Manufacturer | Kawasaki Motorcycle & Engine Company |
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Parent company | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
Production | 2004–2012 |
Successor | Kawasaki Z800 |
Class | Naked |
Engine | 748 cc, 11.3:1 CR, liquid cooled, DOHC, inline four with digital fuel injection |
Transmission | 6-speed, return |
Weight | 195 kg (430 lb) (Models 2004 to 2006), 203 kg (448 lb) (Models 2007 to 2012) (dry) 226 kg (498 lb) (Models 2007 to 2012) (wet) |
Related | Kawasaki Z1000 |
The Kawasaki Z750 motorcycle is Kawasaki's model in the mid-end class of naked and half faired bikes. It is a smaller version of the Kawasaki Z1000.
The Kawasaki Z750 was launched in 2004, after its bigger brother, the Z1000 in 2003. Kawasaki kept it simple, using the same engine block and sleeving it down from 1000 cc to 750 cc, cheaper front suspension and using a conventional exhaust, making it a cut-down version of Z1000. Like the Z1000, which is considered a modern version of the Kawasaki Z900/Z1, the Z750 can be considered a modern take on the Kawasaki Z750RS Z2. A remodelled version of both the Z750 and the Z1000 was released in 2007, with changes both stylistically and mechanically. In 2011, alongside the standard Z750, Kawasaki launched the Z750R, which featured upgraded suspension and brakes components and a lightly revised styling.