Almost Banned

Was surprised to see the following statement in
Wikipedia

Almost Banned in the U.S.
The KZ1000 had a higher-than-average accident rate, and because it was selling in such large numbers the US government briefly considered banning it. Much of the concern derived from extremely high accident rates on Kawasaki's earlier bikes, the H1 and H2.

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Was active in the motorcycle community at the time, and don't recall anything in the news, rumors, or anything else about this.

that is pretty funny from almost banned to becoming the cop's go to bike for almost 30 years.

and i didnt help the z1s wheeling /crash and burn average during my early days!

Hi Patton,

Thanks for the laugh, BUT

"This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards."

NO THAT ARTICLE SUCKS!

KZ1000- 450 pounds?!?!?

Drum brake, lock up, high side? Not saying much.

KZCSI

hey i chopped every thing i could of my little dragbike and it still weighs 440 what did i do wrong.

Thankfully in 1980 with the advent of the 85mph speedometer all this danger was under control. Thank goodness for government intervention in these things

AS ALWAYS WE OWE SO MUCH TO OUR FORWARD THINKING GOVT'S what could we have ever done with out there involvement[meddling] in our lives thank you leaders of men.

You mean because of the 85mph speedo that it is safer?:huh:
Then I guess since my speedo dosnt work then mine is the safest KZ of them all:woohoo: :woohoo:
Hot damn I love the government:silly:

It was during Jimmy Carter's ever well meaning Presidency that Joan Claybrook, Secretary of Transportation, proposed that every vehicle be equipped with speedometers that reflected no more than 85MPH. That's common Knowledge! The rest of the story is that she also wanted the lights to flash and the horn to blow at any speed over 85 MPH.

KZCSI

isn't nice to know you can go to sleep tonight knowing that they are working to protect us from ourselves.

...and that is the fundamental problem with Wikipedia...

KZCSI wrote:

It was during Jimmy Carter's ever well meaning Presidency that Joan Claybrook, Secretary of Transportation, proposed that every vehicle be equipped with speedometers that reflected no more than 85MPH. That's common Knowledge! The rest of the story is that she also wanted the lights to flash and the horn to blow at any speed over 85 MPH.

KZCSI

last time i was over 85 i saw lights flashing!but they were red and blue,does that count?:laugh: