Check out the # 1 in this small article.

A no brainer of course.
hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/Top_10_Japane...al_Bikes_Of_All_Time

never a dout in my mind :woohoo:

z1kzonly wrote: A no brainer of course.
hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/Top_10_Japane...al_Bikes_Of_All_Time

Thanks for posting this enjoyable and informative link!

Good Fortune!

And the number one, best standard Japanese street-legal motorcycle of all time is... The New York Steak!

#1: Kawasaki Z1 900. Wow. Just wow. It's been over 35 years and the Z1 still floors you. The fluidity of the fuel tank flowing into the seat with that naughty kickup and then whooshing out to the taillamp. That muscular and brawny black and chrome monster of an engine, it all leaves you breathless. Kawi engineers code named it The New York Steak because they knew that they were building it to appeal to the American market. And so it did! The Z1 was everything that the Honda 750 never was, it was blindingly fast, stunningly beautiful and hit all the right buttons. In the early Seventies, Kawasaki owned the dragstrips with their vibrating violent widowmakers, the two stroke three cylinder H1 and H2 that had all of the explosiveness and the reliability of a grenade with the pin pulled. The Z1 could spank an H1 at the strip and still yield a comfortable ride that would have you checking the map for the best scenic route to the opposite coast of the continent. Straight out of the dealership, the bike could break 155 mph. With a few tweaks, it owned superbike racing for more than a decade. Of all the standard street-legal Japanese motorcycles ever built, the Kawasaki Z1 900 is the undisputed all time champion.

Makes me proud of my New York Steak

"Makes me proud of my New York Steak"...
You are speaking of your Kawi right?.... :whistle: :laugh:

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martin_csr wrote:

Patton wrote:
.... Straight out of the dealership, the bike could break 155 mph....

155mph? Really?

"Straight out of the dealership, the bike could break 155 mph. With a few tweaks,"


Yep with a few tweaks


Yes Rock my Kawi

martin_csr wrote:

Patton wrote:
.... Straight out of the dealership, the bike could break 155 mph....

155mph? Really?

It's true! Of course the dealership in question is on top of Mount Everest. :laugh:

martin_csr wrote:

Patton wrote:
.... Straight out of the dealership, the bike could break 155 mph....

155mph? Really?

This is my same thought from reading that article.

It caused me to do a little further reading about what Hubpages actually is. It's a site where amateur writers can publish their work and practice their craft. Evidently, if you get enough followers, it can generate a little residual income for the author.

Nothing quite like pandering to the audience, eh? :whistle: :evil:

DoubleDub wrote: Nothing quite like pandering to the audience, eh? :whistle: :evil:

I stumbled across the same article some time ago, and thought that it was a fairly glowing review of the Kawasaki. If you read the comments, it becomes fairly clear that the writer is an un-appologetic Kawa fan. Nothing wrong with that, but still not the same as an accomplished and unbiased journalist writing about the bikes. (Is that a possibility?) I have a tendency to agree with his writing, but I bet that a GS-o-file, or CB1100F junkie might think a little differently. It just adds a little perspective is all.

I've owned, or ridden extensively, 3 of those on the list. The Honda 90, though it was a dirt model, I put a ton of miles on. Weekends in the dirt, weekdays commuted to work in Oakland,CA. Yammy XS650. I loved that bike. I put a Windjammer on it and rode all over Arizona when I lived there and in WI when I came home. Now I have a KZ1000 which was given to me by a close freind. It was a mess then now the most dependable bike I've owned. I guess the writer and I think a lot alike.