Explain What Z means?

How do you like your answerZ so far??

KZ250LTD wrote:

No no, its "Zee fastest bike in the room".

Didn't you know kawasaki was german?

I thought Kawasaki was an English version from the Italian "Kawasacci."

Hey whats that over there?

.....Why that's the Ravenous Bugbladder Beast of Tral!!!

...Is it safe?

....Oh it's perfectly safe...we're the ones in trouble.

KZ is the next logical sequence after KY....
:ohmy:

its what kz makes all the other bikes do ZZZZZZZZZZZZ ha!ha!

the funny answers are great....i still wanna know for real...and these things get under my skin...trivia type and all....i found this netherlands info but can not fin d the answer...am i the only one...or does no one on here really know?





Kawasaki History More than forty years have passed since Kawasaki started full-scale production of motorcycles. Our first motorcycle engine was designed based on technical ...
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It was the birth of the Power King Legend
The Z1, with the world’s first air-cooled, DOHC, In-Line Four cylinder engine and other impressive specs, became the world’s most powerful motorcycle. Code-named "New York Steak" during its five-year development, the mouth-watering motorcycle was a huge hit from the moment of its release. The domestic Z2 enjoyed tremendous popularity in Japan.

Overseas the Z1 reigned as the "King of Motorcycles" for a number of years. Z1 mania still present today. In Japan, the popularity of the Z2 among motorcycle magazine readers catapulted it to No. 1 and the "Myth of Z was born

OK, "Z" is the Kawasaki alpha designation for "4-stroke street bike". No official explanation for why they picked "Z", but I remember some marketing babble back in the day that it was meant to evoke a sense that this was the ultimate, that nothing would ever, could ever, be better. :huh:

trianglelaguna wrote:

...still wanna know for real....

Go to "Filebase" under "KZ Information" (in the green ribbon near top of screen).

Click on "Not Model-specific."

Do a search on the word exhaustive, to locate Exhaustive Development History of Z1.

Download the file.

The answer is in there, along with loads of other good info.

Good Luck!

I was told they are called Z in Europe and not kz because they didn't want the name to be associated with kz camps.

this was in Japanese web site.

"The last letter of the alphabet, and meaning the ultimate. For the best and #1, named Z1."