That follow-up came in 1983: the 1984 Kawasaki GPZ900R. You might know this sportbike by another name, such as ‘ZX900’ or ‘ZX900A.’ But it’s because of one US Kawasaki executive, Mike Vaughan, his ...

Next up, we have another legend. Call it the ZX900A, the GPZ900R, or Tom Cruise’s bike in Top Gun—whatever you call it, it’s a legend. It’s the proto-Ninja, and the bike that paved the way for the ...