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[punisher]

Hi,

It´s an neverending story but for the first time my GPZ 900 ist built up complete (the finsih is still to come ;)

So, the basic ist GPZ 900 anno 1985 (but it´s just only the frame and some other parts)

But it´s an GPZ 1100 Horizont Motor inside, the carburator ist in the moment ZRX 1100 but a mikuni RS38 is in the pipeline.

Fork: ZX9 with WP Suspension, Front Tire and Brakingdisks BMW R 1100 S, Back Tire: Zender (Car Customizing). Swingarm VFR 800. tank is an alu from PSS.

Tail ist from GEMO (Destroyer) with included LED´s, Exhaust: Supertrapp.

There are a lot of other details - but you know...

Regards, Erik

http://www.roadwarriors.de/gpz1.jpg
http://www.roadwarriors.de/gpz2.jpg
http://www.roadwarriors.de/gpz3.jpg
http://www.roadwarriors.de/gpz4.jpg

[Gix11]

Once that thing is painted it's going to look chunky and staunch. Love it mate. Nice work. Chalky, this should give you some ideas mate. It looks that fat and it's still running RWU forks!

Looking Good there Punisher, what color/scheme you gonna paint her?

What shock are you running? Currently looking around for a rear replacement for mine (an 85' as well). Just replaced the motor ($500 aus) and the replacement seems to be a good one, but only hard miles will prove it.

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"But it´s an GPZ 1100 Horizont Motor inside"
What ya mean by this mate? Are you using parts from the 90's GPz1100? And what is the tank from?

[punisher]

Hi,

the colour will be permutt-white with green and blue stripes (old-scool-racer).

i used a zx 9 fork with white power shock in front an the original showa shock from the vfr 800 rear.

the motor is from an 96er GPZ 1100 (a tourer), it´s the same body as the 900er 1000rx and zzr (even zrx) motors only the front attachment is another. the motor has 125 hp an 1049 ccm.

regards, erk

[03gixxerpilot]

nice and diffrent what swing arm and wheel combo are you running

[03gixxerpilot]

juxt noticed the handel bars, nice

[fimpBIKES]

fuckin lovely mate, love it


how about a pic with u on it, it must be TINY from the looks of things

[pottsy]

Hey man,
that is sick! Inspirational for me to see a old school kawa like that! How hard to fit was that swingarm?

[punisher]

thanx.

it isn´t really difficult to fit the swingarm in the gpz frame. you only have to choose the VFR 800, `cause this swingarm is open.

you have to diplace the footbegs, need 2 distances and a new alternation (i hope thes are the right words in english;) an ca. 150 hours endurance:D;)

regards, erik

[houle john]

me likey .
that's in your face , style.

[Razorback]

Tell me about the instruments... they look really cool.

[houle john]

clubman bars.....don't see those too often. fit the style of bike rather well.

[Slingblade]

quote:Originally posted by Razorback

Tell me about the instruments... they look really cool.


Thats one of the round Acewell units that Ben is selling. Just recessed into the headlight.

[03gixxerpilot]

hey punisher what rear wheel did you use was it a bike or car and if it was a bike which one did it come off

[punisher]

1. yes acewell is right - nice one
2. is it a car whell - 7x17" with 210 metzler marathon
3. we use this handelbar in the 80´s for our 80 ccm racer ;)

best regards, erik

[03gixxerpilot]

thanks mate

Used to see a lot of those bars in the late 70's & 80's, mainly on Kwaka's. They were the quickest and cheapest way of fitting 'clip-ons'.
And yes kiddies, there was a time when factory clip-ons just didn't exist, everyone had flat bars. :D