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Originally Posted by FrankyV
Stumbled on this in a garage filled with Harleys, a 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000 LTD. Never owned a bike but when I got my cycle buddies on the phone and they said things like "first superbike", "rare" and "classic" I jumped on it for $1500. Can anyone confirm that these were the first 1000 cc displacement bikes?
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I think the CB750 is considered the first superbike, but it did spark the displacement wars that led to the larger-engined bikes that followed, like the KZ1000 from the Japanese. As far as the first 1000cc- Harley had a 1000-cc Sportster in 1957. Not as powerful, certainly not a superbike, but....