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1983 Suzuki XN85 Turbo (Not Mine)

Too cool a bike to bastardize. That was a really great machine, though not quite as vicious as the GPz750 Turbo (I had one of those, extremely modified-scared the bejeezus out of me more than once).
 
extremely modified is supposed to scare the bejeezus out of you, no matter what it started as... Turbo really sounded good but all were kind'f disappointing as far as excitement goes...
 
A friend of mine and myself both bought bikes in 83 . He opted for the XN-85 and I bought a GS 750 .... We raced a few times and the XN 85 was slower than the 750. Not by a lot but we did it enough times to draw that conclusion .... Mind you it is one fine looking bike .....
 
rphillips said:
extremely modified is supposed to scare the bejeezus out of you, no matter what it started as... Turbo really sounded good but all were kind'f disappointing as far as excitement goes...
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Not the GPz. That bike touched 10 second quarters with just minor adjustments. The bike I had was completely rebuilt and modified by Horsepower Unlimited. It made 220 rwhp. It was insanity.
 
Yes, for me all the Turbos in those yrs. from Suzi, Kawa., Honda, and Yama. were all good looking bikes,.. Mfg.'s, for some reason, didn't seem to want to use much boost as those Turbos were a little, but not a lot, stronger than the non turbo models... What bccap said, I'd think any 650 "with a Turbo", "should" be noticeable faster than most any normally asperated 750 of their day.... but none were.
 
No doubt the Kawa. GPZ750 Turbo was the most impressive, but none of the ones around here were very exciting, yes fast for a 750, but our dealer sold 4 that I remember, they were close, but not as fast as the GS, KZ, and Honda 1100s we were accustomed to riding.
 
As I understand it, the Honda CX650 was a strong running bike. Great midrange power. A sport tourer. And nobody could call the KZ750 Turbo pedestrian. It was the Yamaha and Suzuki that were disappointing in terms of power. Nice bikes otherwise, though.
 
I can't say much about the Honda Turbo, nobody anywhere around here ever had one. Just looked a little about them on Google, claimed 100 HP and 572 lbs. as opposed to Kawasaki 112 HP and 531 lbs... Honda 1/4 mi. times in low 12's Kawa in mid to low 11's... Yes all nice bikes and none today deserve basterdizing, No doubt the Kawasaki was king of the turbos.
 
Kawasaki was king of everything! Unless you wanted to meet the nicest people, then you rode a Honda.

And if you were too cheap to buy a Kaw, then you ended up here. :lol:
 
The turbos came from governmental distress about the speed of the 1100s.
Smaller displacement, "same" performance
They did feature advanced technology, like computerized fuel injection. You'd laugh at the size of the computers.
My pal, The Collector, had all 5 factory turbos at one time. So, I got to see beneath the skin of the bikes and ride the GPz.
 
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