Kawasaki Z1000SX 2017: first information
The Z1000SX is for 2017 full of – valuable – updates that aim to improve its claims to both sport and tourism. The Kawasaki road bike, derived and more sophisticated than the Z1000, aims for the top of its class. Presentation.
Kawasaki would have studied with great attention the feedback from its European customers in order to improve its, third of the name. The first area worked on and cited by the manufacturer is comfort: the wider fairing, the higher double curvature screen and the new thicker pilot and passenger saddles should make it possible to lengthen the routes on expressways..
The GT character of the SX is affirmed by the original presence of passenger handles which directly accommodate the optional cases, as is the case on the cousin. Brighter (x1.4 according to the Akashi firm), the new LED lighting is housed in a fork crown which accentuates the sporty aspect of the Kawa road..
On small, hectic roads, the new – version of the – Kawasaki promises to be more efficient and safer by embedding the now essential inertial unit (IMU). The latter provides finer management of traction control and its three levels (KTRC), as well as ABS (KIBS), mainly on the angle..
Naturally, the 4-cylinder complies with the requirements of the new Euro4 anti-solution standard. Consequence – indirect but skillfully claimed – of this necessary evolution: the arrival of the horses (142 always) would be smoothed out … What would make the pilot’s task easier – or the piloting of the task ?! – and make the presence of traction control superfluous, absent on the !
Finally, the instrumentation of the Z1000SX 2017 is also revised to integrate the engaged gear indicator and the outside temperature, as well as an original tachometer needle that turns from white to pink then to red depending on the speed..
Key points of the 2017 Z1000SX
- Euro4 approved engine
- Maximum power of 142 hp at 10,000 rpm
- Maximum torque of 111 Nm at 7300 rpm
- IMU inertial unit
- New higher screen (+15 mm)
- New larger fairing (+56 mm max)
- New LED lighting
- Passenger handles / luggage rack
- Thicker and lower rider seat (-5 mm)
- Thicker and longer passenger seat (+25 mm)
- Revised shock absorber calibration
- New instrumentation
- Full weight of 235 kg
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