The ZZ-R1200 or ZX-12C, is a
sport bike
A sport bike (sports motorcycle, or sports bike) is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads. They are mainly designed for performance at the expense of comfor ...
made by
Kawasaki from (2002-2005). Identified by its model number ZX1200-C1, it is the successor to the
ZX-11(1990-2001).
Considered a
sport tourer, it had a
twin-spar aluminum frame and a liquid-cooled,
DOHC
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,
four-stroke
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inline-four engine
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The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout (with the ...
. It has twin fans, fuel pumps, and headlights. Additionally, hard touring bags can be added as an option. With factory rear wheel horsepower of 145HP;
[ it is widely regarded to be the most powerful production motorcycle ever built with carbureted induction.] It was even more powerful than the fuel injected Honda CBR1100XX
The Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird is a Honda motorcycle, part of the CBR series made from 1996 to 2007. The bike was developed to challenge the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11 as the world's fastest production motorcycle, and Honda succeeded with a top sp ...
. It has been said it was more powerful than any other production motorcycle carbureted or not at 9,800 rpm where it made peak power except the Suzuki Hayabusa
The Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa is a sports motorcycle made by Suzuki since 1999. It immediately won acclaim as the world's List of fastest production motorcycles, fastest production motorcycle, with a top speed of .
In 1999, fears of a European re ...
or ZX-12R.[With a quarter mile time of 10.12 seconds at 136.9 mph.][
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Notes
References
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External links
Kawasaki official web site
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ZZ-R1200
Motorcycles introduced in 2002
Products and services discontinued in 2005
Sport touring motorcycles