2010 Kawasaki Z1000, Awesome naked street bike ! - Kawasaki Z: Bringing you the world s coolest streetbikes since 1973. With this latest in a long line of naked Kawasaki streetbikes, we threw out the old rules and started with a clean sheet, drawing upon more than 35 years of experience in giving the people what they want. If the new Z1000 knocks your eyeballs out, that s exactly what we had in mind. Even more important, though, is the feeling this one provides every time you twist the throttle.