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{{Motorcycle | {{Motorcycle | ||
|name = Kawasaki KZ1000P | |name = Kawasaki KZ1000P | ||
| | |photo = 1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-0.jpg | ||
|aka = KZP, Police | |aka = KZP, Police | ||
|manufacturer = | |manufacturer = Kawasaki | ||
|parent_company = | |parent_company = | ||
|production = | |production = 1982-1993 | ||
|model_year = | |model_year = | ||
|predecessor = [[Kawasaki KZ1000C]] | |predecessor = [[Kawasaki KZ1000C]] | ||
|successor = | |successor = | ||
|class = | |class = Police | ||
|engine = 998 [[cc]] 4-stroke, DOHC in-line four, 2 valves per cylinder | |engine = 998 [[cc]] 4-stroke, DOHC in-line four, 2 valves per cylinder | ||
|bore_stroke = | |bore_stroke = | ||
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|battery = {{battery|YUASA YB18L-A}} 82 , '83-93 | |battery = {{battery|YUASA YB18L-A}} 82 , '83-93 | ||
|transmission = | |transmission = | ||
|final_drive= {{chain|530x116}} | |||
|front_sprocket= 17T | |||
|rear_sprocket= 46T | |||
|frame = | |frame = | ||
|suspension = | |suspension = | ||
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|fuel_capacity = | |fuel_capacity = | ||
|oil_capacity = | |oil_capacity = | ||
|oil_filter = K&N KN-401 | |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> | ||
|recommended_oil= K-tech 10W-40 | |||
|fuel_consumption = | |fuel_consumption = | ||
|turning_radius = | |turning_radius = | ||
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The '''Kawasaki KZ1000P''' is a [[motorcycle]] produced by [[Kawasaki]] from 1982 to 1993. | 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 '[https://motopixel.org/pixel/chips-2 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 [[Kawasaki W1|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 [[Kawasaki Z1|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== | ==1989 KZ1000P== | ||
<gallery mode='packed-hover'> | |||
File:1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-0.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police in White | |||
File:1989-Kawasaki-KZ1000P-White-1.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Kawasaki KZ1000 Police in White | |||
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 | |||
</gallery> | |||
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==Videos== | |||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-csxiGeMMB0|600|center}} | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{Kawasaki}} | {{Kawasaki}} | ||
[[Category:Kawasaki motorcycles]] | [[Category:Kawasaki motorcycles]] | ||
[[Category:Police motorcycles]] | [[Category:Police motorcycles]] |