Sacrilège: A Kawasaki Z1000ST Of Biblical Proportions
Ed Turner is one of Europe’s most extreme custom workshops. Owner Karl Renoult has a very clear and unapologetic vision: he builds each…
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In 1976, Cycle World declared that the KZ1000 was “The Fastest Stocker We’ve Ever Tested.” Production started in 1976, and the KZ1000 was the third in a line of fast, exciting ‘nakeds’ that started with the Z1 and then the KZ900.
The KZ1000 is now something of a cult machine, and popular with both cafe racer builders and restomod specialists. In Japan, there is a whole industry of companies that focus on fettling and upgrading the KZ1000, with AC Sanctuary being the most famous.
Over the years, multiple variants of the KZ1000 were developed by Kawasaki, and the 1980 Z1000H was the first mass-produced fuel-injected motorcycle in the world.
It’s one of the most exciting platforms to build on in the custom world, and if you have tens of thousands of dollars to spare, you can buy a heavily upgraded custom KZ1000 that will hold its own against much more modern machinery.
Red Rooster: Playing Chicken with the Kawasaki Kz1000
As vintage big fours go, the Kawasaki Kz1000 is as mythical as they come. It’s hailed as one of the granddaddies of…
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70s Muscle: Santiago’s Kawasaki Z1000 cafe racer
If the sixties was the heyday for muscle cars, the seventies was the era of superbikes. Cars that could run the quarter…
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Top 5 Kawasaki Z1 and Z1000 customs
In the early 1970s, two Japanese superbikes ruled the roost: the Honda CB750 and the Kawasaki Z1. The Z1 was originally going…
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Kawasaki Z1000 by Santiago Chopper
Santiago Chopper’s Alain Bernard is a vintage Kawasaki fan from way back. And when he’s not building trikes, he likes to have…
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Custom Kawasaki Z1000J
The scale of the Japanese custom scene is absolutely staggering, as anyone who has pored over magazines such as Moto Navi and…
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Kawasaki KZ1000 by AC Sanctuary
Late 70s Japanese superbikes have character by the bucketload—unlike the plasticized contemporary offerings. There’s ample performance too: a stock Kawasaki KZ1000 puts…
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Kawasaki KZ1000 custom
Early Japanese superbikes seem to get more appealing as the years go by. The Honda CB750 is still going strong, and so…
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Wrenchmonkees Kawasaki Z1000
It’s hard to believe that the Wrenchmonkees have been operating for three years now. But in that short time, they’ve become one…
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Kawasaki Z1000 cafe racer by Santiago Chopper
In the 70s and 80s, Georges Martin was one of Europe’s most prolific frame and component manufacturers. Based in Les Sables-d’Olonne, a…
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Mystery Ship: The famous Vetter fairing
I’ve never quite been sure what to make of Craig Vetter. One the one hand, he’s the man who gifted us the…
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Reg Pridmore’s Vetter Kawasaki KZ1000
In 1976, the Englishman Reg Pridmore won the AMA Superbike Championship on a BMW R90S. The following year, he became the first…
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