 were better.
ニンジャカッケー！
The original wasn't a 900r it was a 750 r.
Still beating the dead horse: I not only sold the Ninja 900 s to Paramount, but was there on Laurel Street Hill when the Porsche and Ninja parked. I shot a picture of Tom Cruise on the bike and some pictures of the crowd that was there.
tom cruise aja pake meguro masa lo engga guys
Jerome's taller.
But Mavericks bike was a gpz 750r that 900 looks the same........🙄
2 funny
W.. USA
🤣👍👍
lol
Check Wheelie King 4 , free motorbike game!
The bike isn't the star of the film like kit or the a team van. 99.9% of people who watched top gun mainly women would not have a clue what bike he road or care. The star was Tom in them shades and that flight jacket lol still a lovely bike though tbf
😃😃😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅👍👍👍👍
Oh motinha feia.
トム？😏
Fake as a hell but cool 👍
They where do bad in quality!
Definitely not him
No helmet a t shirt and trainers WTF
so ridiculous
My Susuki GSX 1100R 1988 power trim have more power and this shit.
Great movie! crappy bike! 🤷🏻♂️
It was an actual GPZ750cc. Sorry If I ruined an illusion.
Bullshit !
I sold the 2 Ninja 900 s that Paramount used.
Bike scenes filmed in San Diego.
I took a few pictures of the filming, as well.
@@rudedog3529 give it up they just don't get it and never will. Especially the ones who say " he drives " a Motorcycle, you drive a car you ride a Motorcycle just like you ride a horse you don't drive a horse.
@@nickbonavita1379 I've been trying to enlighten the misinformed since 1986, so nothing new.
It was not a GPZ750. Did you not see the issues of Cycle world and Motorcyclist that covered the movie bike!
@@djft6944 I am referring to the original 'Top Gun' film, not the 'Maverick' version. Your sarcasm is not welcome, sonny.
This bike had a defective starter clutch and some heads dropped the valves because of bad keepers