{"id":15901,"date":"2016-06-07T15:42:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T20:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/?p=15901"},"modified":"2016-06-07T15:59:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T20:59:22","slug":"kawasaki-kz-police-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2016\/06\/kawasaki-kz-police-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawasaki KZ Police Bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I really dig the KZ police bikes pre 2005. There’s something I really like about the stock hard bags with crash bars, 18″ mags front and rear, floorboards, fairing with the 2 additional lights, and above all it’s a badass KZ1000 motor. If I could afford another bike I would absolutely own one of these. <\/p>\n

Today I came across a KZP in Lancaster for a fair price of $3500. Slimming some of the extra stuff off this bike, fresh paint with no police decals, adding a kick start, and putting standard KZ decals on it would make this bike look even better.<\/p>\n

Random Question: Why do cops around Philly ride side-by-side and not staggered like you’re supposed to?<\/p>\n

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This got me more curious about the history of these bikes. Here are a few things I found:<\/p>\n

MODELS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

  • Z1-P<\/strong> – A 1975 Kawasaki Z1 900 cc motorcycle, modified through the addition of a shop-installed kit, then in 1976 available factory-built as a police motorcycle\n
  • KZ900 Police Special<\/strong> – The 1977 KZ900 motorcycle, upgraded for use as a police motorcycle<\/li>\n
  • KZ1000C Police<\/strong> – The first built-for-law-enforcement model, intended to compete with the Harley-Davidson, 1978 – 1981<\/li>\n
  • KZ1000P Police<\/strong> – The most common model, 1982 – 2005, commonly known as the KZP<\/li>\n

    SPECS:<\/strong>
    \nEngine type: 4-stroke, DOHC in-line four, 2 valves per cylinder
    \nDisplacement: 998 cc (60.9 cu in)
    \nStarting: Electric
    \nPower: 88 hp (66 kW) @ 9,000 rpm
    \nTorque: 112 lbf\u00b7ft (152 N\u00b7m) @ 8,000 rpm
    \nCarburetion: Mikuni Bs34’s
    \nTransmission: 5-speed
    \nOverall length: 90.2 inches
    \nOverall width: 35.2 inches
    \nSeat height: 30.7 inches (780 mm)
    \nCurb weight, as from factory with fuel: 596 lb (270 kg)<\/p>\n

    Interesting Facts:<\/p>\n

  • All series have been equipped with windshields, saddleboxes, pursuit lights, and folding floorboards rather than footpegs<\/li>\n
  • All have larger generating systems than similar civilian models.<\/li>\n
  • The engine was updated in 1981 from the Z1 type with a displacement of 1015 cc to the “J model” type with a displacement of 998 cc. Although similar in appearance not all parts are interchangeable between the two types<\/li>\n
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    The newer Kawasaki Police bikes do not look good in my bias opinion.<\/p>\n

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    I really dig the KZ police bikes pre 2005. There’s something I really like about the stock hard bags with crash bars, 18″ mags front and rear, floorboards, fairing with the 2 additional lights, and above all it’s a badass KZ1000 motor. If I could afford another bike I would absolutely own one of these. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[223],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15901"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15963,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions\/15963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}