

The largest of the turbo bikes by displacement, the Kawasaki GPz was also the fastest.

1985 Kawasaki GPz750 Turbo for sale on eBay And Kawasaki watched, learned, and eventually dipped their toes into the water with an updated GPz. Suzuki took the bonkers approach and built a no-apologies sport bike like a Katana on turbo steroids.

Yamaha built a lazy Seca with futuristic fairing in a “me too” effort. Honda built a pair of large, heavy sport touring bikes. Every major Japanese manufacturer played with the puffer configuration at least once (Honda tried it twice) before giving up on induction-enhanced motorcycles. Links in this post have been updated to point to similar bikes available to bid on eBay.ĭuring the wild years of the decade known as the 1980s, there was a lot going on.
