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Kawasaki luminous red3/13/2023 Now it’s 20 horses light in the mightybike numbers game, and seven bhp short of the top of its own line (the supersleek Zl-R).īut 83 bhp is still enough to haul you from Kennebunkport to San Diego at extra-legal velocities without straining a cam follower. quarter-mile time gets you in the superbike drag derby is a finisher’s pin you're at least a half-second too slow to win.Ī year ago the KZlOOO’s 83 bhp was enough to get you from point A to point B quicker than anyone else on two wheels. That status lasted just as long as it took the Big Four to open their missile silos for this season’s barrage. at 107 mph, the hottest thing on the street. When we first tested the Kawasaki KZ1000 (December, 1976), it was the successor to the legendary Z1 and. It becomes a touring bike in this application, anyway. ![]() Yesterday's rocket is like Saturday's hero it grows up and goes on to a broader range of pursuits. ![]() Next time around it’s just another big displacement street honker. One season your machine is the absolute last word in pavement scorchers, The painted ponies we refer to here are motorcycles, and as Joni Mitchell implies in her ballad, nothing stays the same. "The seasons they go round and round The painted ponies go up and down." -from "The Cycle Game"
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