82 GPz for $1700, decent price?

[Griffin]

The stainless Kerker exhaust sounds really menacing on that bike, too.

[trippivot]

Are the GPz engines at their HP limit, or can more be gained with tweaks like; higher cams, porting?

I am sure there is , I'd also bet the connecting rods can handle more than we give them credit for. no pictures of the 82 I had way back in Utah.. I had a mint 84 in silver too , I left it alone and just rode it.

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[Buffalo Bill]

George's bike is KILLER.
The right bike for me! wrong time…bummer
Will be paying my income tax this April.

[Griffin]

I'll buy it now and sell it to you this summer for $3,000.

Actually, I've got the Yang to its Yin. My GPZ is a silver '84, with a stainless Supertrapp and K&N pods.

I like it tremendously. It doesn't steer as my GS700ES, but in long, 80+ mph sweepers, it's rock steady and quite confidence inspiring.

[Buffalo Bill]

Doh!
Next summer I'll have money in the bank, maybe enough to buy the squeaky clean and perfectly restored GPz750 Turbo from a guy I worked for just a couple weeks ago. I think he wants 6 grand.

[Griffin]

Here's my Gypsy:



Notice the difference in handlebar height/angle from George's bike.

[Buffalo Bill]

Kan't really see much in the pic of George's bike, but online it looks like about a 40mm difference.
I like the silver mo-betta, but silver, black or red all excellent.
Trippivot's was silver too.
Just about 6-7 years ago I missed an excellent 83 or 84 550 and 750 near me. Prices have only gone up since.

[Deuce]

I would think that if it had been wrecked (or just dropped) enough to lose the fairing, that the turn signals would have been damaged as well, and not replaced. I don't know though. Down here, if it has them, they have to work. If it doesn't have them, it will pass inspection without them.

[Griffin]

Kan't really see much in the pic of George's bike, but online it looks like about a 40mm difference.
I like the silver mo-betta, but silver, black or red all excellent.
Trippivot's was silver too.
Just about 6-7 years ago I missed an excellent 83 or 84 550 and 750 near me. Prices have only gone up since.

I got mine as you see it in that picture for $1,300. It was a case of a fellow down the street who couldn't ever get the jetting right, never rode it as a result, and was moving and needed to get rid of it. He listed it on Craigslist for a couple weeks for $2,000, then the weekend he was moving, in an act of desperation, asked me for my best offer.

I put a Stage III kit in it, adjusted the valves and sync'ed the carbs, and she ran beautifully. She's getting stainless brake lines, a sport luggage rack, and a Corbin seat this winter in preparation for the 2016 Brown County rally.

[83GS1100E_Tornado]

GPz1100...

The 750 Turbos were just as fast as the 1100's and worth much more on the collector market. Still my favorite GPZ!!!!

[Rob S.]

The 750 Turbos were just as fast as the 1100's and worth much more on the collector market. Still my favorite GPZ!!!!

For me, size matters. Looking at your stable, I think you agree. How 'bout we compromise? The KZ1000 TC!

[83GS1100E_Tornado]

For me, size matters. Looking at your stable, I think you agree. How 'bout we compromise? The KZ1000 TC!

Agreed! But if any of the Japanese bike makers would put a turbo or supercharger on a "smaller" displacement bike again, I'd line up for it! Think H2R! Had I just not spend 18K on a VMAX last year, I may have looked seriously into one of these!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At0g-t5xH8Y

[steve murdoch]

The 750 Turbos were just as fast as the 1100's and worth much more on the collector market. Still my favorite GPZ!!!!

So what if it has been swimming.

http://richmond.craigslist.org/mcy/5440870111.html

[83GS1100E_Tornado]

So what if it has been swimming.
http://richmond.craigslist.org/mcy/5440870111.html

Funny you posted that, I just saw a CBX listed by the same guy!!!!!

http://richmond.craigslist.org/mcy/5440858944.html

[Buffalo Bill]

Wow! The guy I mentioned before about having the museum quality GPz750Turbo, also had a white CBX in museum quality too.
He called me to fix the display lights over his 1962 BMW and 1953 Indian.
Long winded guy who did everything and made a lot of money, also said he and some friends were the first to ride across Bhutan.
He was 78 so I just listened to what he said, without questions.