Comments on: Kawasaki and Eddie Lawson

By: John Askew

John Askew — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:05:27 +0000

Fantastic Bikes, in South Africa I owned a KZ1000, ZR1100 and finally an EddiE Lawson Replica with a GPZ1100 motor in it. I had the best times of my life on these bikes.

By: Doug lupo

Doug lupo — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:24:13 +0000

I’m selling my 2000 zrx1100. Mint condition always garaged never seen rain 17k miles on it

By: bob beal

bob beal — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:12:57 +0000

if anyone is interested in buying a turnkey racing kz1000j i have one id like to sell intact,very well developed superbike for vintage racing,i can furnish specs and pics to any interested party. those pics on your site of the japanese racebikes is very cool,ive met eddie lawson s and he is one of the nicest guys ive ever met, he was my racing idol in the day.

By: The Annoyed Man

The Annoyed Man — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:12:19 +0000

My first and second bikes were a 1983 GPz 550 and a GPz 750. I roadraced the 750 in 1985, ‘86, ‘87, and ‘88 with the ARRA in SoCal. It had a 785cc Yoshimura high compression piston kit (11.5:1, if I recall correctly), Mikuni smoothbores, a Yoshimura exhaust system, Fox shock and a rebuilt and shimmed front end. It was fast for a GPz, but noticeably slower than the FZ750s and GSXR 750s I found myself racing against. Still, it was a whole lot of fun.

I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for large displacement standards like your ZRX1200R, and I wouldn’t mind picking up a used one somewhere. I haven’t owned a bike for 20 years now, but my last two street bikes were a 1986 GS1150E, and an ‘86 FJ1200. There’s a lot to be said for a big, powerful bike with more rational ergonomics that has acceptable handling for most uses.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:19:13 +0000

Great history lesson. Bike Wish List – ZRX 1100/1200, KZ900/1000, GPZ750 Turbo!

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 13:43:45 +0000

Ed, love your new bike! Can wait tic see it in person. Congrats!

By: Party O'Possum

Party O'Possum — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 19:06:25 +0000

https://imgflip.com/i/1npkt0

By: Mike Ashleigh

Mike Ashleigh — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 04:06:17 +0000

Jealous! Thats been on my list of bikes to own since I got my 550. Thought this might be a little too plastic for you.

Fun fact: ZX1100 6 Speed drops right in

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:33:47 +0000

Very cool. A million for Eddie’s ELR. That’s crazy! You need to repaint that purple blue and then get a GPZ1100 to fill in the gap between the Z1 and the ZRX.