Kawasaki has filed a trademark application for Z900RS, a name that echoes back to one particular of the company’s most storied bikes: the Z1.
Retro Rider: 1973 Kawasaki Z1
The trademark application itself reveals very tiny, except to say the Z900RS name is intended for use for “motorcycles components and fittings for motorcycles.” What’s beyond doubt is the importance of the name for Kawasaki. The original Z900 was a single of a number of names employed to industry the Z1, a 903cc 4-stroke double overhead cam inline-4 introduced in 1972 that helped define the term “superbike.” The Z1 was also marketed beneath the name 900 S4 and KZ900 prior to it was succeeded in 1977 by the Z1000 (a.k.a. KZ1000).
Although it is attainable Kawasaki may possibly be trademarking the name to sustain manage over a big component of its heritage, that does not explain why the business chose to file for the name Z900RS and not any of its other names.
A single theory is the name will be used for a new retro-styled roadster (therefore the letters “RS” to differentiate it from the far more aggressive and contemporary-hunting Z1000 and Z800) along the lines of Honda‘s CB1100. Kawasaki currently has a similar model in the W800, presented in Europe and Japan. The W800 is a Twin nevertheless, and a new Z900RS would likely remain correct to its heritage and be an inline-Four.
As with all trademark filings, there’s no telling if or when we will see an actual product. Given the importance of the name, a new Z900RS will carry some hefty expectations.
Kawasaki Trademarks Z900RS
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder