Movie Motorcycles: Maverick's Kawasaki GPZ 900R; Top Gun 

Really? I had a 1986 900 Ninja with a different paint scheme (red, blue and white) and when I saw Tom dust the old Gpz900R in Top Gun II I almost had tears in my eyes, did you really restore them? did you have two units in your store?

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@@Alejandro-oi9cd I didn't restore In the +normal sense. We had 2 1984 Ninja 900 s for sale, One was in Cycle Trader. They repainted plastic and tank to look like a 1985 model. We installed the plastic they painted after they had bought the bikes from us.

@@lordabhikingfisher8087 Well, unlike yourself, I REALLY did sell the 2 bikes to Paramount. I'm in San Diego, they filmed the bike scenes in San Diego, and I took pictures.

@@rudedog3529 I remember reading Chris Dolan's comments on a Kawasaki forum verifying what you said. I used to follow him on Ebay (he had amazing bike collection that he sold off bike by bike) and YT, but haven't seen anything from him in years.

1986 model.

I had an 84 Kawi Gpz 750 and an 86 Ninja 1000R back then. Then came the 1986 GSXR's, had a few and been Team Suzuki since.

Why 16 inch wheels were killers?

@@albertmartin318 had a GPZ750, 1000R, and 2 87 GSXR750 & 1100

I raced those 16" tires on the track every weekend for 5 years straight as did my fellow club road racers and no one died. Idk wtf your talking about

@albert Martin those that know the difference between a good bike and a missile usually gravitate towards Suzuki - the best!

...😂😂😂 " I cant hear u !!".

Damn...haven't heard that name in decades. Jay Gleason. Motorcyclist had the best team

Agreed

@@MrGchiasson the need, for speed

@@theunknown4570 Nothing quite like it. I love it when neighbors ask, "Where ya going?". I tell them..."not sure yet." and rev it up and just....go.

@@theunknown4570 I rode to a local airport..you know..a few Cessna's and a private jet... Just riding on a back road alongside the main strip...alongside a two seater plane.. Not quite racing an F18..but it'll do.

Yip, riding nearly 40 years. Once your bitten your hooked. 👍

Never say never again.

@@marcparadis9647 Thanks 😊

kkkk

Eu sei que você é estrela do cinema . Trabalha . Tem seus negócios próprios . Falei sortudo de um modo espiritual. Não sabia o que comentar . Aí disse você é um sortudo. Mas quis dizer que você é abensuado espiritualmente é pelo profissional que você é. Sucesso.

@@joaquimalfredo1860 yess

@@joaquimalfredo1860 esse cara nao e o tom nao loko

Será que é a mesma do filme de 1985 top gun

New bikes wouldn't exist without the old. This was a ground breaking motorcycle when I was 20.

Bland

;)

It's fine not to wear a Helmut on a bike.... Until it's not.

did you see tom cruise wear them?

@@1979phill Same answer.

@@tomvana4270 in that case then your not a biker and shouldn't be riding bikes.

No. And now the bike is permanently mounted in front of the restored Top Gun house in Oceanside.

I not only sold the Ninja 900 s to Paramount, but was there on Laurel Street Hill when the Porsche and Ninja parked. I shot a picture of Tom Cruise on the bike and some pictures of the crowd that was there.

Get rekt. 1985 gpz900

@@drew8368 1984 Ninja 900re-painted to look sort of like an '85 model. I sold Paramount the bikes.

@@rudedog3529 yea I know I’ve seen all your comments. The original in 1986 was an 85. It was actually a 1985 Kawasaki GPz 900R A2.. which was the European model but it was refit with the “ninja” decals and different gauge cluster because Maverick needed the “American” version

@@drew8368 I don't know where you are getting all that from. How are you going to say it's a euro model ? They ( there were 2 of them ) were both 1984 models, re-painted to look like 1985. Movie came out May of 1986, but was filmed summer of 1985. I was also present during some of the filming and took pictures. Again, I sold the bikes to Paramount.

Good question. We don't know the answer for sure.

Fellow '86 Ninja 600R owner here. Mine's blue, pearl white, with red stripes. Purchased it in 1990 and it still looks almost new. Just checking in!

Replica

Bullshit ! I sold the 2 Ninja 900 s that Paramount used. Bike scenes filmed in San Diego. I took a few pictures of the filming, as well.

I've heard too that it was actually a 750 in the movie

@@rudedog3529 Ηe believed well and said what you want .... in the Top Gun of 1986 he drove I worked for 35 years only Kawasaki read the sides what they write .....

It's in Oceanside California on a mount

@@djft6944 Where in O side ? Would like to see for myself.

Oceanside, CA

San Diego and Oceanside.

Are you sure the GPZ in the movie was a 750 and not a 900R? Either way, I have a 2007 GSF 1250 Bandit with 225,000 miles on it. Runs like new. Still tears up the street.

@@LAMB53087 At first look, looks like a 750 turbo, but there was no big oil cooler on the turbo, remember, knew a guy with a GPZ900, the 900R, never knew, black and red,looked like a turbo. Kawasaki, Pah !!!, All about my late beloved 05 Bandit 650i., one very careful, cautious owner, who basically ran it in for 15,000 miles, the throttle response??, Quicker than an Arcade game. Your bullet proof 1200 Bandit, long may it stay Healthy, heard on good authority, the 1200,:had more mid-range torque, than the 1250i. LLLLucky you. I ACHE for my late beloved Bandit, take care??, can't it's a Bandit, see gap, Bandit finds gap. All the Very best. Professor Bandit 650i.B.T.E. out. ps. Getting a PhD Masters Degree, in Bandit Torque Enjoyment only, nothing technical,was a total Joy,

@@LAMB53087 I thought you had a 1200, and not a 1250, just glanced before I replied. But a fuel inj.1250. Nice.

I sold the 2 Ninja 900 s that Paramount used.

Definitely 900r

Thought it was a 750 turbo, so black and red, had one nearly new, in 84. Turns out it's a 900.

Nope a 900

Still beating the dead horse: I not only sold the Ninja 900 s to Paramount, but was there on Laurel Street Hill when the Porsche and Ninja parked. I shot a picture of Tom Cruise on the bike and some pictures of the crowd that was there.

Bullshit ! I sold the 2 Ninja 900 s that Paramount used. Bike scenes filmed in San Diego. I took a few pictures of the filming, as well.

@@rudedog3529 give it up they just don't get it and never will. Especially the ones who say " he drives " a Motorcycle, you drive a car you ride a Motorcycle just like you ride a horse you don't drive a horse.

@@nickbonavita1379 I've been trying to enlighten the misinformed since 1986, so nothing new.

It was not a GPZ750. Did you not see the issues of Cycle world and Motorcyclist that covered the movie bike!

@@djft6944 I am referring to the original 'Top Gun' film, not the 'Maverick' version. Your sarcasm is not welcome, sonny.