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Cycle News 2018 Issue 01 January 9, 2018

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VOL. 55 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 9, 2018 P83 ment for Kawasaki's current model lineup. At $10,999 for the Metallic Flat Spark Black and $11,999 for the Candytone Brown/Can- dytone Orange paint scheme tested here, the Z900RS is in the midprice range for a mod- ern retro bike, falling quite a bit shorter than the BMW R nineT's $15,395 MSRP and above the Yamaha XSR900, which re- tails for $9499. But the fact is, neither of these two admittedly brilliant bikes have the heritage and aura surrounding them like the Z900RS—and that alone will help them sell a bucketload of Z900RS's to everyone from back-in-the-day riders to people that just simply want to look cool. CN 2018 KAWASAKI Z900RS ENGINE: ......Liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve Inline four-cylinder DISPLACEMENT: .................................. 948cc BORE X STROKE: .....................73.4 x 56mm COMPRESSION RATIO: ..........................10.8:1 CLUTCH: ................................ Wet multi-plate TRANSMISSION: ................................ 6-speed CHASSIS: ............ Tubular steel trellis frame FRONT SUSPENSION: ..... Inverted fork with adjustable compression and rebound damping, and spring preload REAR SUSPENSION: ..................... Horizontal back-link swingarm with stepless adjust- able rebound damping and spring preload adjustment FRONT WHEEL TRAVEL: ....................... 4.7 in. REAR WHEEL TRAVEL: ..........................5.5 in. FRONT BRAKE: ..............300mm dual semi- floating discs, radially mounted dual monobloc four-piston calipers, ABS as standard REAR BRAKE: .............. 250mm disc, single- piston caliper with ABS as standard FRONT TIRE: ..........120/70 ZR17-in. Dunlop GPR-300F REAR TIRE: .............180/55 ZR17-in. Dunlop GPR-300 RAKE: .......................................................25.4° WHEELBASE: ........................................58.1 in. SEAT HEIGHT: ......................................31.5 in. FUEL CAPACITY: ................................. 4.5 gal. WEIGHT: ..............471.9 lbs. (curb, claimed). COLOR:........Candytone Brown/Candytone Orange, Metallic Spark Black MSRP: ...........$10,999 for the Metallic Flat Spark Black and $11,199 for the Candy- tone Brown/Candytone Orange (tested) S P E C I F I C A T I O N S Kawasaki nailed the styling on the Z900RS.

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