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FIRST RIDE WORDS: Tim Carrithers PHOTOS: Adam Campbell<br />
2010 KAWASAKI Z1000<br />
ELECTRONICALLY REPRINTED FROM MARCH 2010<br />
PRACTICALLY<br />
NAKED<br />
Kawasaki's new standard<br />
of excellence is just<br />
keepin' it real<br />
They Say: “Faster,<br />
more nimble and<br />
better than ever.”<br />
We Say: “Return of<br />
the son of '73 Z-1”<br />
B efore we get into what the new<br />
Z1000 is, let's start with what Kawa-<br />
saki says it isn't. First, it's definitely<br />
not a warmed-over '08 Z1000—don't look<br />
for transposable parts because there aren't<br />
any—and it's not a naked ZX-10 either. Your stroke helps keep the intake charge moving,<br />
aesthetic inference and these photographs which helps explain 65 percent more torque<br />
not withstanding, Kawasaki types don't use and 10 percent more horsepower 4000 rpm<br />
the word “naked” in its presence. Naked <a title="64804_elite.pdf page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/804dc62b?page=1"> FIRST RIDE WORDS: Tim Carrithers PHOTOS</a>
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