cbash::blackeye: Sad but true .
FINALLY 2010 Z1000 gets a ZX10r motor !
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cbash::blackeye: Sad but true .
the day that they make a ZED like that is the day I make sure one comming to the US has my name on it. How come bike manufacturers dont make bikes that the customers want. I sold my 03 z1k for extra money and it was the best bike Ive ever owned. If I were to go into a dealership with a check book I dont think I would walk out with any of them.
GAH! I should have scrolled down before telling my wife I am getting a new bike! The other two I have been looking at are still the SuperDuke 990 and the Duc Streetfighter, so this would have made her relatively happy....relatively.
That's a pretty obvious photoshop, even without the links previously posted. :smashfrea
Don't get sassy with me Kawasaki. I said "please".Dear Tony,
If American buyers had bought the Z1000 worth a crap we would've kept bothering to send them over there.
Kthxbye,
Kawasaki
even spewzuki is in the works to launch a 1000cc street fighter
if it does in 2010, i'm sure the z1000 will get a detuned ZX10R engine..
it MAY even get launched in the US seeing as all the ''sports bike for life''' fanboys will read zx10r engine!
there no question... it will happen, but maybe not in the US :hah:
if it does in 2010, i'm sure the z1000 will get a detuned ZX10R engine..
it MAY even get launched in the US seeing as all the ''sports bike for life''' fanboys will read zx10r engine!
there no question... it will happen, but maybe not in the US :hah:
If they do this bike I wish they would leave off the "detuned" part...if it does in 2010, i'm sure the z1000 will get a detuned ZX10R engine..
Short of building it yourself, I think it'll always be detuned to some degree. I hate it.If they do this bike I wish they would leave off the "detuned" part...
Europe already has a naked FZ1 and Honda has their CB1000RR, both bikes I absolutely love. They'll never come to the US. I hate here. Dammit.
:laugh:Don't get sassy with me Kawasaki. I said "please".
I wouldn't count on it. Remember that in 2003 when the Z1k was launched the ZX-9R was Kawi's top-dog liter bike. And it had an impressive resume, even if it was a bit heavier than its competitors. It was the first liter bike to run 9s, and through the end it was commended for its freighttrain-like power. And Kawi didn't even detune it. Initial reviews of '03 Zs were putting down near identical peak Hp numbers to the 9r, with a little more midrange to boot. People still didn't buy it worth a crap. Heck, I never even heard of it until the '07 came out -- I had to go back in my old stacks of motorcycle magazines to read the original articles about the '03. Of course I wanted one then (and got one,) but the nail was already pretty well set into the coffin. It's unfortunate, but most Americans like to look like they're a lot faster than they are. If they could let their ego go they sure could be a lot more comfortable, and probably even have a lot more fun.it MAY even get launched in the US seeing as all the ''sports bike for life''' fanboys will read zx10r engine!
It would help in the US if motorcycle were viewed more as a legit form of transportation instead of mainly just toys.
Ya know ,If you think about it ,the power a ZX10r makes is truely MASSIVE and even detuning it a little would make a tourque MONSTER with all the power you could stand ,especially if it's as light as a TEN .:nerd:Short of building it yourself, I think it'll always be detuned to some degree. I hate it.
Europe already has a naked FZ1 and Honda has their CB1000RR, both bikes I absolutely love. They'll never come to the US. I hate here. Dammit.
I love my Z and it's fast, but a true ZX10 engine would be sweet! I have to say that I am guilty of only useing my bikes for fun. I just don't see bikes as a parctical mode of tansportation. I the US most like the women undressed and the sport bikes dressed- that's how it will always be. I don't see there ever being a huge demand for naked sport bikes here.
True story.II don't see there ever being a huge demand for naked sport bikes here.
Short of building it yourself...
I suppose I could go into business making zx10r engine swap kits. I could just model it after mine, but make one for the 07+ bike as well. They would have to be pricey though.
I can see Kawasaki dropping in from the USA lineup in the few years... Just not a large market for it here, especially when are done to one color.
Dear God & Kawasaki,
Please build the 2010 Z1K ! I promise I will be a good boy and buy one. Also, when it gets built sell it in the USA.
-AWD Ninja
Please build the 2010 Z1K ! I promise I will be a good boy and buy one. Also, when it gets built sell it in the USA.
-AWD Ninja
Z1000 was dropped. 2008 was the lastI can see Kawasaki dropping in from the USA lineup in the few years... Just not a large market for it here, especially when are done to one color.
Z1000 was dropped. 2008 was the last
Wow!!! I screwed that up.... Guess I was think I had seen one not long ago, but thinking about it, it was an 2008 white model..
I could be wrong, but I do not think that it was dropped. I believe that there is a 2009 Z1000 in europe. Look here:
http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/Z1000
There model history shows the 2008 as a white bike and the current pictures are an orange / black scheme.
http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/Z1000
There model history shows the 2008 as a white bike and the current pictures are an orange / black scheme.
Kawi still makes the Z1000, but the 2008 model year was the last one they sent to the US.I could be wrong, but I do not think that it was dropped. I believe that there is a 2009 Z1000 in europe. Look here:
http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/Z1000
There model history shows the 2008 as a white bike and the current pictures are an orange / black scheme.
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