$10,999: 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS Metallic Spark Black Overview and Review
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Brock Full System.... 108 on dyno. At 460lbs, sounds amazing and she rips!!!
Kawasaki's ability to re-create a retro looking bike coupled with modern motor and other parts is way beyond any of the other manufacturer's. I was in love with the brown/orange SE but am starting to really like this black one.
The first review from someone that understands the relationship with the 1973 Z1. Thank You.
I bought mine one week ago tomorrow. Loving it! I've got 280 kms on it........breaking it in. Getting so many thumbs up and drooling looks
I'm in Brazil and really like the complete description you do about the bikes. Really cool! A lesson how to motivate your client . Happy New Year and greetings from Brazil.
Awesome static review! I learned more in this 12 minutes than all the other reviews combined. Thank You.
You sound more excited than your usually excited. I can hear your heart pumpin. Great bike. Thanks!!
My first Street bike was a 1975 Kawasaki H1 and to my nostalgic mind that's what a motorcycle is supposed to look like. These new retro-modern bikes are just freakin beautiful, especially this one. But I'm completey in love with the Triumph Bonneville T120 and I was about to crack open the check book and buy one this week. But then I stumbled into one of these in a parking lot in my town and I was stunned by how great it looked. I'm definitely going to have to take one for a spin before I pull the trigger on the Triumph. Damn it! I thought I was finally done bike shopping and then this came along! I'm still probably going for the T120. I've been pestering the Triumph sales guy for two months. Two test rides and and some chatting up the service tech and I kind of feel like he earned a sale, but damn this Kawy is hot! I should sell the wife's car and buy both!
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My first bike was a 1975 H1, my brother an H2. We know! Then I got a 1979 Bonneville. Excellent. After a half dozen bikes later a 2005 FL now. I’m really thinking about getting this Z900. Yes you should buy both, hope you did at least get one of them by now.
I think Kawasaki nailed it. Sure, you can nit-pick, but overall, it's great.
That was one of the best and most informative bike reviews I have watched. ...great stuff! I love that bike! Steve
Stephen Eldridge you should check out The Missenden Flyer, for the best motorcycle reviews. Best on TH-cam..
I had a 73 900 Z1
Vibrated alot compared to todays bikes. 93 hp stock. I had Kerker 4 into 2 and it sounded great. Brown and orange. Air cooled and it had an automatic chain oiler adjustable but it just made a mess of the back wheel. I used PJ 1 chain lube. This is a close looking bike. I Like it!
simply the best modern retro bar none.
You know your old school stuff! I was thinking a 4 into 1 Kerker was definitely the way to go back then! Had one on my GPZ.
Wow a retro look. I bought a brand new 1978 KZ650SR back in the day. I was in love with that bike.
Man, u did a real great detailed static review!! Loved it!
I came off a Harley sportster. The things that I noticed right away were the 30 extra horsepower, the 100 less pounds and the higher seat height. I love that liquid cooled 4 cylinder, it is so smooth.
Had 73 z 900 i miss that bike love to get one of the new ones
Excellent and very helpful video.
I have been waiting for a detailed Black example to be uploaded and would be buying from you if I lived in Texas.
I have just ordered a Black Bike from my local dealer in Bristol UK (The original Bristol!) and was unsure until I saw just how nice the metallic Black is.
Thanks Again.
Hope these make a huge comeback!
Awesome, simple and very informative videos. Keep them coming sir!
Beautiful motorcycle… bought my 2022 z900rs Blue/gold today
I love this Bike.
But I am in an Eternal Love with my prestinely maintained 22 years old Yamaha RX-135,5-speed, Two Stroke Motorcycle!
Love from India 🇮🇳
Got the led turn signals here in Australia. Hoping an aftermarket company will make some closer in style to the originals.
An excellent and very detailed review - so informative! And I loved the detail in the close up shots. Great job. Thanks so much. What a bike - for the first time in years I've seen a road bike that was love at first sight. There's just something about it - the whole package, just gotta have one!
Being a former KZ owner with a 4-1 RC exhaust with velocity stacks I must say it's gorgeous😎
Very nice. Reminds me of my ZRX1100 which I regret having to sell. Always loved retro bikes.
My local dealer has 2 (red/brown) new 2018's for sale $8399. I'm going to look today. Have a Road Glide and old VFR 800 that I love and would never part with but this old KZ reminds me of my old GS750EX I had in my youth. Love the looks of this bike.
Love the bike but for retro reborn they should of put the twin rear shocks instead of the single sport style, and the crome twin exhausts with all that the bike would be true spirit moder retro Z line. Nice video and presentation.
Yes. Twin exhausts and dual shocks. The monoshock and super tall rear end, doesn't look quite right. But it's grown on me, and I think I like it more now. It's like someone modified an original bike and made it better, but it still has the same energy and essence of the Z1.
I got my 2018 black Z900RS for $8899. Unlike some high and mighty motorcycle brands ( Harley and Indian ) Kawasaki will deal with you. MSRP was $10,299 but it was the end of August and they were getting rid of the 2018s. I could have gotten the lime green cafe racer for $9,999 but opted to go the conservative route and got the black one. The rootbeer metallic and orange is the hardest one to find. If your dealer has one get it or someone else will.
Kawasaki did a nice job on this bike. My T100 might be going up for sale.
Love the styling, reminds me of my 83 GPZ 550
A stunningly beautifil motorbike.. Great overview of the bike too, best I've seen yet
I agree, this thing looks really nice.
nice! retro style is coming back
they really should have made a blue variant of this bike, the kawi blue was legendary
As usual, a nice, thorough overview with some good views and history of the design.
Well done, and thanks for posting!
Best review I've heard in a long time.
Great job Albert, lots of good info.
Had a 73 Z1 with a Yoshimura 1015 kit. Very Fast bike back then. Kawasaki did a great job with this one. Going to sell a bunch of them.
I think this is a better colour scheme than the brown
You should see the root beer brown, it looks great. The black is good too.
agreed the brown is nice but it will be the most commonly bought version - the black will be more unique!
The Orange & Brown one is called "A Jaffa" here in Australia.
You did a great overview on the bike!
love that sound. would not change it.
Doesn't it just take you back. Nice video well done.
A lot of people criticize the four into one exhaust saying that they should of had the four into four exhaust. People are going to want to do performance upgrades to save weight and gain power, and the aftermarket performance exhaust systems probably would of been tuned four into one systems so they just saved you a step.
gorgeous looking machine. love it 😍
Just a small correction, it’s Zed 900 not a Zee. Thanks. Also doesn’t really work without wire wheels, twin shocks etc.
Lee Curran
Zee is the American way of saying the letter z. Zed is the British way. Neither is right or wrong, and nobody is ignorant for pronouncing z the way they do.
“Zee” was adopted in the 19th century and approved in 1827 in the United States.
Awesome machine!
You telling good disclaimer, with good video shooting
I'd still want to yank off that exhaust for a new one as it's double tube head pipes.. Keep the outside looking shiny and silvery but adds another 20+lbs and I'd rather have the bike be even lighter and the pipes turn gold like stainless should. That's something (among many other things) I hate about the new Harleys with the fake covers on the pipes, extra weight that Harley definitely could go without, and they never change colors. Seeing the little bit of blue at the head and then down into gold on the old school chrome pipes always was really pretty looking. The other thing is it makes you think you have more exhaust flow than you really do, those pipes look the right size for the engine but then you realize that the actual ID of the inside tube is probably at least half an inch smaller and you lament the idea.
I sat on one of those a couple weeks ago and I'm still blown away by just how comfortable it was! I really did not want to get off of the bike, way more comfortable than our couch. And that's coming from a guy with scoliosis that threw his back out over half a dozen times last year and has a bunch of peaks on the vertebrae in his lower back.. I'm not comfy very often. Oh and I stand about 6'7 when relaxed to boot (6'10ish at full stretch) and while the bars could've been up and towards the headlight an inch and I could used wider grips and the pegs a little farther forward.. I could probably ride it stock for a while and not be too uncomfortable.
I see 4 pipes going into one --- so how is it not a '4-into-1'??
Own it!! Gotta wait a few more weeks to ride up here in NH but pretty excited!
Sparky...if there are 4 pipes and 1 muffler the exhaust is considered to be 4 into 1. See the connection?
Beautiful bike, no 1 on my list ...
As always, very informative.
Start buttons on handlebar are the same, like on my 1995 xj600. I see, producer is still alive :-).
Hi watching her in UK .
Great video .
My buddy is booking a test ride .
Love Kawasaki I have the 2016 verses 650 .
Oh I want!!!!!!
But I would want a modern color. I like classic looks, just not classic paint jobs. I think nice red would look good with the black frame.
I Owned a new 900 in 1973, the coffee cup guages, duck tail and general pofile, even the badges on the covers are similar, im sure its more than 81 hp, and im sure it would ride better than the original, does not sound to alike the original, its a better alternative than the original, I sure owner of originals would remember tank slapping too lol
Great video with detailed information. Got new one 2020. Good Job !!
Muita linda essa moto Kawasaki.
If it had 20hp or so more I would buy one asap!! 110hp was fine in 73', not today though.
They made around 70hp in 73 not 110. So it's loads more powerful than the original.
There is a video on YT of someone winding it out to 230 kph+, and it gets there pretty quickly. I don't think it's a slow bike. It's not for me, though. Looks too modern. I went to take a look at it in the local Kwaka dealer.
These 948cc engines have the max torque shifted lower into the 3-7 K range. You give up some horsepower at the top but gain if back in real useable grunt down low. You want a sleeper for Friday night on main street, this might be it.
Added Brock full system.... 108hp on Dyno. She has plenty of power at 460 pounds. Love it !!!
A great new model harking back to the early 70s in design and a great review by the way. The only thing that is not that obvious about this bike is that like the current Z900 this bike is small no where near the size of the old Z900/1000 thus when you add a pillion the bike looks dinky. Meant for solo riding really, its a pity they didn't use a larger frame. I'm sure it will have a great following though.
Great review, wish you'd a lifted the seat. I'd like to see what storage room was in there, suppose a top case would look weird on this bike.
Any word on the café version coming to USA or perhaps add-ons to make the black RS into the café? Great videos over the years keep up the good work!
Beautiful.
I wished this bike comes to Malaysia.
Looking forward to getting one. Ill swap the exhaust and probably do some cam work and lose the turn signals.
Looked forward to this since the rumours started. A Z900 retro! I'm really disappointed. Just doesn't look retro enough! Totally agree with a previous comment too, not enough power and torque. I'll stick with my ZRX1200!
I saw one in the local Kwaka shop. It's not very retro at all. The tank is wrong, the frame is wrong, the engine is wrong, the rear shocks are wrong. On top of all that, the price is totally wrong.
Very nice review.
Really nice bike but my only complaint is the emblem that they make you buy twice. That move was taken right out of the Harley Davidson marketing book, AKA how can we milk every last cent out of our customers.
What a magnificent good looking bike!
the turn signals are not the same as advertised... I wonder what else changed.
Different countries,, different changes,so it depends where you are = country
Great review!
The real beast....nice video
Needs slightly higher swept bars and the original large round indicators , the current trend look awful ....two into four pipes would crown it
The '73 - '75 900 was a "Z-1", not a " Z900 or KZ900". It wasn't until the '76 model that is the "KZ900".
Here it is June 2019 and I got a new 2018 with one mile on the odometer for $8,495....
On the road? Or is that the price plus tax, tags, title, freight?
I like it love the retro bikes.
Beautiful bike no doubt... there are different opinions about the performance, wont fit every rider out there, can be a little jumpy but one think u can not denny is that the bike is a good looking piece of engineering
Great review, these are awesome!
Great review, great sound.
Thank you for your reviews. professional and to the point. what tires do they come with?
Cool bike, great homage to the original. But I bet it would run circles around the original.
I think I like the black better than the brown/orange.
I wish it was 1200cc and shaft drive and twin exhaust and it's perfect. What about fat tires instead of low profile.
I would of like to see Kawasaki incorporate their color green into this model.
they did
Love it
As a Z1b owner I think they did a pretty nice job. But I’ve seen vids on TH-cam and its performance isn’t as good as the original.
Im liking this bike gotta check them out
I really like the black.
Picking one up this week. 😎
Wonder how a set of spoke rims with nice set white letter Dunlops
Thanks Albert
We need some round amber turn signals instead of those alien bug eye looking things on a retro style bike.
Great review thankyou
They need a blacked out model. Too much chrome. Need to trim the rear mudguard too. Good starting point though.
Love this machine
A centrestand is optional
Great review best bike on the market.
The green looks best black is not to bad too.