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by ChrisW » Fri Sep 26, 2025 9:59 pm
Looks quite cool, if perhaps a bit droopy in the headlight area.
Quite like the head design touches.
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by KungFooBob » Fri Sep 26, 2025 10:04 pm
Doesn't really look any different from the 2014 Z1000, I guess if it aint broke, don't fix it... just add a few cc's to make up for the latest emission standards.
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by Skub » Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:07 pm
They've added all the usual rider aids,none of the old zeds have that.
Can't see it selling well since the competition is faster and cheaper.
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by ZRX61 » Sat Sep 27, 2025 5:19 am
They let the cat out of the bag a few months ago. I see they still haven't fired the blind motherfucker who designs the silencers
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by Skub » Sat Sep 27, 2025 10:38 am
I like mine betterer even though it's olderer.
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by Ian » Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:00 am
Nice use of old torpedoes
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by Skub » Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:26 am
Ian wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:00 am
Nice use of old torpedoes
There was a factory making them locally during the war,though I doubt they had gateposts in mind.
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by ZRX61 » Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:49 pm
When they were doing the US certification with the DoT there was something in the filing that indicated there might also be a ZRX looking version in the pipeline...
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by Skub » Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:53 pm
ZRX61 wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:49 pm
When they were doing the US certification with the DoT there was something in the filing that indicated there might also be a ZRX looking version in the pipeline...
If they did it right,that could be a seller. Lotta love for the ZRX. A mate has 3 of them!
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by KungFooBob » Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:56 pm
Wouldn't that just take sales away from the Z900RS?
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by Skub » Sat Sep 27, 2025 4:03 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:56 pm
Wouldn't that just take sales away from the Z900RS?
I don't understand that one either.
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by Le_Fromage_Grande » Sat Sep 27, 2025 5:24 pm
Will it sell?
I think it's only competitor is the Suzuki GSX-S 1000, the Honda Hornet 1000 is so budget it's not in the same ball game, and people will buy this if they like Kawasakis more than Suzukis, they're both ugly bikes, for me the Kawasaki is uglier.
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by mangocrazy » Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:21 pm
Kawasaki have really gone full in on the praying mantis look.If you like that kind of thing, great. Not keen, myself.
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