KAWASAKI GPZ 750 TURBO

Kawasaki’s most powerful motorcycle ever the forthcoming ZX-14 promises to be 200bhp insane but even that doesn’t get a turbo. Why? well, given the added weight cost and complexity turbo chargers on motorcycle aren’t probably worth the hassle. But then a ‘factory turbo’ badge has to be worth a point or two down at the pub, swapping tales over a pint. Wind on the boost, and from stoplights, the mid-1980s GPZ Turbo will still leave your neighbor’s Porsche Cayenne for dead. This bike was after all, the first production motorcycle to run the quarter mile (from a standing start) in less than 11 seconds. Many will argue that the normally- aspired GPZ 900R was the better machine, but come on, everyone should own at at least one turbocharged motorcycle at least once in their lives.