Love watching the videos on the gpz. My first street bike at 16 was a gpz550. When I joined the airforce it was at my brother's and got stolen. It was a fun bike and this is bring back all the memories! Thanks.
I have a set of gauges hanging in my garage. The speedo is good but the Rev counter is toast. Your welcome to the gauges I have….only problem is I’m in Scotland
If you have another speedo somewhere lying around any kind of motorcycle speedo you remove the the winding spring carefully and put it in your gpz speedo and your speedo will function again. I had to to that to my 750 gpz because it broke the spring the same way. Definitely clean and regrease the internal parts . It will save you a bit of money and it will still be the original speedo 👍
Good effort Eric, I have had the same issue, the spring attaches to that little silver arm that was hanging down near the centre of the speedo. I f you look closely you will see the end is bent over to hold the spring, as someone else said if you have another speedo and are able to remove the spring it is possible to replace it, just bend out that little silver arm, trap the end of the spring in that, BUT you need to pre tension it and the tension affects the speed shown. I have got one working like this but was never sure it was showing the correct speed afterwards and ended up just replacing it with one from eBay
I think I have a line on one from someone who watched the video. You need to be a watchmaker to work on that spring. 😂 I was struggling to see the damn thing.
I would consider painting the headers and mid pipe heat resistant black. That is the way aftermarket exhaust were supplied for this /most models back in the day. Would also look better. As you know, not a big job. Thank again for the interesting videos
I owned a 86 750 GPz at 70 miles I was turning 1800 RPM. YOU need to check your sprocket ratios and check your rpm sending unit. 5K is way way too high at 70.
Love watching the videos on the gpz. My first street bike at 16 was a gpz550. When I joined the airforce it was at my brother's and got stolen. It was a fun bike and this is bring back all the memories! Thanks.
You are in luck because there may be a GPZ550 coming to the channel. Thanks for watching.
My OCD is so happy you're getting this sorted
I dedicate this video to you and your OCD. 😂 I know what it’s like. Mine kicks in every now and then.
Congrads getting it fixed!
The first step in fixing it is figuring out what’s wrong. Thanks for watching
Cool motorcycle, i love the look of speedo and rev counter clocks on the Kawasaki of that era .
This is my favorite gauge cluster. Love the rev counter is also the volt meter.
I remember it wasn't working can't wait to see the repair
This repair is sadly gonna be replacement.
truly a masterful master
😂Thanks for watching
Good luck finding the part that you need. Bike is looking very nice. Good old UJM, can`t beat them.
I have a set of gauges coming thanks to Kevin from Scotland.
I have a set of gauges hanging in my garage.
The speedo is good but the Rev counter is toast.
Your welcome to the gauges I have….only problem is I’m in Scotland
That would be awesome. I can arrange shipping. Email me please 🙏 MotorcycleRewind@gmail.com
@@motorcyclerewind email sent 👍
If you have another speedo somewhere lying around any kind of motorcycle speedo you remove the the winding spring carefully and put it in your gpz speedo and your speedo will function again. I had to to that to my 750 gpz because it broke the spring the same way. Definitely clean and regrease the internal parts . It will save you a bit of money and it will still be the original speedo 👍
That’s a good idea. Think I may have one I can sacrifice. Thank for watching.
Good effort Eric, I have had the same issue, the spring attaches to that little silver arm that was hanging down near the centre of the speedo. I f you look closely you will see the end is bent over to hold the spring, as someone else said if you have another speedo and are able to remove the spring it is possible to replace it, just bend out that little silver arm, trap the end of the spring in that, BUT you need to pre tension it and the tension affects the speed shown. I have got one working like this but was never sure it was showing the correct speed afterwards and ended up just replacing it with one from eBay
I think I have a line on one from someone who watched the video. You need to be a watchmaker to work on that spring. 😂 I was struggling to see the damn thing.
Good video, learned a number of things. How about exhaust headers and mid pipe painted heat resistant black?
Thanks. Should they be painted black? They have some type of coating on the headers. Thanks for watching
I would consider painting the headers and mid pipe heat resistant black. That is the way aftermarket exhaust were supplied for this /most models back in the day. Would also look better. As you know, not a big job. Thank again for the interesting videos
It looks like the odometer gears were turning, so the mileage may be correct. It's interesting to see inside. Most people just replace it
You’re right the odometer was functioning. Thanks for watching.
Could you modify a spring front an ink pen to replace the broken spring?
It’s like a recoil spring for a pull start engine. Just really small. Both ends are pressed into where they go. I think I have found a replacement.
I'm surprised that the clutch works as well as it does with all the water that was in the crankcase.
Me too! Did require a little cleaning but no rust. Thanks for watching.
I owned a 86 750 GPz at 70 miles I was turning 1800 RPM. YOU need to check your sprocket ratios and check your rpm sending unit. 5K is way way too high at 70.
Thanks for the heads up will check it out.