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American Motorcyclist Preview 01 2011

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2010 AMA Motorcyclist Of The Year

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Will His New Law Silence Your Ride?

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The coolest bike on the road in the early 1970s? The fire-breathing Kawasaki Z1, the machine that took the four-cylinder Superbike to new levels, with a 903cc, dualoverhead-cam engine and muscle-bike styling that re-wrote

streetbike rules for decades. The Z1’s DNA lives on today in the Kawasaki Z1000—a modern interpretation of the muscle-bike, with a fuel-injected 1,043cc dual-overheadcam motor that can take you anywhere you want to go.

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