Z1/Z900/Z1000

Engine: 900-1000cc four-stroke four, DOHC Weight: 230-245kg Top speed: 125-134mph Year: 1972-1980 Kawasaki’s emphatic reply to Honda’s CB750/4 and technically more advanced by some distance. Immensely strong roller bearing bottom end can take huge amount of abuse. Upgraded, enlarged, café-racered, even fuel-injected the Z1-Z1000 range is still in huge demand. Lots of reproduction parts are now available for earlier models so some care may be needed when buying top dollar examples. 750 Z2 Japanese market model rarer but less desirable. Lots of grunt and charisma, but not cheap.