I bought a motorbike for £20 Kawasaki GPZ 500s Left for 4 years Will it start? 

Please don't rip her apart... I vote for a full restoration.

Restore her to former glory she be a head turner👍

I know it ‘was only £20’ but I wish just once you’d see a teaspoon of oil down the plug holes and as a bare minimum an oil change before trying to fire up these old engines. Makes me wince.

I would have checked for a spark long before you getting it started.

I vote for restoration. I used to own the Red / Black / White 1986/7 D-Reg - Had a lot of fun on that bike It was never the same after I ran out of petrol - not entirely, I had to do 60 all the way down the motorway until I filled her up. Unfortunately I think there was some sediment or something and ended up having to have a filter put on the tank and it never performed the same after that. I don't think the engineers took it past 70 mph so they never tested the speed I started noticing the drop-off which was about 80+ mph I had 125mph on the clock midnight downhill on the M5 from WSM back North.

It would have been more sensible to check for oil before turning it over and checking for spark. The tank didn't sound to bad as the rattling could have been the chain holding filler cap on.

That bike deserves to be owned by someone that would love it as it is.

*On EBay Next day, perfect runner, starts every turn - starting bids at £500...*

I lost the will to live after 10 minutes

You should so restore this! Would make a great series. Not keen on the trike idea. I think most of us would prefer to see Extreme garage restore this gem!

It's a future classic!! Why chop it up and make a machine that's not designed to be something else..??!!

Just purchased one of these oldies myself, im restoring it but mid move at the moment. Can we expect more videos? i am keen to se how the restoration is going for you.

I second seeing of you have a spark on the plugs, then inject small amount of fuel directly into the cylinders. Whatever you do (TOO LATE) don't start reving her until some oil has a chance to work around the engine.

£20 for a bike in the uk ? Meanwhile people on Facebook are trying to sell smashed up peds for £800

Full restoration Bro. I rode one of these and they are fantastic bikes. Don't destroy her.

I had that bike,bought it cheap and well used.Great machine,used to leave the more modern machines in my dust.Engine is bullet proof.I wouldn’t break her,she doesn’t look to bad.Great all rounder.

I've had an early one and the next gen. Now I've bought a third, 1997, picking it up Saturday. £1350 new MOT, tyres, chain and fork seals. Classic bargain motorcycling.

I agree such a shame to take her apart. Full restoration 🙏🙏

I have a 92 GPZ500! great bike!! I'm currently rebuilding and repainting mines, I know this bike inside out!

I restored a gpz305 and fell in love with it with it's weird belt drive 😂😂

Restore it as it is it’s a cool bike

I had this bike,great machine,goes like the clappers.Always started,never let me down and mine was a wreck.Shame this ones getting wrecked.

These are brilliant bikes for someone who wants a reliable economical work horse. Plenty fast enough and easily capable of touring Europe on. Please Restore it. It's well worth keeping as the parts are cheap and plentiful.

Clean out the carbs and idle jets and it would probably fire straight up.. Fuel goes off so quick nowadays

Easy bike to fix. Fun bike to ride. I’ve had two of the second gens.

Mate, you never changed the 3/4-year-old oil and you never checked the spark plugs/ HT leads for splits, That is a must before even trying to start a bike sat about for so long, and I agree with Aaron RMZ250 sticking a turbo on the bike will blow her up.

Engine wont last 5 minutes with a turbo EDIT Always check engine oil first. Then I'd move to spark fuel compression. If all these are working properly I'd look at calves clearances

Not a GPX but restore and it will look tops. Just watched 1984 onwards one hour ago. to pick my best aswell Ps. she's a keeper don't spoil it

I think it should be a full restoration

Just restore it bud she's a classic old girl

look you have got to do a full restoration on this old cool motorcycle dont pull it apart this bike is a classic and will turn heads on the road.and that engine sounds good get the tank sorted and rip that motor out and repaint the lot.

Firing on one cylinder by sound of it lol

Restore it if the engine is in good condition, some polishing and a bit of paint is what this bike needs the most.

I had the first one of these in the country, it was a demonstrator bike. I used to dispatch ride in London on it many, many years ago.

£20 my arse. I break bikes for a living. The headlight alone is worth that, the rear light £20, the nose cone £100+, fairing £80-£100 a side, belly pan £40, forks £150+, saddle £30-£50, rear seat fairing £70 a side, wheels £30 each, clock set £40, etc, that's before you get down to the smaller parts, in parts alone that bikes worth £500 plus.

Full restoration, I love the GPz series

Never put battery on concrete floors without cardboard or wood the coldness of floor takes power from battery

my first proper bike, loved mine it had just enough about it to keep me amused in my late teens

For four years sitting it’s in awesome condition

This is exactly how i work im ADHD but my bike is only thing keeps me happy, i got brand new spare batt and i use jump cable anything that will work get done

no way thats been out side for four years theres not abit of rust onit!

That'll clean up lovely, all that dull corrosion on the alloy engine cases, block, frame etc will polish off to good as new with some autosol.😎👍 How about fitting the engine in a gocart or offroad buggy!? 😎👍 When the engine won't start like that or hasn't been run for a bit, squirt a bit of ezi start in the air intake, it'll pick up straight away! 😎👍 That tapping sounds like the hydraulic tappets are sticking? Could be just needs running more to loosen them off, oil change will help, they get sticky and gummed up with carbon deposits. It's not uncommon for a high mileage bike to sound a bit tappy at start up or when cold but goes off when warmed up! 😎👍

Please restore the old Kwak

Beautiful machine. I'am riding ER5 i love this engine and it's sound.

Nice bikes good for 125mph when running right, good general purpose machine worth keeping stock as good summer bike, fairing takes worst of windblast off, not super fast sport rocket but much cheaper to run, better for running around on.

Wow. This gorgeous. I had GPZ900s. Loved it but difficult to maintain

I vote for it be restored. But if u don’t and don’t plan on using the front plastics (top and bottom) I’ll buy them. And gd luck with what ever u decide.

You won't burn out the starter motor, but trying to start it with a flat battery could destroy the sprag clutch that engages from the starter motor. Also, the very first thing I'd do on a bike that has been stood is drop the oil and refill if I'm going to try to start it. I'd probably then remove the carbs and give them a clean as they'll be full of varnish. GPZ's are rock solid, but they do have a habit of shedding magnets from their stators, which can then run around the alternator cover and trash the alternator. There's no reason why it wouldn't start after 4 years, but the process of trying to start it will be more damaging than it having been sat for 4 years unless you take the right precautions beforehand.

I bought one that was left for a few years standing, added fuel and started right away :)

Bloke needs some "start ya bastard" made by NULON, It works a treat for things like this.

How’s about taking the 3 seat trike idea but make it amphibious so it will run on water as well as land? That’s extreme a bike come boat at it were . An deffo grabbing me a t-shirt!

Japanese quality, but I doubt it was left outside for that long. Please restore it to former original glory👍

restore it

I use to have gpz500s if I remember rightly the engines where clunkier good Service and it prob run ok

I am with most of the others, restore it

I had a 91 gpz500s when I 17 (about 11 years ago) after done my test, picked it up for about £100 with t&t on. Had it for 2years, bought it with 60k on clock, did few odd jobs to it sold it nearly 85k and was still running well. The stator plate go on these very common I had two on mine and cam chains are absolutely weak as piss. Iv had a few years experience building custom one off trikes with my dad over the years and I think if your gonna make a drift trike, your best bet is to use 12/14 inch wheels and short as possible wheel base as you can, could use higher profile tyres but using big 17/18 or 19s wide tyres you wouldn't really have to power to spin them hard. You probably also have to alter the rake of the front, not a extreme rake but enough to keep the front tyre profile flat on the ground as possible. And if you turbo it probably use a small diesel turbo like a corsa 1.3 diesel turbo or something similar. Also on the rear axle depending of your going to weld a sprocket to it with a turbo it probably won't last long on there with the weight and power it'll need to pull two two tyres and extra weight. Not the best of bikes to try and trike, but if you had something like a gpz550 shaft drive would be easier. But I'd like to see what you decide to do and how you get on with this project.

The first bike I drooled over. Lovely.

yeah man, olease do a full restoration, its a crackin bike.

Restore it bit of tlc can work wonders 👍

Keep it as a bike, smash the boost into it!!! 😈😈😈😈

I had one, loved it. But it had an annoying habit of not revving up. Couldn’t get to the bottom of it so sold it on...

Please always check oil level before trying to start

Doh trike it mo mon. Classics these am. 30 years old now. They’ll be rare as most of em were thrashed about as courier & commuter bikes. Oh, check the oil!

They were a great mid range bike

Change oil immediately i wouldn't start it anymore untill changed. I am sure being stuck outside so long the oil would be completely contaminated with condensation

wish i could get one of them for £20 !... but i would restore it to its full potential use some deox-C in the tank its the best stuff to use loads of youtubers who restore use it... believe me being a motorcyclist myself a turbo on that bike will probably blow up as soon as u stick the turbo on and start it.....any motorcycle engine needs special parts when sticking on a turbo... your looking at a change of pistons etc..... if ur going to make anything with the engine in something is a go cart.....

The familiar sound of a 2 cylinder Kawasaki motorcycle.

Thought you would have taken the plugs out first, put some lube in, before even spinning the engine ! Just restore the bike, or give to someone who can.

I'd restore her mate.

I would keep it as a moter bike as is

A tin of easy start would have shortened this video by a fair whack. Good to see someone messing about with bikes though. Old school work with what you got style.

Warming the spark plugs would have helped to start it.

Restomod do the turbo then restor the bike. Itd be a sleeper

The diagrams leak on the carbs what are a pig to find the replacements and getting the carbs set up it near on impossible

restore it Bloke

Great bike had two dispatched one had 175 tho in the end watch the water pumps their a bastard to put new seals and exhaust apart from that a quick machine

Starting old Kwaks: NO throttle, full choke. She'd have gone right away but you were making the mixture too weak

Yessssir!!! Loved that start up was so excited my self 😊

Fantastic little bike 125 MPH are they komp k tyres??. Worth every penny.

I fooking love KAWASAAAKKIIIIIIIIII Matt - The Workshop - excellent vid.

A 19 minute video of a man trying to start a motorbike. SPOILER ALERT: It does! Don't watch unless you absolutely have 20 precious minutes of life to spare...

Can't believe my mate swapped his rgv 250 for one of the he thought he was Tom Cruise. I do tell him it was the 900 he needed

I will look forward to seeing the development of the project mate. Nice to know that the engine runs and isn't completely toast. I like the idea of the fire engine trike bike plan. All the best.

Why don't you fix it up, paint it red and turn into an Extreme Garage Fire & Rescue Service motorbike? Forget about the drift bike idea.

first thing i would have checked is if i have a spark tbh

Sounds a bit knocky but am sure you will manage to sort it out 👍👍

drift trike or cafe racer or dunno just fuck about with it and have some fun ahah

The crank is the weak link, so turbo would be nice, just not a lot of boost

Your mic setup needs changing to open loop not voice detection, very annoying.

At the time they were't a bad bike, pretty quick for a twin pot.

Plugs out..airbox off..spray carb cleaner in to fire it up

If I was you I will restore it or turn it onto a cafe racer . trust me that what I'm planning for my near future

I bought a house for a drink will be next video?

Well done for getting it started and love the fire engine videos

Man ur lucky bloke. I would kill to have one of those bikes. Can't find them around here. Watch the movie Top Gun. U will change ur mind about ripping her up.

Has the Dennis Sabre fire engine project finished then?

Restore it !

Restore pls

If you RIP this bike apart you will get ripped apart in the comment section. This is why there aren't alot of good old bikes left

Fix it up and raffle it Ive had 7 of these bikes Please dont change it from what it should be