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The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R was a 750cc motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki produced from 1989 until 2003 From 1989 through 1995, this motorcycle was marketed as the ZX-7 in the United States. In the European and Asian markets, this motorcycle was sold under the ZXR-750 name.
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
After the 1999 Hayabusa sent shockwaves by exceeding the Honda CBR1100XX's record by more than 10 mph (16 km/h), and rumors and leaks from Kawasaki hinted that their upcoming 2000 Ninja ZX-12R would pass the 200 mph (322 km/h) milestone, some regulators and politicians in Europe called for an import ban against high speed motorcycles. [43]
The Kawasaki Z series is a family of standard/naked bikes manufactured by Kawasaki since 1972. ... Kawasaki Ninja (ZX, ZX-R, ZZR series, 1984–present) Kawasaki ...
Ninja ZXR 750 / ZX-7 (L model [zx7] street; M model [zx7r] race 93–95) (produced: 1984–1995) Ninja ZX-7R / ZX-7RR (J model [ZX7] street; K model [ZX7R] race 91–92)(produced: 1996–2003) Ninja ZX-9R (produced: 1994–2003) Ninja 1000R (produced: 1986–1987) Ninja ZX-10 / ZZR-1000 (produced: 1988–1990) Ninja ZX-11 / ZZR 1100 (produced ...
Kawasaki introduced the 750 cc class Vulcan worldwide in 1985. Due to tariff restrictions in the United States on bikes over 700 cc imported from Japan, the initial US spec model was limited to 699 cc and called the Kawasaki Vulcan 700. The tariff was lifted in 1986, and all bikes from then until the production run ended in 2006 were 749 cc.
Kawasaki GPZ900R with Ninja script on fairing. The Kawasaki Ninja is a name given to several series of Kawasaki sport bikes that started with the 1984 GPZ900R. Kawasaki Heavy Industries trademarked a version of the word Ninja in the form of a wordmark, a stylised script, for use on "motorcycles and spare parts thereof".
Performance was on a par with the GPz1100, at around 11.2 seconds at 125 mph (201 km/h) for the quarter mile and 148 mph (238 km/h) flat out. One magazine even branded it the fastest bike they had ever tested, and Kawasaki ran some ads claiming it to be "The World's Fastest Production Turbo Charged Bike". [ 2 ]