82 GPz for $1700, decent price?

[Buffalo Bill]

Kawasali???? Can't people spell anymore?

So what if it has been swimming.
http://richmond.craigslist.org/mcy/5440870111.html

Kawasali????
1985 GPZ 750 TURBO - $1500 (Richmond)






KAWASALI
fuel: gas
transmission: manual

• safety tips
• prohibited items
• product recalls

FLOOD BIKE , PARTS ONLY . BILL OF SALE / NEEDS WORK . 1500

[GSXR7ED]

Beautiful GPZ. I'm not a fan of the colour Red but that bike looks sexy!

Ed

[Guest]

Kawasali????

When I bought my KZ1000 back in 1980, the license plate frame from the dealer said "Kawaski". I kept thinking Kowalski from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

[Guest]

How about this one???

https://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/mcy/5441886103.html

[Buffalo Bill]

Looks like it's been well maintained and a decent price.
The f-ugly seat is way too sick, but the foam can probably be shaped and a new cover.
81 Kawasaki GPZ - $2100 (Sterling Heights)

[Rob S.]

That whole seat is toast. And what the frig is the license plate doing up there? Is the frame supposed to be red? (The red side stand tells me no.) And I don't like the placement of the oil cooler lines. Too much customizing - can't trust it. Still, a GPz 11 for only $2100...

[Guest]

Wouldn't be hard to make that GPZ1100 right again, if the engine is solid.

[Nessism]

I realize that a lot of guys like the bigger bikes, but to me the '81 GPz550 is the best looking.

[Rob S.]

I realize that a lot of guys like the bigger bikes, but to me the '81 GPz550 is the best looking.

Cycle World called that the first production bike that was track-ready box-stock. One of those pulled away from me on my Z1 at 110 mph on a curvy portion of an upstate highway. Fortunately there were no witnesses.

[Griffin]

Here's a nice GPZ550, local to me. I'd get it, but my wife would kill me.

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/mcy/5422805976.html

1982 Kawasaki GPZ 550 - $1500 (Pendleton)



Nice GPZ- New tires, oil change, did rebuild carbs last fall- one is leaking now. Good bike, been setting in garage- does have small dent front left tank, other than that is nice bike. Clear Indiana title. 317823one065. Will not reply to scams.

[Buffalo Bill]

I like the double rear shocks, especially after reading the brochure,
Just wonder if they're rebuildable.

[Griffin]

I was looking at the shocks on my 700A, they look identical to those on the GPZ, sans red paint. I don't think they are rebuildable, at least not easily. They're constructed like other stock KZ and GS shocks from the era.

[Nessism]

Those shocks are not rebuildable. They have adjustable damping, but the shock bodies themselves are fairly low tech and are not gas pressurized.

[Guest]

Here's a nice GPZ550, local to me. I'd get it, but my wife would kill me.

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/mcy/5422805976.html

1982 Kawasaki GPZ 550 - $1500 (Pendleton)



Nice GPZ- New tires, oil change, did rebuild carbs last fall- one is leaking now. Good bike, been setting in garage- does have small dent front left tank, other than that is nice bike. Clear Indiana title. 317823one065. Will not reply to scams.

I had one of those for a short period of time. I actually forgot about it. It wasn't running when I bought it, and my mechanic (very trustworthy) got it running for me. On the way home from him working on it, it threw a rod and shattered the guy's windshield behind me. I bought another motor to put in it, but never got around to it and sold it to a local bike shop for 50 bucks.

[Nessism]

I had one of those for a short period of time. I actually forgot about it. It wasn't running when I bought it, and my mechanic (very trustworthy) got it running for me. On the way home from him working on it, it threw a rod and shattered the guy's windshield behind me. I bought another motor to put in it, but never got around to it and sold it to a local bike shop for 50 bucks.

I've read about a fair number of 550's with crank/rod bearing failures. Something to do with the oiling system. I'd be cautious purchasing a 550 for fear that it was raced and thrashed.