Kawasaki KZ1300 fuel injected Turbo project 

Four cylinders! Shootout from the original Z-1 900, the 1300 came out six years after the Z-1 900: (anniversary) The KZ 1300, except this one was retrofitted with turbo!

@@fernominalEhm KZ1300 is 6 cyl. Just look how wide the engine is. Anniversary has the only diffrence of having injection instead of carbs like regular 1300.

@@fernominal 6 cylinder

KZ 1300 best bike ever . Johannesburg to palaborwa 2hrs 32 Min . Glide like an angel . 😎😂😄

@@pierresmit2525 Google says 495 km, takes 5H30. Average about 200 km/h. Lekker :-)

Yep i agree. I had a Z1300.And nope no mistake. We didn't have any KZ in Germany, all models were Z. Nobody want's a German to have another KZ (Koncentration camp) It took no less than 20-21 mpg (US) the first carburator edition.Or 10Liter/100Kilometer. And I had 2 Z 500.I kept one Z500 while having the Z1300.But 'cause of the fuel price and the spare part prices (I needet for the TÜV 3 break disks each 350 €) I sold the Z1300 again. And was happy to enjoy the half as strong Z500 50 HP. But almost half the weight too. I was so pleased with the bike that I got me a 2nd one. Consumption 4,4-7,2 Liter/100Km.These bikes were all build in 1979. A good time ;-)

They got EFI from factory around 1983-1984, only the early ones were carbed.

I had one of those

My friend had one of those he bought new in '79 and put a Mr Turbo kit on it, and he sent the engine to a guy who built it for turbo specs with one of only two sets of cams ever that were ground to turbo specs for that engine, EVIL is the way to describe that thing, it's one of the two scariest motorcycles I've ever ridden, being a motorcycle mechanic and even having my own shop at one time I've ridden a lot of wild motorcycles and that thing left an everlasting impression, 1979 brakes, 1979 tires, and 1979 suspension with that kind of power equals a motorcycle that's just dying to kill you or at least put you in the hospital, 100% EVIL.

it does sound like a 3rd gen supra!

Glorious isn't the word, EVIL is, I've ridden one of these but it was faster then this one. In 1979 a friend of mine bought one of these new, took it home and immediately took the engine off and sent it to a guy who worked with Kaw engines that built it for turbo specs, it had 1 of only 2 ever made set of cams specifically ground for turbo specs, when he got it back he put the engine back on with a Mr Turbo kit, and as if it wasn't fast enough he put a nitrous bottle on it that gave it a little shot of nitrous at WOT to compensate for turbo lag. Every one around town knew who he was and about the bike, I finally got to meet the guy in the late 80's and got to be friends with him, I took the bike for a ride twice back in the day although by then he had the nitrous unhooked on it, that kind of power on a bike with 1979 brakes, 1979 tires, and a 1979 suspension=100% EVIL!!! I mean that thing was just dying to kill you or put you in the hospital. At lower RPM's if you jacked the throttle wide open it reacted pretty much like any other large displacement UJM of the era, if you watched the boost gauge at 4lbs it started to happen, at 6lbs your eyeballs started to sink back in your head, at 8lbs the bike was literally trying to shoot straight out from underneath you, the 2nd time I rode the bike he told me "Don't go over 10lbs of boost or you'll blow the head gasket", I told him "Don't worry about that, I doubt I'll even see 8lbs this time" That thing was one of the two scariest motorcycles I've ever ridden in my life, and being a motorcycle mechanic and even having my own shop at one point I've ridden a lot of wild bikes, 100% EVIL is the best way to describe that thing.

True

200hp is a metric shitload of power for a bike.... most powerful ive driven was some 426 yamaha or something with 60ish hp, and that was plenty.

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My old ZZR1100 made 130 at the wheel and that was the fastest thing you could buy in its day. It was damn fast. Even with the weight difference here 200HP is a shitload. Its old tech not a 'busa people.

More bike sound and less music would be better I reckon though. Im a petrolhead not a muso!

Why would you compare a 2015 bike to this decades old one off ? Wanka