It was here, 50 years ago, that Kawasaki brought its new Z1 900 (three of them, actually) to demonstrate the new bike to journalists — and attempt to shatter a 24-hour speed record.

Kawasaki Z1 900 Set Some Serious Speed Records Kawasaki immediately took the Z1 to Daytona and set a host of speed records. It established a 24-hour run at an average speed of 109.64 mph and a lap ...

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A decade after the Z1 was launched, I attended the launch of the "next" Kawasaki 900, the GPZ900R at Laguna Seca in California, and I was able to ride the original Z1 back-to-back with the GPZ900R ...

Cycle’s Z1 road test in the November 1972 issue, which quoted Kawasaki’s General Manager T. Yamada, read like this: “Kawasaki wanted to build, in their words, the King Motorcycle, a bike ...

While age doesn't always equate to a vehicle's price being higher, it is the case here. The Kawasaki Z1 900 dates back to the 1970s, and it's worth quite a bit of money these days. If you manage ...

Kawasaki’s Z1 900 might be a piece of motorcycling history, but you’d have to be a hardcore enthusiast to pay £40,00 for this special! Built by Japanese Z-specialists Bulldock Motorcycles ...

As much as the 1978 Kawasaki Z1-R built upon the foundation laid by the earlier Z1, Kawasaki sportbikes, like the GPZ 900 R from the movie Top Gun which gave rise to the Kawasaki Ninja line, owe ...