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I've read some crazy explanations of how the speedos worked. Most say that the speed at which the bike is traveling to catch the speeder is frozen to establish his mph. That's quite ridiculous because that is of the pursuit vehicle that must be traveling faster to catch the speeder...or alledged speeder. Any judge would find that insane, but that's the system they used. Personally, I find that explanation insane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Longinus876 ( talk • contribs) 06:29, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I changed the listed KZ1000-P engine specs according to what is in the factory service manual for the bike. The specs that were listed are erroneous, and the same found all over the internet. As someone who owns and maintains 3 of these bikes as a hobby as well as for use by movie and TV productions filmed in the Atlanta area, I often find myself confronted with people who think they know better than Kawasaki's engineers do because they spent 5 seconds on Google.
Before anybody thinks to change the specs back, please consider looking up the specs for the KZ1000-C and the KZ1000-J. The C is the previous model of police bike and in fact it takes an expert eye to tell the difference between a 1981 KZ1000-C and a 1982-2005 KZ1000-P by looking at merely a photograph. Also the engine used by the KZ1000-P is identical to the KZ1000-J. The J started production in 1981, while the P began production in 1982. The C used the MkII not the J Model engine. Given the excact 1 year overlap there, and the fact that the '81 C has a nearly identical front fairing to the '82-'05 P, I suspect this is where the confusion started.
I am willing to provide access to my factory service manuals to confirm the modified specs if necessary.
Given that and the overall dimensions being off, I am pretty sure that the listed rake is wrong, but I do not know what the actual spec should be. I do know the castor is listed in the service manual as 63 degrees and the trail is listed as and I quote, "114mm (4.5)" Calculating the actual rake would probably be fruitless as it's dependent on the tire's diameter, and those tires are police run-flats that were never sold to the general public. I used to have a pair of them, but even if I still had them I don't have a caliper that big. Though if anyone wants to come out to the Atlanta area and take measurements of my 3 bikes (one is fully disassembled but that just makes measuring the angle on the neck easier), you're more than welcome to. 2601:CA:8501:7C50:FDDE:CC4A:9133:F5A9 ( talk) 02:36, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
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I've read some crazy explanations of how the speedos worked. Most say that the speed at which the bike is traveling to catch the speeder is frozen to establish his mph. That's quite ridiculous because that is of the pursuit vehicle that must be traveling faster to catch the speeder...or alledged speeder. Any judge would find that insane, but that's the system they used. Personally, I find that explanation insane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Longinus876 ( talk • contribs) 06:29, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
I changed the listed KZ1000-P engine specs according to what is in the factory service manual for the bike. The specs that were listed are erroneous, and the same found all over the internet. As someone who owns and maintains 3 of these bikes as a hobby as well as for use by movie and TV productions filmed in the Atlanta area, I often find myself confronted with people who think they know better than Kawasaki's engineers do because they spent 5 seconds on Google.
Before anybody thinks to change the specs back, please consider looking up the specs for the KZ1000-C and the KZ1000-J. The C is the previous model of police bike and in fact it takes an expert eye to tell the difference between a 1981 KZ1000-C and a 1982-2005 KZ1000-P by looking at merely a photograph. Also the engine used by the KZ1000-P is identical to the KZ1000-J. The J started production in 1981, while the P began production in 1982. The C used the MkII not the J Model engine. Given the excact 1 year overlap there, and the fact that the '81 C has a nearly identical front fairing to the '82-'05 P, I suspect this is where the confusion started.
I am willing to provide access to my factory service manuals to confirm the modified specs if necessary.
Given that and the overall dimensions being off, I am pretty sure that the listed rake is wrong, but I do not know what the actual spec should be. I do know the castor is listed in the service manual as 63 degrees and the trail is listed as and I quote, "114mm (4.5)" Calculating the actual rake would probably be fruitless as it's dependent on the tire's diameter, and those tires are police run-flats that were never sold to the general public. I used to have a pair of them, but even if I still had them I don't have a caliper that big. Though if anyone wants to come out to the Atlanta area and take measurements of my 3 bikes (one is fully disassembled but that just makes measuring the angle on the neck easier), you're more than welcome to. 2601:CA:8501:7C50:FDDE:CC4A:9133:F5A9 ( talk) 02:36, 30 September 2023 (UTC)