Kawasaki Z750

The Kawasaki Z750 is a 750 cc inline-four standard motorcycle that Kawasaki made from 2004 to 2012, a smaller and cheaper sibling of the Z1000. It arrived in 2004, a year after the Z1000, as a budget middleweight meant to rival the Honda Hornet, Yamaha FZ6 Fazer and Suzuki SV650 while offering more performance from the larger engine. Kawasaki Europe's Kenji Nagahara explained that building a 750 costs little more than a 600, and that many parts shared with the Z1000 let Kawasaki offer it at the right price. The engine was a sleeved-down Z1000 unit with cheaper front suspension and a conventional exhaust. A half-faired Z750S touring variant followed in 2005, a revised model with an upside-down fork and petal brake discs came in 2007, and the Z750R with better suspension and radial brakes joined it in 2011. The Z800 replaced the Z750 in 2012.