Top Gun GPz900r for sale! Or is it?

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03 Jun 2016 13:30
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(Splitting hairs,I know,but kwak logos on the forks,the brake calipers and the crankcases,left and right). Dont know what all the fuss is about.Tom Cruise? Top Gun?? Im of the age when I remember this when it came out in the cinema.My sister liked it! and her girlfriends!!!!!
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03 Jun 2016 13:52
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I was disappointed it wasn't a Z1 or KZ. Didn't see Mad Max until 5 years ago. Didn't miss much. :dry:
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Re: Top Gun GPz900r for sale! Or is it?

03 Jun 2016 14:11
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I saw that movie opening night at one of the local 70 mm screens. There was a Ninja in the lobby along with USN recruiters and the accompanying paraphernalia.

I was 14 and an airplane nut, not a bike nut yet. so I don't remember if the bike was debadged or not and who was promoting it. It was most likely a local dealer so I imagine it wasn't debadged.
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Re: Top Gun GPz900r for sale! Or is it?

03 Jun 2016 14:42
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davido wrote: (Splitting hairs,I know,but kwak logos on the forks,the brake calipers and the crankcases,left and right). Dont know what all the fuss is about.Tom Cruise? Top Gun?? Im of the age when I remember this when it came out in the cinema.My sister liked it! and her girlfriends!!!!!

I would agree with you... but what ever you think og the movie or Tom Cruise, the GPz900r became immortalized by that film.

It didn't need it though, it would have stood the test of time on its own if you ask me...

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03 Jun 2016 14:49
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Can't argue that. ;)
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06 Jun 2016 07:27 - 06 Jun 2016 07:31
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No! your all wrong! Here is the real "top gun movie bike" :laugh: :laugh:
this same ad has been on craigslist 2 or 3 years now. Even the same pictures!
I am sure he is just referencing to the same model cycle in movie!
I'd buy it for a $100 maybe for an ebay parts inventory sell.
It even comes with a table saw :laugh: :laugh:
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06 Jun 2016 07:45
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davido wrote: (Splitting hairs,I know,but kwak logos on the forks,the brake calipers and the crankcases,left and right). Dont know what all the fuss is about.Tom Cruise? Top Gun?? Im of the age when I remember this when it came out in the cinema.My sister liked it! and her girlfriends!!!!!

Not a huge Cruise fan either but have enough cash in my home theater and stack of sub woofers to almost buy a new Ninja...... this movie really makes the speakers come alive and the folks next door wonder if were under attack. :laugh:
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06 Jun 2016 07:48
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z1kzonly wrote: No! your all wrong! Here is the real "top gun movie bike" :laugh: :laugh:
this same ad has been on craigslist 2 or 3 years now. Even the same pictures!
I am sure he is just referencing to the same model cycle in movie!
I'd buy it for a $100 maybe for an ebay parts inventory sell.
It even comes with a table saw :laugh: :laugh:
"Need money for spell check program" :laugh: :laugh:
buffalo.craigslist.org/mcy/5619273021.html

Hell, I'd buy it for the swing arm and sell the rest. :whistle:
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