• 90 Crankshaft horsepower
  • Dry Weight approximately 515 pound
  • The Z1R was built for only two years, 1978 & 1980
  • The two model years are not identical, but both are styled as a cafe racer with it’s “coffin” tank, bikini fairing and square tail section. The 1978 model even came with a 2 into 1 exhaust
  • Painted in this blue green color only for 1978. it was not the sales success that kawasaki had hoped for
  • very collectible for its rareness
  • mechanically the same as a KZ-1000, it’s an air cooled, twin cam, two valve, four stoke engine
  • Aluminium mag wheels and triple disc brakes were all the rage in 1978
  • This particular bike is completely original