Kawasaki explains that its acclaimed GPZ 900 R rose from the ashes of the company’s big early success story in the motorcycle arena: the Z1. The Z1 model debuted in 1972, and by 1980, the time was ripe for “a brand-new, high-performance, next generation motorcycle … applying everything Kawasaki engineers had learned through their Z1 experiences.”
The GPZ 900 R was, for its time, a little too high-performance — to the extent that aspects of its design had to be abandoned, reconsidered, and innovated. A DOHC quad-cylinder and quad-valve 900cc engine hadn’t been utilized before with liquid cooling, but this ferocious new motorcycle simply generated so much heat that its performance demanded it.
A body of aluminum and tensile steel lent the bike the right blend of low weight, security, and power it needed to achieve two things: to be super fast, and to handle well while doing it. This Kawasaki certainly accomplished that goal: The GPZ 900 R was the fastest motorcycle in the world at the time, with a 0 to 400m of less than 11 seconds, and hitting a 240 kmph (149 mph) top speed.
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