Kawasaki ZX550A
The Kawasaki ZX550A is a motorcycle produced by Kawasaki from 1984 to 1985.
Manufacturer | Kawasaki |
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Also called | GPZ550 |
Production | 84-85 |
Engine | 550cc |
Sparkplug | DP9EA-9 '84-85 |
Battery | SYB12A-A '84-85 |
Front Tire | 100/90-18 '84-85 |
Rear Tire | 120/80-18 '84-85 |
Manuals | Service Manual |
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The ZX550A was marketed in the US as the Kawasaki GPz550.
Kawasaki's first GPz550 of 1981 was not only the half-pint brother to the firm's GPz1100 muscle bike, it was also a mould-breaking machine in its own right. Until then, four-cylinder 550s (which at the time was the preferred middleweight capacity, the vogue for 600s didn't start until 1986) were general-purpose roadsters, with no particular performance emphasis. That changed with the mean and moody, black and red GPz.
When first revealed, it caused quite a stir 53bhp was quite something from a middleweight in those days. And even thought the little GPz relies on air-adjustable forks and twin-shock rear suspension (an even racier Unitrack version followed in 1983), it's still a nippy urban tool that will happily keep up with the more modern stuff if the right hands.
1984
- 553 mL
- Four-stroke, 4-Cylinder, Dual Over Head Camshaft
- 6-Speed, Return Shift
- Color
- Fuel Tank: Galaxy Silver, Firecracker Red
- Front Fender: Same as Fuel Tank
- Engine No: KZ550DE041801 -
- Frame No: ZX550A-000001 -
- (Canada)(US) JKAZXFA1()EA000001 -
- Parts Catalog No: 99961-0184 (Micro],
- (Europe) 99917-1026-02 (Microfiche),
- (Other)99917-1074-02 (Microfiche)
- Service Manual No: Same as ZR400-A
- Owner's Manual 'No: 99922-1284-02
- (Canada)(US)99920-1235-02 (West Germany) 99923-1105-01
- Remarks: Upgraded the Z(KZ)550-H. Fairing, air adjustable front fork with antidive, new spring tension adjustable rear shock absorber, LCD fuel gauge and Warner unit.
1985
- Color
- Fuel Tank: Galaxy Silver, Firecracker Red, Ebony
- Front Fender: Same as Fuel Tank
- Engine No: KZ550DEQ52001-
- Frame No: ZX550A-009401-
- (Canada)(US) JKAZXFA1()FA009401-
- Parts Catalog No: Same as ZX550-A1
- Service Manual No: Same as ZR400-A
- Owner's Manual No: 99922-1321-01
- (Canada)(US)99920-1279-01 (West Germany) 99923-1127-01
- Changes: Color and graphic
1986
- 553 mL
- Four-stroke, 4-Cylinder, Dual Over Head Camshaft
- 6-Speed, Return Shift
- Color: Ebony
- Beginning Engine No.: KZ550DE056801
- Beginning Frame No.: ZX550A-013801
- JKAZXFA1()GAO13801
- Parts Catalog No.: 99917-1026-06, (France)99919-1006-03
- (West Germany) 99918-1012-05, (Canada)(US) 99961-0184
- Owner's Manual No.: 99922-1369-01, (Canada)(US) 99920-1341-01
- (West Germany) 99923-1155-01
- Service Manual No.: 99924-1040-02 & 99924-1019-05
1987
- Color: Ebony
- Beginning Engine No.: KZ550DE058101
- Beginning Frame No.: ZX550A415101
- Parts Catalog No.: 99917-1026-6
- (Europe) 99918-1012-05
- Owner's Manual No.: 99922-1414-01
- (West Germany) 99923-1182-01
- Service Manual No.: 99924-1040-02 & 99924-1018-05
1988
- Color: Ebony
- Beginning Engine No.: KZ550DE059001
- Beginning Frame No.: ZX550A016001
- Parts Catalog No.: 99917-1026-06
- (West Germany) 99918-1012-05
- Owner's Manual No.: 99922-1483-01
- (West Germany) 99923-1237-01
- Service Manual No.: 99924-1040-02