Top Gun - Kawasaki GPZ 900r>requesting a flyby!

remember this?  The "Ninja Nine!" or remember "TopGun"?
Bloody hell,this mid eigties stuff is so classic even your old man will remember..
1985 was the first year of the GPZ900R.and then in 1986 , when Miami Vice was already in its 3th season and sonny crocket stopped smoking.. ...there was "TopGun"!
So, in the late eighties ,( and since Crocket's Testarossa was a "not getting one meself")..the Kawasaki "Ninja Nine was the bike to have to impress the lady's! And it's still a cool thing to have!






 1985 GPZ900 Ninja. Often referred to as a ZX900 or the Ninja Nine, it is the motorcycle that singularly ushered out the musclebike era while looking longingly at the arrival of the modern sportbike. It was, and still is, a very good motorcycle – much like Cougar. You of course remember Cougar, the pilot that lost his nerve somewhere over the Mediterranean thereby setting off a chain of events that would catapult Maverick to ultimate glory (while also catapulting Goose into the bottom side of the canopy). Yes, the GPZ900 will forever be the bike that blasted down the front straight at NAS Miramar and won the heart of Charlie. Equally adept at pulling stonking high 86′r wheelies or delivering your oiled up shirtless torso to a mean game of beach volleyball, the Ninja 900 is masculine incarnate. It is the inline four version of a bottle of Stetson cologne – ladies love it, and other men are jealous of your man stench.





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The Kawasaki GPZ900R (ZX900A) was a sport bike manufactured from 1984 to 2003. The 1984 GPZ900R (or ZX900A-1) was a revolutionary design that became the immediate predecessor of the modern-day sport bike. Developed in secret over six years, it was the world's first 16-valve liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder motorcycle engine, years ahead of rival manufacturers' efforts. The 908 cc four-cylinder engine delivered 115 bhp (86 kW), allowing the bike to reach speeds of 151 mph (243 km/h), making it the first stock road bike to exceed 150 mph (240 km/h).
Prior to its design, Kawasaki envisioned producing a sub-liter engine that would be the successor to the Z1 Although its steel frame, 16-inch front and 18-inch rear wheels, air suspension, and anti-dive forks were fairly standard at that time, the narrow, compact engine was mounted lower in the frame, allowing it to take Japanese superbike performance to a new level. Only three months after being unveiled to the press in December 1983, dealers entered three works GPZ900R bikes in the Isle of Man Production TT finishing in first and second place.
 The GPZ900R was featured in the movie Top Gun,becoming a cultural icon

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Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with the Paramount Pictures company. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., and was inspired by the article "Top Guns" written by Ehud Yonay for California magazine.
The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt. Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Edwards) are given the chance to train at the Navy's Fighter Weapons School. The film depicts Maverick's progress through the training, his romance with a female instructor (McGillis), his overcoming a crisis of confidence following a fatal training accident, and the killing of several enemy pilots of unlisted nationality in a dogfight.
Top Gun is slated for a 3D theatrical re-release in 2012

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