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Kawasaki Z1R.
By mark forsyth on 09/12/2010 09:20:11
New lease of life.
These two beautiful Z1R Kawasakis appeared at the annual Mooneyes Yokohama Custom show last weekend. With one sporting a street/strip look (spot the belly-scraping ride height and rigid rear struts) and the other undergoing a sort of modernisation
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New 1972 Kawasaki Z1 only £720
By Visordown on 29/06/2012 12:50:51
But believe it or not it's only a 1/6 scale model
Looking at the pictures of Japanese firm Yamato's new Kawasaki Z1 you'd be hard pushed to tell it's not the real thing.But in fact it's a scale model only just over a foot long, made with incredible attention to detail with several years
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Kawasaki celebrates 40 years of Z series
By Visordown News on 16/04/2012 12:41:51
40th anniversary celebrations of Kawasaki's iconic Z1
KAWASAKI is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Z series and the Z1, the bike that launched the manufacturer into the large capacity four-stroke multi-cylinder market.Unveiled at 1972 IFMA motorcycle show in Cologne, the Z1 became an icon
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40 years of the Z1 T-Shirt
By Visordown on 11/06/2012 09:05:20
Hardcore Kawasaki Z1 fan? Then you'll want this
Kawasaki have launched this T-Shirt in celebration of the Z1. If you're a fan, or if you've got one tucked away in the garage, then you need this in your life.Here's what Kawasaki have to say about it:Forty years after its European launch
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Yokohama strangeness
By mark forsyth on 10/12/2010 14:18:05
Mooneyes Custom and Hot Rod Show
Ignoning the sweet pair of Z1R Kawasakis we posted on here yesterday, here is the slightly weirder side of the 19th Annual Yokohama show. Odd is God.
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Meet the family - Kawasaki Z900
By Visordown on 14/06/2010 15:08:33
The Z900 was a memorable moment in Kawasaki's history as one of the motorcycling milestones of the past fifty years
Of all the bombshell bikes launched in the last fifty years, Kawasaki’s 1972 Z900 (becoming the Z1 in 1974) is a milestone machine.Kawasaki decided to trump Honda’s CB750 by launching something else altogether. With double overhead cams to the Honda
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Rare Italian and Japanese motorcycles up for auction
By Visordown News on 09/08/2011 10:09:15
Highlights include a Villa 250cc V4...
,000-10,000), 1973 Kawasaki 900cc Z1 (£10,000-12,000), 1974 Kawasaki 903cc Z1A (£7,000-9,000) and 1975 Kawasaki 903cc Z1B (£7,000-9,000).
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History of the Superbike: 1969 - 2001
By Stuart Barker on 15/09/2001 11:53:56
Detailing the history of the superbike from the Honda CB750 in 1969 to 2001's ground-breaking Suzuki GSX-R1000
.superbike n. a standard production motorcycle with a designated engine capacity of 750cc or above and which offers ground-breaking sports performance.Okay, now we've established that, you'll understand why there's no Yamaha RD500s or Kawasaki H1s in here so
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How Ninjas took over the world. From GPZ900 to ZX-10R
By Roland Brown on 10/05/2010 16:58:26
The original GPZ900R of 1984 sired a long and illustrious family of Ninjas that are a huge part of motorcycling today. From the mental ZX-10R to the blistering ZZ-R1400, none of them would have existed without the GPZ900 25 years ago
.What made the Ninja so significant was its liquid-cooled, 16-valve powerplant; a major development from the firm that had been renowned for its eight-valve fours ever since the original Z1 of 1973. But what made the Kawasaki great was a combination of style
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Class of '75: 750cc two strokes
By Simon Bowen on 09/09/2009 17:49:16
The mid ‘70s was a time of contradiction and mayhem: Giant 2-strokes despite the fuel crisis, legends based on notoriety, little or no consideration for health and safety and the emphasis based purely on thrills. Happy days...
show, and decided to hedge their bets with performance strokers before returning a few years later with the magnificent Z1.So at a time when the American market had shuddered with the horror of its first fuel crisis since the war, Kawasaki proceeded
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