There are few motorcycle movie scenes more iconic than Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell riding his Kawasaki Ninja along the flight line at United States Navy Fighter Weapons School in Miramar, California, back in 1986. Now 36 years later, Maverick is not only back at TOPGUN, but back on a Kawasaki. However instead of the GPZ 900R Maverick fulfills his need for speed on a supercharged Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon in the new Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick opening May 27th, 2022.
“Working with the Top Gun: Maverick team has been amazing,” says Kawasaki Motors Corp., VP, Marketing, Chris Brull. “When we had the chance to see our Kawasaki Ninja motorcycles on the big screen again, we had to be involved. We know that Maverick is a dedicated Kawasaki rider and we made sure he had a full garage of Kawasaki models.”
A total of four supercharged H2 Carbons and two restored Ninja GPZ 900R motorcycles were provided to the Top Gun: Maverick production team, along with some additional surprise models that may appear in Maverick’s personal hanger featured in the film.
To celebrate Top Gun: Maverick, Kawasaki has partnered with Paramount Consumer Products to launch limited edition T-shirts to be sold exclusively at participating Kawasaki dealers in the U.S.A. These shirts feature both the iconic Ninja GPZ 900R from the original Top Gun as well as the new supercharged Ninja H2 Carbon.