All Duels – Duel Z1000 Vs Speed ​​Triple: big gas factories! – Girl traps in town …

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Duel Z1000 Vs Speed ​​Triple: big gas factories !

All Duels - Duel Z1000 Vs Speed ​​Triple: big gas factories! - Girl traps in town ...

Among the big roadsters, rare are the four-cylinders to dare to come to rub shoulders with the formidable Triumph Speed ​​Triple, especially the 2011 model sharpened like never before! But the explosive Kawasaki Z1000 also has serious assets to assert… Duel !

Girl traps in town…

Barely more powerful (135 hp against 130 previously) and a little lighter (214 kg all full against 217), the 2011 Triumph Speed ​​Triple, however, sets the bar much higher on the dynamic level (read).

Suffice to say a real feat, as the previous model already provided a max (read in particular our). The recipe for success ? Triumph has completely redesigned the cycle part, and in particular the weight distribution.

Now more "loaded" on the front (on which rests 50.9% of the total weight of the motorcycle against 48.6% in 2010) and equipped with a seriously optimized chassis, the Englishwoman holds the pavement like never before and her three-cylinder still blows hard! Result of the races: the volunteers do not really jostle at the gate to face it, especially within the Japanese production…

Except on the Akashi side, where the Kawasaki Z1000 does not feed any complex in the face of the Hinckley bomb! It must be said that with its chassis derived from the ZX-10R and its 1043 cc four-cylinder engine packed with watts (138 hp and 110 Nm of torque in Full), the Kawasaki turns out to be the most playful of Japanese roadsters, the the only one to hope to be able to compete with the Speed ​​in terms of sensations (read our).

Completely redesigned in 2010 (read), the "Zed Mille" is also distinguished from its compatriots by its daring aesthetic bias. Admittedly, the "Manga" look is a rather common visual signature in the Land of the Rising Sun, but the Kawasaki pushes the concept to its climax. !

Evidenced by its spectacular front part, whose particularly massive and compact appearance is reinforced by the width and the pronounced inclination of the upper part of the tank (of only 15 liters). As if carved with a billhook, the side scoops incorporate sharp indicators and generous air inlets, while the new plastic covers installed on the fully adjustable 41 mm fork bring a touch of originality.

The rear is not to be outdone, with its short, racy exhausts and its very successful LED light embedded in the hull with salient angles. A stern that also conceals practical notches serving as grab handles: welcome attention, even if the discomfort of the narrow jump seat does not really encourage the duo. That said, not only does the Speed ​​go without handles, but also its high mufflers "cook" the foundation of the passenger in town. !

Carefully built and crammed with beautiful parts – like the exterior of the brake pistons or the polished footrest protrusions, the wheel tension eccentrics or the three petal discs – the Z1000 really sticks in the eye. At the risk, assumed, of tending towards a form of exuberance limit "tuning"…

Parked opposite the Speed ​​Triple in front of a cafe terrace, the green and black Z1000 attracts many glances … but mainly those of onlookers or bikers of low middle age and a few young people (and pretty! ) city dwellers attracted by the muscular lines of the Kawa !

Less ostentatious, the Triumph and its splendid red dress stir up a much larger audience. Most of the curious appreciate both the purity of the lines of the 17.5 liter tank and the pretty rear hull as well as the "So British" elegance given off by the single-sided oscillating-arm aesthetic (inside which the chain now passes) and the magnificent polished stainless steel silencers.

The others are ecstatic in front of its polished finish, its generous aluminum frame and all its salivating "racing" peripherals: the Showa fork and shock absorber (adjustable in compression, rebound and preload), the front brake calipers and the master cylinder Brembo radial fixing and braided hoses. Top gear, worthy of a very good Hypersport.

On the other hand, opinions are more mixed concerning the abandonment of the iconic round headlights and their chrome casings in favor of pentagonal optics fixed on mat plastic elements. While many bikers appreciate this stylistic evolution, considered inevitable in order to stay up to date, a few protest against the loss of a distinctive identity characteristic….

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