Kawasaki Z1000 Bikes For Sale

Specs

• Seat Height: Average (815 mm / 32.1 inches)
• Weight: Heavy (221 kg / 487 lbs)
• Fuel Capacity: High (17.0 litres / 4.5 US gallons)
• Economy: Poor (35 mpg / 8.1 l/100km / 12.4 km/l)
• Range: Average (130 miles / 209 km)
• Top Speed: Very High (155 mph / 249 km/h)
• Capacity: High (1,043 cc)
• Power: High (140 bhp / 104 kW)
• Power to Weight: High (0.633 bhp/kg / 0.472 kW/kg)
• Redline: High (11,000 rpm)
• Road Tax / VED: Very High (£101 Per Year)
• Launch RRP: £9,900

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Review In A Few

What Is It?

The Kawasaki Z1000 is a popular modern naked bike and is powered by a liquid cooled 1,043 cc inline four engine, producing 140 bhp at 10,000 rpm and maximum torque at 7,500 rpm.

Features include:

• Aluminium twin spar frame and swingarm
• Dual 310 mm wavy discs with four piston calipers
• 250 mm disc at the rear with single piston caliper
• ABS system
• Fully adjustable 41 mm Showa Big Piston Fork with 120 mm travel
• Adjustable Showa shock with 138 mm travel
• Fuel injection
• 6 speed gearbox
• 4->1->2 exhaust system
• Slipper clutch
• Adjustable levers
• LED tail light

Compared to the 2010-2013 model the sharper looking front lights are now also LED, the mirrors are now die cast, the dash has a cool new design with easier to read revs, there's a new Showa Big Piston Fork, larger fuel tank, new muffler design, lighter wheels and a slipper clutch.

The engine now puts out 140 bhp due to a few revisions, the bike is 3 kg heavier than the previous model, the fuel tank 2 litres larger and the front disc has grown to 310 mm. The 6-spoke 17" wheels take a 120/70 tyre at the front and 190/50 at the rear.

Accessories include the ABS system (£400, +1 kg), smoked screen (£60) and Akrapovic mufflers (£1049).

The Sugomi special edition goes for £10,750 and gets you the Akrapovic mufflers, a tasty purple/black paint job, purple rim tape and purple fork.

At the top of the range the Performance edition goes for £10,850 and gets you the Akrapovics, tank pad and rim tape.

• 2014: Black, green/black, orange/silver/black
• 2015: Black, green/black, grey/orange, grey/green
• 2016: Grey/green/black, white/green/black, purple/black (Sugomi)
• 2017: Black, matt black, green/black, orange
• 2018: Green, blue/grey, black/grey, black
• 2019: Black/grey/purple, green/grey

It's also sometimes called the ZR1000.

Model History & Updates

2016: ABS now standard and gear position indicator a £90 option.

2017: Euro 4 compliant £11,550 Z1000R edition launched with Brembo M50 calipers, Steel braided brake lines, Ohlins S46DR1S rear shock, revised fork settings and revised ECU settings. You also get a gear position indicator with fancy shift light that lights up the speedo needle like the Z1000SX. The only colour scheme is black/grey/green.

2018: New indicators and updated grey/black/green colour scheme for the R edition.

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