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ADRENALINE<br />
INJECTION<br />
CYCLE WORLD TEST<br />
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N .” T<br />
OT ANOTHER NAKED HAT WAS THE FIRST RESPONSE<br />
from Kawasaki’s U.S. product-planning department<br />
when the Japanese home office asked how many<br />
Z1000s the American market could absorb. Lack of sales suc-<br />
cess with previous standards meant Kawasaki over here wasn’t<br />
sure it wanted anything to do with the new bike, especially<br />
in the current economic environment. Now, with the Z1000<br />
obviously green-lighted, something must have changed at the<br />
Irvine, California, headquarters. So what was the swing factor?<br />
“The Z1000 is one of those bikes that is very hard to<br />
put into words,” said Kawasaki Product Manager Karl<br />
Edmondson. “No matter what is said in a PowerPoint presen-<br />
tation or in the press kit, it’s one of those bikes you just have<br />
to go out and ride.”<br /> <a title="64421-WR_np.pdf page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd51c2bd?page=1"> ADRENALINE INJECTION CYCLE WORLD TEST</a>
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<a title="64421-WR_np.pdf page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd51c2bd?page=3"> N .” T OT ANOTHER NAKED </a>
<a title="64421-WR_np.pdf page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd51c2bd?page=4"> ADRENALINE INJECTION </a>
<a title="64421-WR_np.pdf page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd51c2bd?page=5"> ADRENALINE INJECTION </a>
<a title="64421-WR_np.pdf page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd51c2bd?page=6"> Out goes the old steel frame and in its place is </a>
<a title="64421-WR_np.pdf page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd51c2bd?page=7"> EDITORS' NOTES </a>