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.

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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 ...

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 ...

The latest member to join Kawasaki's Z gang comes in stark contrast with the family's futuristic and aggressive streetfighter looks. Acting as a tribute to the 1972 Z1 patriarch, it is a ...

The Z1 instantly became hugely popular in the U.S. with nearly 20,000 examples built and sold. 40 of the Yank Z1’s were exported to the UK and sold there in 1972, as there was yet to be a UK Kawasaki ...

The Kawasaki Z1 was a symbol of a generation. Launched in 1973, it confounded predictions and rewrote the rulebook for what a production motorcycle could be. This was not your ordinary, run-of-the ...

The four-cylinder Z1 followed in 1972, and fuel injection appeared on the GPz1100 a decade later. In 1984, Kawasaki produced the GPz900R, otherwise known as the ZX 900A or the Ninja 900.

We had the H1 and H2, but they lacked that superbike character.” The Z1 also marked the start of Kawasaki’s four-cycle performance efforts (the H1 and H2 being two-stroke motorcycles).