Completely redesigned two years ago,
the Z1000's aggressive bodywork reveals the design team's attention to detail. The aesthetic showcase begins with a low-mount front cowl that slopes back radically, highlighting the Z’s prow and, behind it, an adjustable instrument cluster featuring a multifunction LCD display covered by a trick-looking orange lens. The line-beam headlight's guts are integrated nicely into that angled cowl. The seat is low and narrow at the front to make ground contact easy, and flows beautifully rearward to end in a futuristically retro LED tail light behind a red lens. It’s a thoroughly athletic shape, one sure to garner attention wherever it’s ridden.
The heart of every naked bike is its engine, so
Kawasaki engineers paid special attention here for maximum impact: Dual cams. 1,043cc. Liquid cooling. High compression. A long stroke – 56mm – for instantaneous thrust. The design allows a narrow mid-section, which fosters a high degree of rider comfort and feedback in addition to keeping weight low and chassis rigidity high. The engine bolts solidly to the frame in three places, stressed-member-style, and there’s also a rubber mount at the upper rear crankcase area for added vibration damping and torsional rigidity. A solid-mount handlebar and aluminum footpegs lifted from the Ninja® ZX-10R contribute to the Z1000’s quality, top-shelf feel. Brakes? Totally modern: Radially mounted calipers, Ninja-spec 300mm petal-type rotors and a radial-pump master cylinder all provide the latest in braking feel and feedback.
The 2012 kawasaki Z1000 Specifications
- Engine Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, inline-four
- Displacement 1043 cc
- Bore x Stroke 77.0 x 56.0mm
- Compression Ratio 11.8:1
- Fuel System DFI® with four 38mm Keihin throttle bodies, oval sub-throttles
- Ignition TCBI Digital Advance
- Transmission 6-Speed
- Final Drive X-Ring Chain
- Frame Type Aluminum Backbone
- Rake/Trail 24.5 deg. / 4.1 in.
- Front Suspension / Wheel Travel 41 mm inverted cartridge fork with stepless compression and rebound damping, adjustable spring preload / 4.7 in.
- Rear Suspension/Wheel Travel Horizontal monoshock with stepless rebound damping, adjustable spring preload / 5.4 in.
- Front Tire Size 120/70 ZR17
- Rear Tire Size 190/50 ZR17
- Wheelbase 56.7 in.
- Front Brakes Dual 300mm petal-type rotors with radial-mount four-piston calipers
- Rear Brakes Single 250mm petal-type rotor with single-piston caliper
- Fuel Capacity 4.0 gal.
- Seat Height 32.1 in
- Overall Length 82.5 in.
- Overall Width 31.7 in.
- Overall Height 42.7 in.
- Color Choices TBD
- Good Times™ Protection Plan 12, 24, 36 or 48 months
