Kawasaki ZL 1000 Eliminator was first introduced in 1986. This bike was adorned with several nice parts including the perfect engine. With good features and impressive looks, this bike has always been liked by a wide majority of people.

With Kawasaki ZL 1000 Eliminator, you get a refined engine. The engine here is transverse four-cylinder, DOHC, liquid cooled, four-stroke with four valves per cylinder. In addition to this engine, you can find bore X stroke of 74 x58mm with a compression ratio of 9.2:1. Now, it is not really difficult to grasp the fact that you will get an impressive speed in this bike. It generates the power of 110 hp at the rate of 9000 rpm with 9.3 kg-m @ 7000 rpm. With all these specifications, this bike can go up to the 131.4 m/h. Nice, isn’t it?

Moving onto the handling of this bike, you will find 38mm Showa air assisted forks as front suspension with Dual Showa air assisted shocks as rear suspension. With suspension like this bike and front brakes with 2x 277mm discs, you can find this bike comfortable enough to ride in your own specific way.

Speaking of comfort, the story will not get completed without mentioning one point. “Seat is awful”. Yes, that’s something that you will have to bear while riding this bike. There are lots of people who believe that seat is not bad but the general comments about the seat shows that you will have to go through a lot of hassle while riding this bike for more miles.

Apart from seat the other issue is about weight. The dry weight of this bike is 244kg which is quite on the higher side. It may affect the handling of this bike to some extent. Still, it is not really difficult to handle as it handles its own weight quite well.

On the whole, if you will compare this bike with others in the same category, you will find it performing quite well. So, choosing this bike will not be a bad decision at all. It has a lot to bring smile on your face!