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This is an '85 Kawasaki GPZ900R. The earliest member of Kawasaki's Ninja family of sport bikes, the GPZ900R was unveiled in December 1983. Stated to be a revolutionary design, the GPZ900R was essentially the forebearer to the modern sport bike, featuring many technologies that would be featured on sport bikes and similar bikes today. It would be marketed under the Ninja 900 name in the United States, and would also feature in the movie Top Gun, becoming a cultural icon, and reappeared in Top Gun: Maverick, the film's sequel.
Powered by a 908cc 4-stroke 16-valve inline-4, the GPZ900R was sleek and fast; it was capable of over 150 mph (240 km/h) with its 115 horsepower engine, making it the first stock road bike to achieve that. Technical advancements included water cooling, 16 valves, a frame which used an engine as a stressed member for reduced weight, new suspension and a crankshaft counterbalancer, allowing the bike to be both fast and comfortable. The GPZ900R was replaced by the GPZ1000RX in 1986 and lost its flagship model status in 1990, although production continued until 2003.
Now this casting was designed by Mark Jones and introduced in 2015 in the Entertainment series, replicating the GPZ900R from Top Gun, and... that's it. One and done. It has yet to see a further release.
