Difference between revisions of "Kawasaki Z1"

[[Kawasaki]]'s earlier two and three-cylinder bikes such as the [[Kawasaki H1|H1]], and [[Kawasaki H2|H2]] had bestowed Kawasaki with a high performance image.  But these bikes had known problems: excessive fuel consumption, noise, vibration, and less than perfect handling.  Their sparse comfort relegated them to the role of street racer.  Kawasaki engineers had outlined these limitations of their two-stroke triples as early as 1967.  This led to the beginning stages of planning a four-stroke super cruiser in the mold of the 1000cc Vincent, that could be ridden in any situation, and would be "THE" bike all experienced riders lusted after.