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Dec 9, 2023 · 315. 11K views 4 months ago. Designed to be the ultimate in big-bore touring bike of the late 1970s, Kawasaki's KZ1300 (Z1300 in Europe) was the biggest, most powerful production motorcycle...
Kawasaki Z 1300. Year. 1979 - 80. Engine. Four stroke, transverse six cylinder, DOHC, 2 valve per cylinder. Capacity. 1286 cc / 78.5 cu in. Bore x Stroke. 62 x 71 mm.
Kawasaki saw the Z1300 as the mammoth motorcycle to defeat all others. More powerful than many cars at the time, the Z1300 was the most complicated motorcycle available in 1979. At the heart was a liquid-cooled double overhead camshaft engine, the assembly alone weighing 130 kg, more than some 125 cc motorcycles.
Mar 17, 2014 · 17th March 2014 Classic Bike Hub UK Road Tests. Kawasaki Z1300. The colossal six cylinder, watercooled Z1300 came along just a year after Honda’s own ‘six’, the CBX. That had been awesome enough but the Zed boasted 15 more horses at 120 bhp!
Jan 8, 2022 · Trail bike fans had both two and four-stroke singles such as Yamaha’s DT and XT 250s, stroker sports bike loons dribbled over the iconic Yamaha LC, Suzuki’s X7 and Kawa’s KH triple while, most popular of all were ‘sensible’, more versatile four-stroke twins such as Honda’s CB250N Superdream, Yamaha’s XS250 and Suzuki’s GSX250.
Dec 1, 2018 · The Z1300 came about, most probably, as a result of the superbike race begun by Honda in 1969 with its CB750. Kawasaki themselves would trump the Four with their 1972/73 Z1 of 903cc but as the 1970s progressed, so did cubic capacity…
Jun 3, 2018 · Official View. No doubt it shocked the biking world, whilst Kawasaki themselves ‘wax lyrical’ about their creation, stating… ‘the Z1300 was powered by a revolutionary, liquid-cooled In-line six displacing an incredible 1,268 cc, the largest of its time. Harnessing the engine’s massive power was a robust shaft drive.
