Kawasaki, Z1-R/Z1R-II

It is the motorcycle of the capacity 1,000cc class which Kawasaki Heavy Industries produces Kawasaki, Z1-R (Z 〈 ズィー 〉 one - are) and Z1R-II (Z one are - two) and sold.

Summary

Z1-R left a brisk sale grade against expectation of the media, but Z1R-II did not reach 5,000 in total by sale for 2 years adversely. As for this, Z1000MKII of the same year release was more inexpensive than Z1R-II, and, other than one and Z1000MKII which had approximately equal power performance, Z1300 (six cylinders car) and Z1000ST (shaft drive) of the touring purpose were released besides, and the significance of existence was lost by an appearance of high Z1000Fuel Injection (with Z1000H, the fuel injection device) of the output in a model more from Z1R-II in 1980. I have effect of the issue of recall on the European market and depend on the reason that I did not sell to the great demand for U.K. Germany country.

Z1000 (J) of the model is released in thorough review of the engine and 1981 having a new product frame, and the engine / frame constitution that left Z1 completely disappears, and, in 1980, shifted to the next generation, but is deep-rooted even if pass after release for dozens of years; is popular, and is the model that many vehicles are reimported, and is traded at a high price.

Z1-R

Kawasaki Z1000 (D1) Z1-R
Basic information
Displacement volume class	Large motorcycle
Body model	KZT00D
Engine	KZT00DE type 1,015cm3  Air-cooling 4 stroke DOHC2 valve parallel four-cylinder
Inside diameter x trip / compression ratio	70mm x 66mm / 8.7:1
The best output	90ps/8,000 rpm
The biggest torque	8.7kg-m/7,000 rpm
Vehicle weight	246 kg
Detailed information Production country Production period 1977 Type Design unification Design Frame Steel tube double cradle Full length x overall width x overall height 2,160mm x 800mm x 1,295mm Wheelbase 1,505mm The minimum freeboard The amount of seat Fueling device Carburetor (Mikuni: VM29) Start method Lubrication method Drive type Chain Gearbox Suspension The front Telescopic expression The back Swing arm type Caster / trail Brakes The front Double disk The back Single disc Tire size The front 3.50-18 The back 4.00-18 The maximum speed Ride capacity Two people Fuel tank capacity 13L The mileage Color variations Metallic stardust silver Body price Remarks Predecessors in the family line Succession Sisters car / OEM Car of the class
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There was Z1000 for a minor change of Z1/Z900 in the 1 liter class of Kawasaki, but a type to have a cafe racer image prevalent in those days as a derivation car model was developed to support a variety of needs. As a result, it is this Z1-R to have been spent as a model in 1978 (KZ1000-D1).

The style that used many conventional curves changed completely and let you image a Japanese sword with a delicate beautiful curve while being based on a straight line, and did the coloring with setting only for one color of metallic stardust silver which emphasized a feeling of metal daringly. Brought back two characters of "Z1", and the engine coat color treated a car name to black same as early Z1, too.

I attached "4 in 1" collecting duct with the Kawasaki's first aluminum cast wheel and the large-capacity expansion room, and a fuel meter and an ammeter were comprised other than speed / rev counter in the bikini cowling, and automatic cancellation mechanism was added to blinkers and hung cost in accessories.

The basic block of the engine was the same as that of Z1000 (KZ1000-A2) of the 1978 model, but I showed output 90ps (in Z1000 83ps) by the adoption of the large diameter carburetor and planned the differentiation as the special model. (thing to correct 息 つきを where the accelerator pump equipped with by North American specifications takes place for low density of the setting by effluent gas measures)

At this time, it becomes the sudden strong yen, and the companies will make a profit of higher than 15,000 throughout the world though a raise was performed all at once together, and it held the many minus factors including the recall uproar concerning the front wheel not to have been able to leave the results that are necessarily good by the performance comparison with the 1 liter class of the competition companies released in having been the pricing that originally is higher than KZ1000-A2 of the base model, again this year by, besides, 18 inches having become it as frame constitution of KZ1000-A2 of the base model.

The Japanese competing companies cast a new car into the 1 liter class one after another in the next year of this Z1-R release, but the expression that "it is faster than Z1-R" assumed Z1-R "inferior to Z1-R in the novelty of the styling" a target for comparison for a test article with the media overflowed, and it was the benchmark in every aspect

There is Z1-RTC (turbo wearing) in Z1000S (unrelated to production racer KZ1000S1 for big tank, four muffler equipment, North America), the United States as a derivation model by the local produce in Z2-R (coloring change), Germany in France.

Z1R-II

Kawasaki, Z1R-II
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Basic information
Displacement volume class	Large motorcycle
Engine	KZT00DE type type 1,015cm3  Air-cooling 4 stroke DOHC2 valve parallel four-cylinder
Inside diameter x trip / compression ratio	70mm x 66mm / 8.7:1
The best output	94ps/8000rpm
The biggest torque	9.2kg-m/6,500rpm
Vehicle weight	250 kg
Detailed information Production country Production period From 1979 to 1980 Type Design unification Design Frame Steel tube double cradle Full length x overall width x overall height 2,218mm x 805mm x 1,290mm Wheelbase The minimum freeboard The amount of seat Fueling device Carburetor (Mikuni, VM28SS) Start method Cell motor kick combination Lubrication method Drive type Chain drive Gearbox The fifth-speed return Suspension The front Telescopic expression The back Swing arm type Caster / trail 26.0 degrees ° / __ Brakes The front Double disk The back Single disc Tire size The front 3.25V-19 The back 4.00H-18 The maximum speed Ride capacity Two people Fuel tank capacity The mileage Color variations Body price Remarks Predecessors in the family line Succession Sisters car / OEM Car of the class
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Of the 1977 release Z1-R was mainly from the beginning of release criticized severely with "barbarian suspension (wobbling in the high speed area where quantity of trail lack by becoming it invites 18 inches of front desks to) on "small tank" (13 liters), "engine (did the horsepower up, but the superiority of other companies was lost), the thin seat" which did not progress" (1978 model) by the North American media, and the muffler of the one soup stock with the collecting duct system was not welcomed too much again by the North America person which liked symmetries.

It is 1979 model Z1R-II that I reconsider these points and was released in 1978.

• A frame and the base of the engine are changed to Z1000MKII by Z1000
• Front 19-inch wheel
• The shortstop of the front fork stem offsets (60mm → 50mm, securing of quantity of trail and optimization of the distance between the axle)
• Fuel tank capacity up
• "4 in 2" muffler

It was in a corner type, and there was a little output, but, as for the engine which became the Z1000MKII base of the release in the same year, a cam cover said that it was higher than Z1000MKII by Z1000MKII and the adoption such as the different exclusive mufflers of the shape. It was the Z1000MKII-based frame which assumed a part of the down tube a double steel tube from Z1000 for reinforcement of Z1. Two colors of black and the red were prepared for the coloring (as for the 1980 model only as for one color of black).

Difference between Z1R-II and emblem indication of Z1-R

Z1-R is displayed after Z1000, and Z1-R which is a car name has a hyphen ("-") between "1" and "R", but a hyphen enters between "R" and "II" where indication of Z1000 cries in Z1R-II.

Plural side cover emblems

There are two kinds of "Z1-R" to a side cover emblem of Z1R-II as well as "Z1R-II". This depends on intention of Kawasaki which wanted to make an image that it is a model in the simple next fiscal year of Z1-R which was well popular in North America markets whereas there was an aim to want to emphasize that it is the other car model in the European market which produced the issue of recall of 18 inches of front wheels in Z1-R.

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