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Yamaha also made a turbo around that time: the Seca 650 turbo. I bought the non-turbo version brand new back in 1981. Lots of cool bikes at that show for sure! Funny, our riding season is just getting started here in southern Arizona!

Another great video! We lived in the best of times for motorcycling. "If I had to ride a Harley..." Hilarious!!! Thank you for all the effort. What bike did you ride to the show? (Or were you forced to drive for your camera gear?)

Excellent quality on the presentation, and the bikes were a great collection of interesting models. You know your stuff too.

When do the Ephrata events resume in ‘25? I’ve always wanted to go but cannot figure out where and when

It was both, thanks !

I have a 2021 titanium grey / green 900rs here in the uk, absolutely love it! Great review 👍🏼

Such a gorgeous ride

Yeah man 👍🏼👍🏼when i think of my first addictive view of a bike i picture those early kawasaki z1 styles….which led me to my first bike which looked very similar ,a kawasaki 650 (think it was a csr 650 ? ) which had some weird tall sissy/ grab bar ….the tall sissy bar had to go immediately but it was all part of the side seat grab bars and wouldve been a headache for a teenager to remove and replace ($ i didnt have as i was paying the bike already with no real job) so out came the hack saw 🤷🏼‍♂️😬…after which it looked just like those z1’s and went like a raped ape (as we use to say back then in the 80’s lol)

I keep wanting to go back and walk around. Guess I will have to wait until next year.

Nice video. I have a question for somebody. Why do some add a header to a motorcycle? For example, I would think an inline 4 would get more exhaust out quicker with four pipes? Cheers from the Finger Lakes!

I’d take the rvf400. And paint a solo tail up with rc45 decals on it

The real showstopper has to be the Honda RVF ---a.k.a NC-35 younger brother of the legendary RC-45 . I have seen one in a motorcycle repair shop without the fairing and tail unit , it was so complicated and daunting for home servicing work .

Excellent Jon! Thank you.

Thanks for showing my Kawasaki LTD750. It was nice meeting you.

First comment.

GSX in Australia too but a bigger fuel tank. 11.5 seconds over the quarter bog stock. Very enjoyable bike to ride. Had the 81 and used to race a guy I would ride with, he had the new GPZ1100. He had to work hard to get to the front 😁. Many, many fun times. From the get go, sitting on this bike felt like everything was in exactly the right position. For a big bike it was great to throw around and not too hard to put on the back wheel either, just a joy to ride.

Only problem is carbs are a pig to remove

I had the FJ 1200 1985 model, it was a nice bike for mountain road trips. Wish i still had it.

One sitting in the junk yard in Pa not far from me. Still has good instrument cluster and headlight assembly on it. Gas tank is all dented. I just pulled the good original seat. Not sure where you are in Pa?

This motorcycle was built for Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is very heavy and it is the hardest to drive it in first gear. When a certain angle is turned to the left or right, it is difficult to correct it. You must be a very strong man. Mine fell off a few times at 1 mph when I was revving it in a parking lot. Only auxiliary wheels can help here, which I really don't want to put on. Another big problem is instability at speeds above 100 mph. No one can solve these two problems. Regardless of everything, I love this motorcycle.

Would have loved fuel injection

I want to Thank you for all the knowledge you pass on .

I have its great grand son the eliminator 500 lol fun bike I’m hoping Kawasaki rolls out a 900 model the 500 is the ninja motor with a longer stroke fun bike great for beginners and still fun for being a small cruiser

Love mine!

did you do any tunning to different exhausts? thanks

I ' ve owned a cb900f and cbx 1000(1978 silver). Very nice bikes, but the cbx ,as you have mentioned in this video, maintenance .....! Question for you? If you have to choose one bike to do it all , what would that be please?(regardless of that is Honda , Suzuki, etc....?).

Loved my RF was a brilliant bike in my opinion. Wish I still had one.AW

I bought 1 in 1982.Drove it for about three years as my only transportation drove it on snow. Added up to about a 145 miles an hour and it was completely safe and felt really good and controllable. And I did put a quarter faring on the front.That matched the black on the body absolutely loved it.

The 750 k was and still is a beautiful bike and even more so than the first cb 750 and what replaced them was not a patch on the 750 k just look at the styling and all that chrome my 79 750 k has the beautiful chrome star wheels and dual front discs brakes Has been off the road a long time but I will be working on it and we will ride again Phil Maguire meath lreland big big fan of the great JIM STIEMAN

what do you mean sounds amazing is a 2 cylinder sounds terrible almost like a harley ,..if you want a good sound try the gsx not this ...this sounds like a tractor or a snowblower ha ha

Iv'e almost ripped my arms outa the soclet on take off and had to pull the clutch in. Broke both shoulders in low speed high torque situtions with my armor. Scull woulda splattered if wasn't wearing a brain bucket!

I too would love to see the GPZ returned to stock! I love the fact that you take your time to think each project through and do it right. So often we say “ its good enough” and walk away somewhat unsatisfied! Look forward to more in the future!

That GPZ would be great ripping up the wastland in a Mad Max movie,the look is kinda bizarre but wow.

I like a real Kerker on those ,I had a Kz 900 ltd with a Kerker ,it had almost a whistle sound just fantastic

In 1978 I got my first bike. It was a used Honda CB360T. One day riding around in Omaha Nebraska, I stopped at a traffic light and a guy on a 1978 XS11 pulled up alongside. It was in Macho Maroon. Absolutely beautiful. I think he could sense my jealousy and felt I needed a show. When the light turned green, we made our left turn and as soon as we crossed some railroad tracks, he hit it hard. To this day, I have never seen an object disappear from sight as fast as that bike. It was a great afternoon.

Get the GPZ back to the way it was engineered.

I owned a 83 Gpz550, mono shock rear suspension rode that bike up and down interstate 5 in Calif. Great running bike, loved to run the canyons of Northern Calif.Wish I had the 1100😂

Just bought one! My winter project….nice little bike

That's pretty cool to have a bike from the past that so makes your day. I WISH I had such a bike, but I've mostly been glad to wave good-bye to bikes I've owned. You must have SOME garage and a BIG storage area!

I just listed mine on waco tx facebook marketplace

Nice clean looked after collection what a treat to see them and maybe own and ride them classics ❤❤😂😂

Hola Jhon. Me encanta la GPZ..debe ser buena para viajar por la proteccion frontal. Hay muchas diferencias con la modelo 81/82? Saludos Jhon

I admire your black pieces. Most such bikes were sun-bleached decades ago. It is interesting that the bike still has passenger pegs!

Does the Honda come with panniers? The Versys come with 2 panniers standard. Where is yours?

Way back when, being poor & cheap, I always at least tried scuffing up the metal clutch plates before splurging for new fiber ones. I don't remember my rate of success, but I do remember BUYING new plates on at least two bikes....

Great job. Me, I'm allergic to 4 cylinder carbs. Years ago, I SO HATED getting the carbs into the airbox exits that I quickly moved to pods......and of course re-jetted. That was many years ago. Even back then, the prices on float valves were on the high side. I imagine they have risen in price.... My only "old" bike now is a single cylinder.

My all time favorite looking motorcycle. I've never ridden one but I'm certain it wouldn't disappoint. It looks like the perfect height for my 5' 8" frame.

You def test the sweetest bikes. Will you do a comparison of the Z900 and the ZRX1200 side to side, since you have ridden both? Im considering maybe letting the ZRX go for the Z900, but I do love that ZRX.

Hi Jon I had a Honda CB400N super dream back in 1980 great bike. Being a small rider the bike was nimble on the twisty roads twin disc up front and halogen headlight back in the day a good all rounder❤❤❤😂😂😂😂