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==Kawasaki KZ1300== | ==Kawasaki KZ1300== | ||
[[Image:Kawasaki-KZ1300A.jpg|right|thumb|Kawasaki KZ1300A]] | [[Image:Kawasaki-KZ1300A.jpg|right|thumb|Kawasaki KZ1300A]] | ||
At the end of the Seventies, [[Kawasaki]] was riding high. Several of its models had proved a fantastic success, from the [[Kawasaki Z1|900cc Z1]] to its three-cylinder two-strokes ranging from the [[Kawasaki S1|250cc S1]] to [[Kawasaki H2|750cc H2]]. The marque had carved itself a solid sporting image, crowned in 1978 by the 250 and 350cc world championships. More crowded than ever, that year the range consisted of no Fewer than 16 models -including three 1000cc machines! The time could not have been better to make a grand gesture, and Kawasaki seized the moment by launching its flagship KZ1300 at the Cologne Show in 1978. Deisgned to be the successor to the [[Kawasaki Z1|900cc Z1]], the KZ1300 took the concept of motorcycle size beyond previous boundaries and while it seemed almost excessive, it was ahead of its time. | At the end of the Seventies, [[Kawasaki]] was riding high. Several of its models had proved a fantastic success, from the [[Kawasaki Z1|900cc Z1]] to its three-cylinder two-strokes ranging from the [[Kawasaki S1|250cc S1]] to [[Kawasaki H2|750cc H2]]. The [[marque]] had carved itself a solid sporting image, crowned in 1978 by the 250 and 350cc world championships. More crowded than ever, that year the range consisted of no Fewer than 16 models -including three 1000cc machines! The time could not have been better to make a grand gesture, and Kawasaki seized the moment by launching its flagship KZ1300 at the Cologne Show in 1978. Deisgned to be the successor to the [[Kawasaki Z1|900cc Z1]], the KZ1300 took the concept of motorcycle size beyond previous boundaries and while it seemed almost excessive, it was ahead of its time. | ||
==Run of Bad Luck== | ==Run of Bad Luck== | ||
But its luck ran out. Kawasaki, who had been beaten to the draw by Honda with the launch in 1969 of the [[Honda CB750K|first Japanese 750cc four cylinder]], suffered the same mischance in 1978, when the [[Honda CBX|Honda CBX1000 six-cylinder]] appeared at the beginning of the year, leaving Kawasaki holding only the honor of making the largest-capacity machine in that period of burgeoning technology. | But its luck ran out. Kawasaki, who had been beaten to the draw by Honda with the launch in 1969 of the [[Honda CB750K|first Japanese 750cc four cylinder]], suffered the same mischance in 1978, when the [[Honda CBX|Honda CBX1000 six-cylinder]] appeared at the beginning of the year, leaving Kawasaki holding only the honor of making the largest-capacity machine in that period of burgeoning technology. | ||