Is the Kawasaki 750 the same as last year?
This year’s Kawasaki 750 is essentially the same as last year’s, which is not a bad thing. It’s a dohc, inline Four with a bank of four 34mm Keihin CV carbs. Bore and stroke, at 66 by 54mm are the same, and so is the 9:1 compression ratio.
When did the Kawasaki GPz 750 come out?
1982 was the first year of the 750, as both the GPz550 and GPz1100 were introduced a year earlier. 1982 was also a bit of a one year only model, based on the older architecture.
When did Kawasaki stop making the 650 Class?
The 650 worked for a couple of years, with the aftermarket helping things along by offering all sorts of hop-up equipment. But by 1979 the 750 class was by far the most popular, and 100cc was a lot to give away, so Inamura decided that he was going to have to go 750.
How much does a Kawasaki KZ750 E cost?
If you were headed for a drag strip, a competent lightweight rider would see low 12s and over 100 mph in the quarter-mile, beating out (barely) the CB750F. But the prices of the two were now pretty equal, with the KZ at $2,750, the CB at $2,850.
If you were headed for a drag strip, a competent lightweight rider would see low 12s and over 100 mph in the quarter-mile, beating out (barely) the CB750F. But the prices of the two were now pretty equal, with the KZ at $2,750, the CB at $2,850.
How big is the bore on a Kawasaki KZ750?
And then he developed the KZ650/4, with a bore and stroke of 62 by 54mm, for 652cc total. It was intended to have the handling of a 500, the power of a 750…and at less than two grand, be 10 percent cheaper than any 750/4.
What kind of engine did Kawasaki have in 1980?
Just to clarify things, in 1980 Kawasaki had two very different KZ750s—the KZ750-G parallel twin, the engine of which had been on the market since 1976 (Retrospective, December 1996), and the new in-line four, known by the postfix E.
The 650 worked for a couple of years, with the aftermarket helping things along by offering all sorts of hop-up equipment. But by 1979 the 750 class was by far the most popular, and 100cc was a lot to give away, so Inamura decided that he was going to have to go 750.