> > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:55:12 -0500 > From: "Henry S. Winokur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Any experience with GPZ 500? > > I'm kind of surprised that nobody (so far in my reading) bothered to go to > Kawi's web page to check things out: > > Current model (2002) is a Ninja 500R -- a PARALLEL twin, as have been all of > their 500 cc bikes no matter what they were called. If you can get a used > 500EX you'll get a hell of a nice little bike. Same with the Suzuki GS500E. > I would imagine that there are lots of accessories for these bikes, but I > can't imagine that putting a windshield on the Suzuk would be all that > difficult. In fact if you cruise over to Suzuki's web page, they have a > list of accessories for the GS500. > (http://www.suzukicycles.com/accessories/accfs.htm) > > Regards, > > Henry S. Winokur > 94 GTS1000, AMA, MRF, > Nationally Certified Riding Instructor > Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force > West Bethesda, MD USA > >
I don't think Kawasaki uses the GPZ letters anymore, and the first GPZ was a four cylinder 550 that came out in the early 80s. I owned a 1990 EX500 for a couple of years, a fun little bike, I even did some 2-up touring on it. I have never ridden the GS500, but I understand that it is down considerably on power from the EX500. While the EX500 has been around in various guises for a long time, always as a parallel twin, the ORIGINAL Kawasaki 500, The H-1 Mach III, from about 1970, was a two-stroke triple. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +Chase Kimball ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), nom de Plum "Lord Brancaster" aka +"Hannibal" in the Quake Clan "Zero Tolerance." Associate editor at +http://www.gaminggroove.com ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) + +"Sun-treader, light and life be thine for ever!" Robert Browning, +"Pauline." + +Visit my home page at http://www.aros.net/~chase to view the +virtual gallery of fantasy art of Jesse Allen, and the home site +of the Wasatch Avian Education Society. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
