We’ve been salivating over the new Kawasaki Z900RS since it said konnichiwa at the Tokyo Motor Show. The new Zed has a clear lineage back to the iconic Z1, and marks the rebirth of the Universal Japanese Motorcycle. It’s also a damned attractive bike that promises strong on-road performance. So I’ve just spent a day…
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Some new bikes are dropped into the market and left to fend for themselves, but not the Z900RS. The moto press hasn’t even tested the new Zed yet, but a couple of pre-production models have been hiding in Deus’ Sydney workshop for a few weeks now. Right here is the first factory sanctioned Z900RS from…
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It looks like Kawasaki has hit a home run with its new Z900RS retro standard, and no-one in the press corps has even ridden it yet. It’s a homage to the mighty inline fours of yore like the Z1 (below) and based on the well-regarded Z900—itself a cracking performer that Cycle World’s road testers placed…
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The Japanese put on a show of force at the Tokyo Motor Show. Honda tore the wraps off its new Monkey and ‘Neo’ cafe racer concepts. Yamaha revealed an oddball three-wheeler. Suzuki showed a tasty potential SV650 variant, and Kawasaki set the interwebs alight with the Z900RS. Which one would you pick?
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