Following the KAWASAKI upper limit Z car series 50th anniversary commemorative website at the end of 2021, Kawasaki finally launched the 50th anniversary of the classic Z car series at the beginning of spring in 2022, with Z900RS, Z650RS, Z900, Z650 four models, from retro appearance to modern sports street cars to meet at once, continuing to inherit the important position of the Z family in the field of sports street cars.
To introduce these Z series, of course, from the significance of the Z-RS model to start from the introduction, after all, the beginning of the KAWASAKI Z series is launched in 1972, with honda CB750 four-cylinder round light street car Z1, 50 years later, the classic status of the retro Z series is inherited by the Z900RS.
This 50th anniversary car is naturally indispensable to this biggest protagonist Z900RS, but I must also admit that as a retro control player, this time the special car really disappointed me a little. The 50th anniversary car is replaced by a Fireball fire jade livery that pays tribute to Z1, I believe that everyone who has seen Japanese manga is familiar with it, the wheel frame maintains the same shape but the color matching is a bit off- and modern, and for a moment it made me think whether the engineer installed the wheel frame of the ZX-10R on the wrong car.
In addition to the exclusive color matching, the 50th anniversary car fuel tank also has an exclusive logo to ensure a special status, the original factory also said that the seat cushion material has been redesigned, the most surprising and appreciative thing to me is the chrome rear armrest, which greatly strengthens the old flavor of the Z900/650RS, and looks really handsome to no friends.
As for what projects the 50th anniversary of the Z650RS has changed, the eh... It is exactly the same as the Z900RS.
In addition to the 50th anniversary of the vintage car series, KAWASAKI has not forgotten its friends who like sports street cars, and the Z900/Z650 also launched the Specials car at this wave of events, and both cars were replaced with firecracker red colors that saluteD Z1100GP.
Z900 commemorative version can see the joyful red livery, even the wheel frame is replaced with red style, but the front shock absorber, fuel tank words are presented in gold paint, which looks quite joyful in Chinese society; The Z650 is partially painted in the same mode, but the front suspension remains black upright.
This time the 50th anniversary of the car, in terms of car richness, KAWASAKI brought a total of four models to meet the different preferences of consumers, but the details of the change almost paid attention to the appearance of the color matching is a bit disappointing, but as a retro enthusiast, or look forward to the Z900/650RS 50th car into the country.