Kawasaki Z1
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Oct 2, 2026
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
We're talking about-
Zack CourtsHOST
Z1.
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
Z1, yeah.
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
Like, we're talking about bikes that are now competing and causing, you know, Brit- and British motorcycles largely go out of business, right? Like BSA, Triumph, Norton, by, by the '80s they are no more.
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
And so now Harley Davidson's main competition within a matter of two decades has gone from British motorcycles to Japanese motorcycles, and reliability starts to become a little bit more of, of the name of the game.
Zack CourtsHOST
The great Kevin Cameron wrote an article about Sportsters that, um, you sent to me, Spurge, actually.
Zack CourtsHOST
Um, and so maybe you read this same line.
Zack CourtsHOST
But he said in the, in the context of this, uh, you know, Japanese, uh, the shift in, in market share and Japanese motorcycles coming in, he had this line where he said, um, [clicks tongue] he attributed it to the Kawasaki Z1, which was a 900cc four cylinder.
Zack CourtsHOST
We're talking about-
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
Z1.
Zack CourtsHOST
Z1, yeah.
Zack CourtsHOST
Like, we're talking about bikes that are now competing and causing, you know, Brit- and British motorcycles largely go out of business, right? Like BSA-
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
Yeah
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
The great Kevin Cameron wrote an article about Sportsters that, um, you sent to me, Spurge, actually.
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
Um, and so maybe you read the same line.
Spurgeon DunbarHOST
But he said in the, in the context of this, uh, you know, Japanese, m- uh, the shift in, in market share and Japanese motorcycles coming in, he had this line where he said, um, [clicks tongue] he attributed it to the Kawasaki Z1, which was a 900c four cylinder, um, a- I mean, it was a, a, it was a, it was a four cylinder.