How to Rebuild and Restore
The GPz900R is a bearing suppliers dream! With Wheel and Swingarm bearings requiring replacement at least once in each bikes lifetime. On a GPz900R you have standard wheel bearings that Kawasaki and most bike manufacturers use and hence they are carried by virtually all quality bearing suppliers. Where the GPz90Rr differs from a lot of early bikes is the shear …
When I first opened up the cylinder head cover of a GPz900R many years ago I was surprised to see something I first saw in the late 70’s on a Honda CB750… “Rocker Arms” sitting over the camshafts, but with two valve adjustments on them due the the 16 valve head. Having screw adjuster rather than shims makes valve clearance …
Fork seal replacement is one of those jobs where the right tools and a bit of know how will result in a stress free maintenance task being completed within next to no time. In fact fork seals are so easy to replace that most of your time will be taken with actually removing and re-installing the forks (Quick Tutorial Coming). …
This guide will show the Rear Suspension Rebuilding process using a neglected 1984 gpz900r so you can regain back the factory handling. The GPz900R was a revolutionary bike in its day, apart from being water cooled, 115HP on tap, Anti-dive fork and sleak looks, it also had a well designed Mono-Shock rear suspension which worked beautifully to give you a …
