1984 GPz 750. Not the level of craftsmanship seen on most of the threads here, but owned since 2002 and subjected to much love and tinkering nevertheless.

 

looks good, I don't know too much about these bikes so I can't tell what you have done to it. Looks clean for its age though.

 

Nice lookin GPz!

'83 was a good year...I graduated high school that year...hard to believe it's been 23 yrs!

 

Nice, good shape. I see a corbin there, that is an expencive pice these days.
I have an 86' GSXR 750 with a little less than 7k miles on the clock. Corbin, GSXR1100 shock and a full Yoshi exhaust.
was in excelent shape till i tried to see how strong the plastics are against the asphalt. but no biggie. nothing 300 bucks can't fix.

 

Works shock, springs, emulators, 810 pistons, seals, bearings, jet kit, coils, etc. etc. I'm out of work and not even a nibble on my ebay opening bid of $2K. We live in interesting times.

 

An air cooled GSXR 750 has been an object of my desire for many years. I want the one that has 17" wheels but retains the "oil cooled" original engine, I think they only made 'em like that for a year or two.

Don't really know what it is about old stuff that appeals to me - maybe it's that the level of technology is frozen in time. The GPz just seems to lend itself to being taken apart, it's never 100% perfect, but is usually easy to diagnose and responds well to being fixed. I'd never been into an engine before this one, but I installed the big pistons, ported the head, performed a 3 angle valve job and degree'd the cams right in my own garage. It would sure be nice if life gave out do-overs the same way old motorcycles do. I love my Superhawk too, but it is more of an appliance - not that fun to work on with its mass centralization and all those little plastic clips and such. Got to check the valves this winter and (I suppose) replace the CCT's and not looking forward to it at all.

Too bad you wadded your GSXR. Here's hoping that your fix will add to its mistique.
-Ken

 

23 years?

 

Obviously it wasn't a good school district!!! LOL!!!

J.