The Ninja - How Kawasaki Made a Sportbike Legend

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@fattui 7 лет назад

My 7 year old brother will see a sports bike and immediately blurt out "ooh ooh, is that a Kawasaki ninja!?"

@Makuhesa 3 года назад

You better shove his brain with squid knowledge or else😂

@uzuiiv 8 месяцев назад

Wonder if he’s still into bikes 6 years later 👋

@Mechs2002 7 лет назад

Man, this video was right on time. I just upgraded from a Yamaha R3 to a 2010 Ninja ZX-6R, and I love it. The sound, the speed, the look! It's amazing. One day I have to try the ZX-10R, but I'll be content with the 6R for a long time.

@M16xDr0pSh0tz 6 месяцев назад

shoulda got a 636

@thomasruiz2307 7 лет назад

I just bought a 2007 ninja 250r as my first bike. It runs and i bought it for $500 with 14,000 miles and a bunch of scratches. I feel like I won the lottery.

@dorijandorijan7220 6 лет назад

Thomas Ruiz good for you man👍

@johnroe3915 6 лет назад

Good deal.

@MXRiderFiftyTwo 6 лет назад

Treat it good,and it will see you through till your next bike.

@viveremilitareest9281 6 лет назад

Once you move onto a bigger sport bike (zx6r is gorgeous to ride) you will appreciate making the choice to start small. I spent 4 years on a 250 and it feels like I'm starting all over again on a 600. Good choice you made

@therealtubeplayer 6 лет назад

You did! First gear wheelies for days.

@gurrenridin 7 лет назад

I remember the first time I ever rode on the back of a bike. Was on my uncle's 1992 ZX-6. 70mph through the 30mph twisties behind the mall on my 14th birthday. Took me way too long to get on my own wheels, but I have to admit it was a Ninja that inspired me to start riding.

@rheniformer 7 лет назад

In 1998 the ZX9R had more hp, was quicker and faster than the 1998 CBR900. Oh, it weighed 2 pounds more. The ZX9R was the first attainable machine on the planet to get under 10 seconds in the quarter mile bone stock, no gear or tire change from the show room. No body seems to get that!

@gixxerdave7803 5 лет назад

I have a 2003 zx9r and I can attest that it is a very quick bike and doesnt lose often.

@MalShakur 5 лет назад

I get it and remember 98 very well. Ricky Gadson did the honors too.

@dk2428 5 лет назад

@@gixxerdave7803 I've put 70000kms on one of those, brilliant bike!

@Cleanin83 7 лет назад

Isnt the GPZ900R the bike Tom Cruise road in Top Gun??

@sirenswiss3697 7 лет назад

Exactly, that's it! A legendary motorcycle, definitely

@howardwhitaker1556 6 лет назад

Dustin Daniels Yes, it was a '85

@0Zolrender0 3 года назад

Yes and thats why in TopGun 2 he is on a H2.

@Shimmoda 7 лет назад

Do MotoGP and it's history!

@bc9477 7 лет назад

i'm a proud owner of a gpz 900r, was my dream bike since I was a mid watching TopGun. With the money pit into that bike (around $6000) I could buy a modern bike, but I woudln't trade it for anything

@650ib 7 лет назад

Excellent video, I love the history lesson! Now you need to ride my H2 and crap your pants :-)

@baffled4life 7 лет назад

Yam, i am super impressed with all the content that you have been putting out. Great job, love watching it all. You're hard work is not in vain!

@desfrias 7 лет назад

i have to admire how you can put out such quality content with such frequency! saw your earlier video about how you were going to it, not a lot of people can follow through though! Keep up the solid work my man!

@calebspeer4596 7 лет назад

i love your vids keep it up!!

@2dogsstottie 7 лет назад

Nice one Yammie Noob Knowing how complicated the 80's and 90's were with bikes as all manufacturers wanted to be "Top Dog" You have done well here. You did miss the fact that the bike that stared in "Top Gun" was a GPZ900R Ninja (USA) A5 I digress. Keep up the good work mate. From the land of OZ.

@Hidernity 7 лет назад

Definitely Husqvarna, with their hundreds of owners :D

@JoseSierradeLeste 7 лет назад

Hidernity hahahahaha FTW!!!

@Hidernity 7 лет назад

Jose Sierra And also because I own a Husqvarna myself c:

@htown_n1ck_007 7 лет назад

really digging these history vids. keep it up!!

@rabidturtles359 7 лет назад

Thanks for the history lesson, will stay tuned for more!

@reelizt 7 лет назад

keep doing Vids like this man you're coming up in the world I've been watching you since about 9000 or 10K Subs. watched your style develop and mature. you doing good stuff man it's different unique and refreshing.

@Clon989898 7 лет назад

Yes! liking the content! keep it coming, Id love to see a GSXR history vid

@jurassiclizzard 7 лет назад

The good old GPZ 900 R! I've wanted one ever since I first watched Top Gun! Tom Cruise made that bike look way bigger than it actually is though lol.

@FreeRider1959 7 лет назад

Yammie thanks for posting this. I love my 2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R even more having spent last weekend at COTA/RideSmart for my very first track days.

@skunkszedd9439 7 лет назад

Thanks for the awesome video . Keep up the good work😀

@Society2 7 лет назад

I love Yamaha's triples and the great performance they put out, but find myself just preferring Kawi's for their ergonomics and awesome sport touring selection. The intake sound on the ninja 1000 is fucking giggle inducing.

@BedBug38 7 лет назад

Top vid. Really enjoying this series

@latintorque 7 лет назад

Love your videos ! Keep up the good work

@jagz03 5 лет назад

Totally ignored the ZX12R in answer to the hyabusa and super blackbird. The speed race that brought about the ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ between the big 4 to put a cap on speed of production motorcycles the 300kph, which in turn led to focus on electronics and handling. An overall bonus for the bike industry. History man. Beautiful.

@Sqwuibbly 7 лет назад

Love these style of videos! Keep it up yam

@TG93Handle 7 лет назад

I'm liking these kinds of videos. Good job Yammie.

@danielsilvis203 6 лет назад

Thank for the video! I'm liter bike bro 40 years old and ride a 2013 ZX10R.

@oreobuttcrack4557 7 лет назад

Man these vids are good, Yam Bam.

@AUTOT3KHCL 7 лет назад

excellent work gammie goob! I learned some stuff and things from this

@ramosdave11 7 лет назад

thanks yammie! been looking forward for this one after u did the ducati history, planning to have a ninja soon.. wish me luck!!! 😁

@agentmartagentmart9122 6 лет назад

Great video ! Keep em coming !

@samsonraj6500 6 лет назад

Love it bro! GOD bless thanks for the beautiful video and the nice ending music man! 🤘😁😊

@fidelluna2727 7 лет назад

Yes I've been waiting for this one Kawasaki ftw! thanks Yammie 👐

@nihalnayak5483 7 лет назад

Great video Yammie!

@TheTwinPost 7 лет назад

That's one awesome video bro.... very informative.

@christians131 7 лет назад

love these videos keep it up

@xbladerunner 7 лет назад

Just before this vid I watched your 1299 vid. Great job. I have a 1299s now. And many years ago I had a 1990 ZX-7 H2. Not many people know that the 89 was known as the H1 and the 90 was the H2. Also many are not aware but the 1990 ZX-7 had many innovations that are by today's standards new on some bikes. It had a slipper clutch known then as a back torque limiter, a remote belt driven alternator that could be removed for racing to save weight (bike would run off just the battery for a total loss ignition). It also had baffles in the fuel tank. An expensive tank to produce. In fact no stock race bike today has a baffled tank. Also the 1990 street bike had many of the works race kits part from the 1989 race endurance bike. That 1990 ZX7 it one of the only bikes I ever regret selling.

@infaskjeeshorts5729 7 лет назад

Love your videos Yammie !!!

@colinzanelinington 7 лет назад

awesome video yammie

@daemoninkubus 7 лет назад

Nice video...... I still remember my first 1986 Kawasaki 600R it also had a GPZ motor on it with dampeners on the front forks.... thanks again

@mikizee 7 лет назад

A great video that earned a subscribe. More history vids!!

@2cool0 7 лет назад

see this is why i like your channel. because of videos like this. different stuff that is fun and interesting to watch.

@ARYAAN63 7 лет назад

You've got Quality content bro.You deserve more subs.

@VeroneMSX 4 года назад

4:50 - welcome to Poland

@ahmadi4853 7 лет назад

Love the man& motor fragments in your video, thats olscool dude

@ahmadi4853 7 лет назад

Yammie Noob love it, Still watch them, like used bike heaven, keep up the Good work, Greetings from Holland

@Alvaro-ef4wg 7 лет назад

love this type of vids

@abhinavmehra7204 7 лет назад

I would love to see these histories in no particular order 1 Honda Fireblade 2 Triumph (Because this is Yammie we're talking about!!!) 3 Maybe Harley Davidson?? Specifically how the name and brand gets such massive recognition today

@saucy01 7 лет назад

I love these series!!! Make more!!!

@oooda231 7 лет назад

what about my poor ninja ex500? my baby gets no love, like the black sheep of the ninja family

@9am53 5 лет назад

Chakat Silvertail I like the 500 and have gotten a lot of new riders to start on it, and I know of 2 guys who went back to a 500 in their 60s because of the simple inexpensive no frills great simple fun it is

@Prich319 4 года назад

My first bike was a 2006 crimson ex500. I rode that horse for seven years, 46,000 miles, and four season New England weather, up to and including a blizzard. I rode it until the engine finally gave up the ghost and died never to be resurrected. I loved tearing through Rockport via Annisquam along the back shore to the breakwater and back. Hell, I even took it through and under Boston streets once. I miss that bike.

@jaymood6607 4 года назад

The ex500 was my first bike, now I own a gen 2 ZX14.. I've owned 2 gen 1 ZX14 and also a zx12.. all great bikes

@mariusm5187 7 лет назад

Love these videos!!!

@lameyo77 7 лет назад

thank you for enlightening us yammie

@davidlynch1464 7 лет назад

I'm loving these bike history videos, Yammie! It'd be cool if you could do the Hurricane/CBR.

@Mafr0 7 лет назад

great video mate!

@coryl.4623 7 лет назад

This is dope. I'm gonna like this line of vidz.

@1xRacer 7 лет назад

Love these vids

@Tomas_42 7 лет назад

Amazing video 🤜🤛👌

@Ojisan642 7 лет назад

Triumph! (This has been a very good series, btw)

@zekryst9003 6 лет назад

0:07 i like how you say lime green and then its a black ninja haha

@kgalexandre 7 лет назад

Nice!! Somehow I knew this was coming!!

@binksters_dad 7 лет назад

Yams. Do the history of the gsxr. Loving this series you have going. Keep up the good work 👍

@evanudvarnoky8909 7 лет назад

Never been this early on a Yammie Noob vid!

@riderbro9909 6 лет назад

Superb video..😍 & Awesome voice....🤗

@gooondie 7 лет назад

Love your channel dude, more videos like this please! Maybe something on Honda cb's?

@knerdrider 7 лет назад

Well done! I'd love to see vids on the Honda CB and Suzuki GS. The Honda Pacific Coast 800 is an interesting one too - I had one for a few years.

@r1bayside276 7 лет назад

Nice vid dude.

@ReezLah. 6 лет назад

Great video!

@motooppGTA 7 лет назад

nice video yammie boy being a kawacocky rider myself I appreciate ! but you for got about the new 2017 ZX10RR they add a whole nother R can you believe it ? 😂

@orbitalair2103 7 лет назад

I like your closing statement cause its right. I could write 10 minutes worth of stuff on the lineup history of the 600R, but most don't care anyways. Unless you happen across a 1986 600RX as they only imported 1000 units to the USA.!! I did have and rode for a while a 1991 600R. The 70hp was pretty tame, it was narrow, easy to work on, but had a goofy 16.5" rim set that NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE made tires for. I managed to get my hands on a set of 10 year old OEM tires and then sold it. Oh, and no pic of the 900 from topgun? or did you jsut assume everyone would know that? haha. Keep em coming, great video.

@gregbrittain673 7 лет назад

I've got a ninja 650 2017 model as my first bike, loving it so far. Planning on keeping this for 2 years then upgrading to zx6r or a Triumph Daytona.

@novacounciloutsdrs4770 10 месяцев назад

I was at my dealership today and they had a 1986 Ninja 1000. I was totally blown away at standing on front of the first gen Ninja. It was so tall. They also had a 1994 GSXR 1000. It was so cool..

@alexromero2632 7 лет назад

Hell yea thanks for this. exactly what I wanted

@nikhilk2809 6 лет назад

Thankyou for the info

@9am53 5 лет назад

Just a few comments/corrections. The GPz moniker came out in 1981 with the 550,750,and 1100 models these were the sporty versions of their Ujm counterparts. The GPz900r came out in 1984 and in the literature is referred to as zx900a1. The zx and gpz nomenclature were both used together before that. The second gen gpz1100 (bathtub head) in 1983 was called zx1100a1 in the literature (in the shop manual from Kawasaki). Notice the 1990 zx11 was a C model? They phased out the gpz nomenclature more or less until 1995 when they had that gpz1100 sport touring thing. Also, the gpz900r ran until 2003 when the zzr1200 was out, not the zzr1100 as that ended years before. I currently have a 1984 900r and a 2002 zzr1200 and have owned an 82 gpz550 and 83 gpz1100. Basically since 1984 any fully faired sport bike meant for track or for beginners/normal people who want the cache of the sport bike heritage got the ninja name. Anyways. I like Kawasaki :)

@mitch3384 7 лет назад

You're doing excellent with these history vids, really good content so keep it up. I don't say that as one of the proud Ninja 300 riders you called 'true missiles with their bikes'.. just trying to be honest.

@MrCirclecityrabbit 7 лет назад

Would love to see a Triumph history video man, such a great lineage all the way back to the early days of MotoGP and cafe racers etc.

@kevinkulczyk4324 7 лет назад

that was a lot of Zeez i heard hurt my ears a bit haha. used to the UK Zed

@blankbrian 7 лет назад

Really good history lesson. You're good at it!! Even though all the letters and numbers kinda got confusing

@ceovillegas 6 лет назад

Great video 🤧👏🏿👏🏿

@Forestamp2024 7 лет назад

Your videos are really cool,did you have any serious crashes or broken bones? :D

@RT22-pb2pp 6 лет назад

Had brand new 1985 600r was fast and bullet proof, had it 5 yrs put 60k plus miles. Oil tires brakes chain and sprockets.Sold it for 2k paid 3299 for it. Had original plugs in it LOL Saw redline a lot, never lost to any 600 of the day and never let me down. Best bike I ever owned.Fun fast and bullet proof. TOUGH clutch too, learned to drag launch on it and clutch never slipped and was also still stock at 60k miles.

@hymn1337 7 лет назад

Interesting video, but I feel like you failed to mention the big race wars of the 90s. between the blackbird, Zx-11, and busa. Otherwise, very interesting and informative. I agree, if you did a FULL kawasaki history video, it'd probably be 30-45 minutes long. I'd still watch it though.

@hymn1337 7 лет назад

Maybe you could do a seperate video detailing the 90s speed war, and how that affected all bikes today. Thats one of my favorite motorcycle stories out there.

@Twinspinner 7 лет назад

hymn1337 yeah. I'm still waiting on Regular Car Reviews to make their video on the speed wars but I don't think it is going to happen

@hymn1337 7 лет назад

Huh?

@Twinspinner 7 лет назад

hymn1337 I agree with you that yammie should make a video on the speed wars. There is another RU-vid channel called Regular Car Reviews that mentioned they wanted to make a documentary about it, but that was like 2 years ago and they haven't made it yet

@neorabado8990 5 лет назад

Zx-11? I didn't even know that existed! That's sick

@bfitnessjoe 5 лет назад

fun bike man have fun on it !

@0Zolrender0 3 года назад

I have owned a Kawasaki GPZ1000XX 88', ZXR750 93', a ZX6R 99', and now a ZX10R 2010. I love them all but that ZXR750 steals my heart.

@Ericlearnstosing 7 лет назад

These are dope!

@allanmarshmellow7697 5 лет назад

Thanks for appreciating kawasaki.. Solid kawasaki user.

@freedomofmotion 7 лет назад

I had a GPZ 500 ( ninja 500 ex) I loved it, plenty of power for a 500 and its 0-60 could keep up with bigger bikes fairly easy ( bandits and gsx600fs anyway, probably not better than a modern 600 mind you) The air box on it was designed by acoustic engineers rather than regular motorcycle engineers. They were highly tuned straight from the factory and no amount of tinkering with fueling or exhausts really made any different. They use the same engine in the old er 500 and the GPZ version they managed to squeeze 10 horsepower extra out the engine and more torque. Just different cams, air box and a twice as heavy fly wheel and you got a light tiny little power house of a bike. I honestly Recommend giving one a test ride if you ever get a chance, especially if someone has fitted a decent set of stubby cans on it, such am angry sounding bike, I had some 225mm delkevic stubies on mine and I never had to angrily red line my bike at anyone, just a little blip and the bike would deliver a loud deep boom far more effective than any horn XD

@nickgandy3 7 лет назад

My first big bike was an 89 cbr f1 hurricane loved it, but now i own a 02 zx6r and my god its bloody amazing

@smith2924 7 лет назад

I'd love to see a Fireblade history video in the near future!

@CaptainRev-It 7 лет назад

My favorite brand! Would love to see a video on Suzukis bikes too, but under 15 min

@deekay336 7 лет назад

When you were talking about Kawasakis history at the end. During the 1920s-40s they also made bombers, aircrafts, and missiles. Also in the 90s they made a scouting/recon helicopter that could be armed to the tee.

@matthewsinger9639 7 лет назад

I'm getting a 1994 Honda CBR600 F2 so seeing something about that line from the 90s would be great!

@sosnikov 7 лет назад

Have you ever considered career as a historic program voice? Awesome job man! You will be the next Sir David Attenborough :D

@jmoz 7 лет назад

Nice vid. I have the infamous 2003 636.

@nungiceman 7 лет назад

There was the ZXR400 as well. In line 4, 400cc ninja. That thing was a pocket rocket. Love that bike.

@MrMrabaunza 7 лет назад

6:14 that was my very first bike I still have it almost 9 years later. it was and still is a great commuter bike.

@bitingdogg3236 7 лет назад

I really enjoyed your Ninja feature. I owned one briefly. It was awesome! I think it could bend space/time😇 Peace, BD🐩

@johnshields6852 Год назад

In 1986 I bought the only brand new vehicle I ever had at Boston bike show, the 1986 ninja 1000, they came in red and black, I got the red, back then that bike was the fastest machine on the road, I never even saw another one for about a year, smooth, fast, I loved 30 miles from my job, lived close to the hwy, I'd leave at 2:50am and get there in 7 minutes, being early for work which started at 3:00am. I loved that bike, I miss it more than my exes.