- 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