The 1982 Kawasaki KZ1000Rmotorcyclewas developed in response to the increasing success of a motorcycle racer named Eddie Lawson , who in the early 1980s turned out some impressive lap times with his 250 - cc Kawasaki competition bike .
With the instauration of the competition Superbike category , Mr. Lawson swop to enceinte street - based machine , and often put them in the succeeder ’s traffic circle .
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To immortalize these exploit , Kawasaki released the 1982 Kawasaki KZ1000R bike , otherwise known as the Eddie Lawson Replica , or ELR for short .
Based on the standard KZ1000 , it sported the same 1015 - cubic centimeter double - command processing overhead - cam inline four , but with a exceptional four - into - one Kerker exhaust cope as received equipment ( Kerker enjoying second charge on the fuel armoured combat vehicle ) .
Painted " Kawasaki hie green , " the ELR was also fit with a small two-piece fairing that probably did little to protect the rider , but added a contender look – as did the blacked - out locomotive engine .
buckram front suspension and special " piggyback " reservoir rear shocks aided roadholding , while tripledisc brakesbrought the whole liaison to a stoppage .
Relatively few KZ1000Rs were build , making them rare when new and even more rare today . But Kawasaki afterwards revived the spirit of the 1982 Kawasaki KZ1000R bike by releasing an updated replica ( making it a replica of a replica ) call the ZRX1100 .
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The 1982 Kawasaki KZ1000R was a fine example of an early-1980s Japanese superbike . " Kerker " on its fuel storage tank recognized the bicycle ’s standard four - into - one Kerker exhaust system header .
