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My name is Ed, and I ride a GPZ!

Hello everyone. Nice to find this spot. I have a '96 GPZ, black, with several comfort and /or convenience mods. 1st, Stainless brake lines, Homemade bar risers, Scott Oiler, (best addition to any bike with a chain.). Corbin seat, Throttle meister bar end cruise control, (Wonderful for cross country trips.). I also have the original equipment touring bags that match the bike. Gives a great look with all the recent interest in Sport Touring. I'm looking for a mounting kit to mount a top box with a back rest. Does anyone have any helpful ideas?

New member from Denmark

Hi GPZ-people

I'm from Denmark, and have just bought a GPZ 1100 1996 this week from Italy. I haven’t biking the last 20 years, so I’m looking forward for summertime. The only problem just now, is to finding a service manual and a owner manual. I tried to by it on http://kawasaki.com (Owner’s Manual Item number 99920-1776-01 and Service Manual ZX1100E item number 99924-1182-01) but I got a messages and a warning against the site in my browser, and didn’t dare to overrule it. So is there any buddy ho have even a photocopy ore a PFD of this to documents here in the forum?

Nice to meet other GPZ-fans

I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Peter from The Netherlands, and I own a 1997 GPZ in candy red. (There are some pictures I've uploaded) Unfortunately, a GPZ is a very rare motorcycle here. They never really sold well I think, I have read some critics in the Dutch press about it and they were quite sceptical these days: "A normal tube frame (not aluminium box-type monocoque or the like), huge weight and almost non-adjustable suspension"... And really, I have never felt better on a motorcycle that suits my needs better than this one.

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NEW MEMBER

Just picked up my French imported GPZ 1100, No history with it apart from mots and it rides a peach, the only slight drawback is that its quite lumpy below 2500rpm. Does anybody know if this is normal on a kwak ? (MY FIRST ONE) The bike appears to be standard apart from some very nice motad exhausts.

96 GPZ 1100

HI EVERYONE IM FROM AUSTRALIA NEW TO THE SITE BACK RIDING AFTER 20 YEARS .BOY IT GOOD RIDING AGAIN. I HAVE GOT A 96 1100 47K ON IT.DONE 1000K ON IT WHEN I FOUND IT HAD A COLLAPED BEARING NO3. TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND SAID IT WILL COST 2500 GRAND TO FIX.
NEEDS A NEW CRANK, ROD, SHELLS ETC. THANK GOD FOR WARRANTIES.IN WORK SHOP FOR 8 WEEKS AND FINELY GETTING IT THIS WEEK. LETS HOPE ITS SMOOTH RIDING FROM HERE.CHEERS

My 97'GPZ, when I bought it in 2005 (previous owner had it painted this way to look like ZX-11)

Hi all! I know there's only a few of us on this forum, but it's nice to be aboard!

New member

Hello everybody !
i'm from Germany and i will get my Gipsy this week.
It's a used one but looks (except some scratches on the tank) very good.
I get new tyres and then i hope it will rock.
The Gipsy is a open one with 125hp ;-)

Many greetings (and sorry for my bad english)
Tom

The King is dead. Long live the King.

Although it seems like there is only 3 active members on this forum, I felt that I needed to give an official farewell. I was involved in a low (sub-35) mph accident that left my gpz a tad crippled and bashed up.

It would be fairly repairable, but as we all know replacement bits are not cheap nor easy to come by. The repair costs for parts alone would be more than the blue book value for the bike in MINT condition, so I left it in the hands of my insurance provider to decide. If the don't total the bike as a loss, i'll be shocked (but happy).

New Member

I'm the original owner of my '81 GPz 1100. Long time rider. Also ride '64 Triumph Bonneville which I also bought new. May give you some idea of my age. Used to ride dirt but tired old body can't do it any longer. Still have '72 Husky 450 Desert Master setup by Malcolm Smith. Live in Pacific North West...fantastic State for riding; street & dirt. Herb

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