What is the Year, Make and Model of the motorcycle that Maverick (Tom
Cruise) drove in the 1986 movie "Top Gun"?

Dear dvdempire,

The motorcycle was a 1985 Kawasaki GPZ 900 Ninja. Some sources also
claim it was actually a 1984 model of the same bike, but tha majority
agrees on the year 1985.

Sources:

Chuck Rogers, "Re: Top Gun bike" Online posting (1996/12/28).
<rec.motorcycles> via Google Groups.
http://groups.google.de/groups?q=%22top+gun%22+1984+Kawasaki+ninja&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&selm=E351xE.1JF%40drnews.dr.lucent.com&rnum=1

Bil: ZX9R Ninja - Adrenalinspruta med jetplansacceleration! (in
Swedish!)
http://www.zon.se/bil/mc/zx9rninja.shtml

Metropolis Cars and Bikes: Kawasaki ZX-9R Ninja
http://metropolis.japantoday.com/CarsBikesarchive349/322/carsbikesinc.htm

Search terms used:
"top gun" motorcycle
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"top gun" kawasaki 900 ninja
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"top gun" kawasaki ninja (in Google Groups)
http://groups.google.de/groups?q=%22top+gun%22+kawasaki+ninja&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&start=0&sa=N
"top gun" kawasaki ninja 1985 (in Google Groups)
http://groups.google.de/groups?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22top+gun%22+kawasaki+ninja+1985&sa=N&tab=wg&meta=

Hope this answers your question!
Best regards,
Scriptor