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PRESSURIZED ENGINES Just over four decades ago, Japanese motorcycle manufacturers began experimenting with forced induction. Honda was first to hit the market with a forced-induction production bike, with the 1982 CX500 Turbo (hang on Kawasaki Z1R TC fans, I’m getting to that). Later that same year came the Yamaha XJ650 Turbo. The following year Suzuki introduced the XN85 Turbo, and in 1984, Kawasaki joined the pressurized-intake club with the GPZ750 Turbo. While Kawasaki was the last to join the party with a mass-produced turbo model, the company actually offered the aforementioned turbocharged Z1R TC in 1978. However, the TC was not a regular production model, but rather a turbo conversion. New Z1Rs were sent to Turbo Cycle Corporation in the U.S., where turbochargers were installed before the bikes were sold…

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Motorcycle Mojo (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2025

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