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'83 GPz1100-A1 Stuff.
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:30 pm
by ZRX61
It hasn't happened yet, but I have room for it & the $$$. Now all I need to do is figure out how to get it here from Huntington Beach...or how to get to HB so I can ride it back.
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Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:35 pm
by KungFooBob
Still got the stock pipes, I guess thats due to the climate, looks like an aftermarket comfort seat tho?
How many miles?
Do they still have greyhound busses over there
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:35 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Nice, do the injection and ignition work as they should?
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:43 pm
by Count Steer
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:35 pm
Still got the stock pipes, I guess thats due to the climate, looks like an aftermarket comfort seat tho?
How many miles?
Do they still have greyhound busses over there
Don't think Greasy Greyhound would help it's only on the other side of LA.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:53 pm
by Skub
Looks a clean one.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:08 pm
by Bigjawa
My first "big" bike.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:16 pm
by ZRX61
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:35 pm
Still got the stock pipes, I guess thats due to the climate, looks like an aftermarket comfort seat tho?
How many miles?
Do they still have greyhound busses over there
27,000 miles. He also has the stock seat.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:17 pm
by ZRX61
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:35 pm
Nice, do the injection and ignition work as they should?
Apparently it runs like it did the day it left the dealership. Everything works.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:54 am
by ZRX61
WooT! Guy is willing deliver it so I don't have to go 120 miles across LA to get it
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 7:08 am
by Dickyboy
That sure does look pretty - mate still has one languishing in his garage, thinking that pic might get him motivated but I doubt it
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:40 am
by Supermofo
That California weather sure does help bikes age! It's damper than a penguins flip flops here at the moment, despite it being a clear/dry day.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 11:02 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
ZRX61 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 11:17 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:35 pm
Nice, do the injection and ignition work as they should?
Apparently it runs like it did the day it left the dealership. Everything works.
Those are about the only things that go wrong with them so all should be good.
Wiring can wear where it goes through the headstock, but that's the case for any old bike
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 4:24 pm
by ZRX61
A few years ago, some bloke was selling one of those Kaw factory electronics diag machines, regretting not buying it then... now looking on Ebay for one.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 5:05 pm
by Skub
Ya need to start a thread in the 'owners/projects' section,otherwise this one will drop off the page pretty fast.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:55 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
ZRX61 wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 4:24 pm
A few years ago, some bloke was selling one of those Kaw factory electronics diag machines, regretting not buying it then... now looking on Ebay for one.
The igniter box on mine died, Kawasaki wanted £600 odd for a new one (no used ones about) so I replaced the whole ignition with a Dyna 2000 setup
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:58 pm
by Skub
Some folk convert them back to carbs.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 9:16 pm
by ZRX61
Skub wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 5:05 pm
Ya need to start a thread in the 'owners/projects' section,otherwise this one will drop off the page pretty fast.
It's not here yet...probably gonna be after Chrimble
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 9:19 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Skub wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:58 pm
Some folk convert them back to carbs.
Mine has Mikuni RS34s, I think I'd rather have fuel injection as it hardly gets ridden and modern fuel gums up the pilot jets, I drain the carbs every time after it's run but it still has problems.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 9:23 pm
by KungFooBob
Would a modern EFI setup work better, make more BHP?
Stick a set of GSXR1000 throttle bodies on it and a Megasquirt ECU.
Re: '83 GPz1100 A1...
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 9:34 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 9:23 pm
Would a modern EFI setup work better, make more BHP?
Stick a set of GSXR1000 throttle bodies on it and a Megasquirt ECU.
Probably, people have used the mega squirt and the original throttle bodies with good results. TBH I can't really be arsed to spend much on it as I like owning it more than riding it
