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Post by 1966baz on Jul 20, 2020 20:43:55 GMT 1
.It even has a Harris pipe .Costed him £165 and never got used.It took a day to clean up.   |
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 20, 2020 20:46:46 GMT 1
.It even has a Harris pipe .Costed him £165 and never got used.It took a day to clean up. Sorry it's a d1.Stored in a garage for 25 years.Loads of spares too. |
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Post by veg on Jul 20, 2020 20:48:46 GMT 1
That’s lovely takes me right back. Great bike 👍
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Post by veg on Jul 20, 2020 20:51:58 GMT 1
Just bought it?
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 20, 2020 20:54:05 GMT 1
Yes, a week ago.I was after a z400j but this has more poke and cheap. |
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Post by veg on Jul 20, 2020 20:56:25 GMT 1
Guy I used to work with had a z400 in that grey silver colour v classy
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 20, 2020 21:02:04 GMT 1
Yes, it’s a Z400j colours 1980.
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Post by veg on Jul 20, 2020 21:11:43 GMT 1
Lovely I really do like that got me looking now on eBay 😁
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 20, 2020 21:23:39 GMT 1
Two more pics.   |
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 21, 2020 13:57:05 GMT 1
Very nice 😎
A lot better than the 400. I rode one and would have sworn the brakes were stuck on
They weren't 😞
Steve
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Post by veg on Jul 21, 2020 16:53:27 GMT 1
I rode our demo gpx250 barely ran in before it blew up awful bike often wondered what a 250 4 would be like, fzr250 that sought of thing. Just realised this has a 5 spoke rear and a 7 spoke front thought they were 5 spoke wheels on these?
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Post by hoist1 on Jul 21, 2020 19:02:10 GMT 1
A lot of the 400 efforts had problems for some reason. The first gsx400 was bad. Mates had cb400 fours, handle ok but I preferred the 550. Was a very tidy katana 650 for sale a while back (with the practical shaft drive) that looked a nice example. Shaft drive bikes have been discussed a bit on other threads, liked the xj650 and know someone that still has one. The z500 was one I liked, only rode the last model gpz550, seem to remember it was fully faired but might have been a half fairing as I did ride a gpz750 that was.
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 21, 2020 19:27:22 GMT 1
I rode our demo gpx250 barely ran in before it blew up awful bike often wondered what a 250 4 would be like, fzr250 that sought of thing. Just realised this has a 5 spoke rear and a 7 spoke front thought they were 5 spoke wheels on these? I think the rear wheel is of a GPZ 550 h. |
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Post by veg on Jul 21, 2020 19:40:37 GMT 1
Of course yours is the slightly earlier non mono shock rather than the later GPz, i owned a GPz 750 unitrack that had turbo paint work and body work with a harris 4-1, started on a Gs550M Katana gutless struggled to top a ton.
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Post by motty on Jul 21, 2020 22:52:26 GMT 1
Very nice 😎 A lot better than the 400. I rode one and would have sworn the brakes were stuck on They weren't 😞 Steve I had a Z400J for a few months back in the mid eighties. Whilst it may have been reliable, I believe that to be my least favourite bike in 42 years of riding. Apologies to anyone who actually likes a Z400J, we are all different and have different tastes |
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 22, 2020 10:05:51 GMT 1
Very nice 😎 A lot better than the 400. I rode one and would have sworn the brakes were stuck on They weren't 😞 Steve I had a Z400J for a few months back in the mid eighties. Whilst it may have been reliable, I believe that to be my least favourite bike in 42 years of riding. Apologies to anyone who actually likes a Z400J, we are all different and have different tastes I had Z400j3 in 1985.First middle sized bike.Probably would have killad myself with an LC.I did 20000 miles in just over a year on it.  |
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Post by veg on Jul 22, 2020 11:24:14 GMT 1
Is that an Alfa 4:1?
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 22, 2020 17:59:32 GMT 1
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 22, 2020 18:03:18 GMT 1
Same as my Z1000J 30 years ago.Now it's got a predator.And my Z1100r has a Harris.   |
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Post by veg on Jul 22, 2020 18:47:53 GMT 1
A. How many reckon bikes you got? B. It was the law to have a harris on a big kwak that's what i had on my GPZ750. C.Z1100R's still cool as all these years later. Always remind me of my fave bike racing scene, AMA super bikes.
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Post by chris356 on Jul 22, 2020 19:29:45 GMT 1
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 23, 2020 7:32:43 GMT 1
A. How many reckon bikes you got? B. It was the law to have a harris on a big kwak that's what i had on my GPZ750. C.Z1100R's still cool as all these years later. Always remind me of my fave bike racing scene, AMA super bikes. 22 bikes, I do one up and get attached to it.A bit of a passion.😀 I do like the superbikes, especially the 80's. |
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Post by veg on Jul 23, 2020 7:36:13 GMT 1
Brilliant tbh if my wife and sons horses didn’t swallow so much dosh I’d do the same. It’s a small price to pay for me to allow me the garage time though .
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Post by veg on Jul 23, 2020 7:38:26 GMT 1
Love the 80’s when you look at what we started the 80’s with twin shock gpz and ended it with zxr what an incredible decade
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 23, 2020 20:23:22 GMT 1
Of course yours is the slightly earlier non mono shock rather than the later GPz, i owned a GPz 750 unitrack that had turbo paint work and body work with a harris 4-1, started on a Gs550M Katana gutless struggled to top a ton. I had the opposite Gpz750 turbo with the red/silver on black gpz paintwork Wierdly it was registered in 86 on a D plate. A full 2 years after it was made 🤨 Oh, and a Harris pipe 😎 Steve |
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 23, 2020 20:25:02 GMT 1
Had to be one or the other 😊 Steve |
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Post by seang14 on Jul 23, 2020 22:27:09 GMT 1
Coincidently I spent an Hour looking up GPZ's this afternoon!!! always wanted one in the Eighties there were 2 Guys had 550's here in the Little Place I Live! Not seen one for Years and None on Evil Bay!!!!!! I would love to restore one
Sean G
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Post by spondon440 on Jul 24, 2020 22:05:29 GMT 1
Back in the day I had RD's, LC's and then I had a GPZ600 forever because I loved it, was always a bit pissed that I didn't have a GPZ550H1, so I bought one a couple of years ago, it was pretty tidy when I got it apart from the tank being nearly see through (I'm not kidding it was like tin foil) and it was pretty cheap, I got another tank from the states which was mint inside and mark cordwell painted it in firecracker red for me so paint is mint, I've done nothing since and once I've more or less emptied the garage I'll get on with it next.  IMG_0699 by ANDREW FRANCHI, on Flickr  IMG_0700 by ANDREW FRANCHI, on Flickr Try as I might I can't find a Harris exhaust for it in any condition, it currently has a very nice condition Neta on it. Andy |
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Post by 1966baz on Jul 29, 2020 20:20:45 GMT 1
Nice to see a GPZ 550 h model in such. Good nick. Enjoy.
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Post by spondon440 on Jul 29, 2020 20:28:15 GMT 1
Looks nicer than it is in that picture, it cost about £700 like that and with spare carbs, I want to mint it but parts seem to be none existent.
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