My GPZ 1100

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Thumper
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My GPZ 1100

#1 Post by Thumper » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:30 pm

It was some bike kwakerz and very scary some times, I bought mine new in around 1981 it was one of the first in my area kept getting stopped to talk about it even the police one day and me thinking i was pinched :smt012 i ended up letting him ride it.. :smt020

Here are a couple of pictures the bike was fitted with a cool Rickman conversion, or at least it was then... :smt002 looks dated now!
It needed it to get the benefit of those horses though :smt004

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Build quality was poor though and the exhausts rotted out in less then a year I had some alfa 4into 1 pipes fitted but diden't look quite right apart from that my Kawasaki dealer in reading ripped me off every service ended up doing it myself. :smt001
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#2 Post by Samray » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:46 pm

That's smart, and the whole pic is a trip down memory lane. :smt001

My 900 was originally a local coppers bike. He pulled me over once , just for a chat about it. :smt003

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#3 Post by Woodyfjr » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:42 pm

You'll upset the kawa mob as it's a GPz1100 not a GPZ1100 and to be anal it looks like a B model :smt003
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#4 Post by Thumper » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:43 pm

Excuse my ignorance it was a long time ago :smt002 I enjoyed it but I never loved it! it was to badly made :smt006
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