如果是定义的一个20世纪80年代的自行车，这将是川崎GPZ900R。有会是少数，将给予它的钱跑了;原来本田飓风，当然，但在游戏后期走过来。汉斯穆斯设计的铃木武士刀，太，但在那辆有革命性的造型，它的机械位是相当标准。

就不是这样GPZ900R！它有造型，机械位，奠定了大口径超级摩托车了基础，几十年。但不仅如此，它也是一个流行文化偶像，多亏了小电影从1986年称为...壮志凌云。

壮志凌云红极一时，销售者一个人的梦想。它欺骗了成千上万young'uns到加入美国海军，他们都认为他们会是战斗机飞行员，但最终脱皮土豆，刮漆。少令人失望，这也说服成千上万易受摩托车手和崇拜者，如果你想成为酷派为汤姆·克鲁斯和评分像凯莉·麦吉利斯小鸡，自行车在使用这样的冒险是川崎GPZ900R的。新利18苹果强大的动力，真的！凯利莉丝的梦想可能从未意识到，但GPZ900R肯定没有满足的需求，对速度的需要。

除了巧妙的植入式广告，为什么是GPZ900R这样的打击？易这是革命性的，当它走了出来。其他自行车（铃木GSX-R750，尤其是）很快黯然失色，但它是一个强大的自行车，有大将之风。

出来时的口号是，这是“世界首款液冷直列四缸超级摩托车。” Previous GPZ models were air/oil-cooled, as was most of the competition in the early 1980s.时代的超级摩托车是通常约为1000毫升，并经常结束了大口径套件，作为总的态度是，有没有更换位移。所以这是一个奇怪的，大胆的，选择川崎去900毫升的容量，但如果你看上面的视频，你会看到有推理这种选择的背后。川崎想建立一个引擎，是更紧凑，提高了离地间隙和也更容易塞进整流罩。看看70年代末和80年代初的老超级摩托车，你会看到很多业主安装了发动机护，保护情况下，当他们开始拖动零件。这不会是必要的GPZ，因为它不仅拥有更小的块（无需笨重的空气散热片等），但其他部位周围的气缸排被巧妙地融为一体，一切以节省空间。

再有就是整流罩。车身被开始流行在上世纪80年代，但很少有自行车被作为plasticked向上的GPZ。It was the new superbike look, of sporty machines that were intended not just for street thrills, but to win races on-track (ironically, if you look at some modern “naked” bikes, they’ve basically got the same fairing as the GPZ;检查出的艾普瑞利亚Tuono一个很好的例子）。

这些天，钢架将使性能迷冷笑，适度113马力将是令人嘲笑，16英寸前和18英寸后轮将是可笑。但在当时，这是所有热的东西。

在它的发行，新900是一个即时的赢家，因为它钉在全方位发挥作用的是80年代的头脑发热了。你想要一个强大的道机，一个可以在直道上，大量的空间，乘客和飞行员拖拉在显示的可伸缩，火箭舰加速？900填补该法案。或者，也许你想在生产赛车支架顶端机器？900是你的自行车。本田飓风做了很多同样的，当它沿着在十年结束时来了，但它更精致。该GPZ过的主Humungus-吨肌肉的天赋，包裹在刚够车身，让大家知道这是多么严重。

这也帮助了一代人的摩托车准备爬上食物链。孩子们学会了在小型机车和dual-sports in the ’70s had moved on to air-cooled musclebikes in the late ’70s and early ’80s, and were ready to find a sharp-handling new machine that could still satiate their lust for power.Alas, it was only a temporary fix, like all drugs, but it was very much the right product at the right time.

The GPZ was soon superseded in its role as Kawi’s top superbike, but hung on for years in many markets, and was only discontinued in the Japanese domestic market in the early 2000s, an almost-unbelievable run for a sport bike.

With that in mind,this 1986 model, for sale in the UK， is even more interesting.Unlike other bikes from the ’80s, the GPZ remained in production for so long that parts were being built fairly recently, as long as you don’t mind some mixing and matching.It looks in relatively good nick for a 34-year-old bike, certainly with some signs of usage, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, if you’re buying a bike to ride, not to look at.The ad says it’s been off the road for a few years, but just had a major servicing (“Valve Inspection, Carb Strip, Fluids, Seals, Bearings And A New Clutch Master Cylinder“) and has a current MOT.At the asking price, £4,499, you could certainly get something newer, but would it have the old-school cool that this machine has?Probably not.Buy it, before the Top Gun 2 marketing drives the price up.More details ateBay， or atGTSuperbikes.com.