The Vintage Bike Forum is proud to announce member Max900 as our July, 2010 Bike of the Month owner.  He is entitled to a 1/2 price carburetor rebuild at any time during the calender year supplied by the site host, wiredgeorge Motorcycle Carburetors.

Max writes,

"I've owned my Kawasaki 1984 GPz (ZX900A1) for just over a year and a half now. It has 29000 original miles. It sat for some five or six years right before I got it so it has been a constant ride a little fix a little. Just finished replacing a bunch of dry rotted and missing rubber grommets, bumpers, and O-rings. Also just did an Oil change, valve adjustment, new pilot jets and spark plugs.

So far it has been a good bike all in all and the more I ride it the more It grows on me. Oh yeah... It's quick as lightning.

History of this bike as it was related to me by PO:

He bought it off the original owner in 85. The original owner put about 500 miles on it and dropped it, got scared and sold to my friend and his friend who shared it for a few years. His buddy got married had kids and lost interest in riding so after letting sit for some years my friend bought his friend and co-owner out and rode it for some years taking good care of it until he kind of lost interest and had it sitting for five or six years.

He wanted to ride again but when he asked a dealer what they would charge him to get it back on the road and was told it would cost him more to get it running than she was worth. He called me and asked if I wanted to go pick it up so that he could make room for the new Yamaha R1 he picked up.

Now she sits pretty in my stable and will be there for many years to come, hopefully."