Editing Kawasaki KZ1000P

{{Motorcycle
|name             = Kawasaki KZ1000P
|photo            = 1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-0.jpg
|aka              = KZP, Police
|manufacturer     = [[Kawasaki]]
|parent_company   = 
|production       = 82-93
|model_year       = 
|predecessor      = [[Kawasaki KZ1000C]]
|successor        = 
|class            = [[Police]]
|engine           = 998 [[cc]] 4-stroke, DOHC in-line four, 2 valves per cylinder
|bore_stroke      = 
|compression      = 
|top_speed        = 
|power            = 88HP @ 9,000 [[rpm]]
|torque           = 112Ft-lbs @ 8,000 rpm
|ignition         = 
|spark_plug       = {{sparkplug|NGK BR8ES}} 82 , '83-93
|battery          = {{battery|YUASA YB18L-A}} 82 , '83-93
|transmission     = 
|final_drive= {{chain|530x116}}
|front_sprocket= 17T
|rear_sprocket= 46T
|frame            = 
|suspension       = 
|brakes           = 
|front_tire       = {{tire|MN90-18}} 82 , '83-93
|rear_tire   	  = {{tire|MR90-18}} 82 , '83-93
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|oil_filter       = {{oilfilter|K&N KN-401}}<ref name="kl_2019">{{cite book|title=2019 K&L Supply Co Catalog|publisher=[https://www.klsupply.com/ K&L Supply Co]|date=2019}}</ref> 
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|related          = [[Kawasaki Police Motorcycles]]
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}}

The '''Kawasaki KZ1000P''' is a [[motorcycle]] produced by [[Kawasaki]] from 1982 to 1993.

Kawasaki were quick to sell the Z1 to the various
police forces of America. From as early as 1974 right up to present day. The
letter C in their frame number identifies these bikes. Models after 1981 were
known as the KZ1000-P. They were finished in white and fitted out in all the
police gear. The popular seventies TV series 'CHIPS' brought them to everybody's
attention. Quite a few of them have found their way to Europe and there is even
an owners club for them, where owners dress up like Californian highway patrol
officers and ride around the country posing!

What Kawasaki had to say:

Until 1968, Kawasaki was mainly involved in developing two cycle motorcycles,
although the company did have a long history of developing four cycle engines.
In 1937, Meguro (merged with Kawasaki in 1963) manufactured 500cc single
engines, and the engineers who developed this technology moved to Kawasaki.
These engineers played a major role in developing the 650cc W series
motorcycles.
This experience provided Kawasaki with the basic skills to develop four cycle
engines.In 1967 Kawasaki made a decision to develop a high-performance
motorcycle which would far exceed the 650W1, the largest motorcycles in Japan
that time.
As the United States was targeted as the main market for these high performance
motorcycles, the development team was sent to the U.S. where they secretly
worked out a plan for the new model.
Finally, the displacement of the new model was set at 750cc and a mock-up was
completed in October 1968.
However, Honda announced a new 750cc single-over-head-cam (SOHC) motorcycle at
the
Tokyo Motor Show held the same year. The Kawasaki management staff realized it
was meaningless to come out with a similar model after Honda had already
introduced theirs, so all development efforts on Kawasaki's 750cc model were
stopped.

In 1970, the Z1 (development code T103) developing project team was reunited
with the best staff in all the fields joining the project. This group repeated
research and experiments to develop a better .
Kawasaki resumed U.S. market research in March of 1970 and collected customers'
opinions from various sources such as random samplings of dealers and editors of
major motorcycle magazines.
Finally, the management staff concluded there was a strong market for a
high-speed, eye-appealing motorcycle with enough power to use as a reliable
touring model.
Kawasaki's answer to this market was a 1,000cc class, four cycle, four cylinder
model. The main requirements for the Z1 engine were high speed, high stability,
and ease of dealing with pollution problems. A four cycle unit meeting these
requirements would be met by strong market demand.

The first prototype was completed in the spring of 1971. This prototype was
ridden by
American test riders with minor adjustments made step by step. In the fall of
that year, the final prototype was completed and after testing, the unit was
approved for mass production. The first production model was completed in
February 1972, and this unit was subjected to repeated severe road testing after
which all parts, including even the nuts and bolts, were examined. After
reworking all weak points, the first mass-production model was built in May
1972.

The 903cc displacement of the Z1 made it the largest motorcycle in Japan.
Worldwide, it was larger than Italian Moto Guzzi 850 and comparable to
Harley-Davidson 1000 and 1200.
The specifications called for an air-cooled four-cycle four-cylinder engine with
a double-over-head-cam (DOHC) mechanism.
The DOHC was necessary to realize overall high performance from low speed to
high speed range. In motorcycle markets around the world, there were only one or
two other samples of this type of engine, and it was the first engine for
Kawasaki to adopt this advanced valve train.


The Z1's maximum horsepower was 82ps at 8,500rpm, 0 to 400m acceleration was 12
seconds, and the maximum speed was above 210km/h. The Z1 power was 8ps higher
than the H2, and had great potential considering the average horsepower of the
1,200cc automobile was 77ps at that time.
However, horsepower per displacement was comparatively lower than the H1 and H2
because
Kawasaki changed their engine design policy so that the powerband was not set
near the engine's limit, thereby pursuing elegance and smooth engine
performance. It is also noteworthy that the Z1 engine was based on a policy to
prevent pollution and was equipped with anti-air-pollution devices such as a
positive crankcase ventilation system.
The main features of the Z1 were the reliable double-cradle steel tube frame, a
safe and reliable disc brake system, and ease of maintenance. Since the Z1
utilized the complicated DOHC mechanism, ease of maintenance was carefully
considered at the design stage. As a result, the Z1 could be maintained without
removing the engine from the body except for maintenance of crankshaft related
parts.
The Z1 style was fresh, but cool, without the look of a 900cc heavy weight
machine. The style was achieved with tail-up mufflers, a light tear-drop formed
fuel tank, and a slim, flowing seat.
All Z1 parts were individually examined and tested time after time resulting in
a five year development period. Five years is not a short development period for
one model, although as noted earlier, development was at one time stopped
altogether. In this sense, the Z1 was the Kawasaki's flagship model.

In September 1972, the Z1 was introduced to the U.S. public, and sales started
in November of that year. Since the development stage, Z1 was nicknamed "The New
York Steak," and the Z1 was enthusiastically welcomed by markets as the "mouth
watering motorcycle" when sales started. The suggested retail price was $1,900
and the initial sales plan called for 1,500 vehicles per month including the
European markets.


The Z1 was introduced to the Japanese public at the Tokyo Motor Show in October
of 1972 and drew the strongest attention among numerous new models developed by
our competitors.

In December 1972, Kawasaki held a press conference at Tokyo Takanawa Prince
Hotel and invited guests from 17 companies in the motorcycle industry, and
reporters from magazines and newspapers. At the conference, a new model, the Z2,
was introduced as a brother model for the Japanese market.Production of
Kawasaki's 750RS Z2 started in January 1973. It was a 746cc machine with newly
designed pistons and crankshaft parts to express the same feeling as the Z1. The
maximum Z2 horse power was 69ps at 9,000rpm with a maximum speed of 190km/h.

Sale of the Z2 started in March 1973 and were 10% higher than our competitors'
750cc class motorcycles. The 900cc class body size and the DOHC engine attracted
Japanese riders all at once because motorcycle equipped with a DOHC engine had
not existed in Japan prior to the Z2.
During the first two years of production, Kawasaki built 80,000 Z1 and Z2
motorcycles, and the sales of these models established Kawasaki's reputation as
a heavy weight motorcycle manufacturer

==1989 KZ1000P==
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File:1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-0.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police in White
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File:1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-2.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police in White
File:1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-3.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police in White
File:1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-4.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police in White
File:1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-5.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police in White
File:1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-6.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police in White
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