2005 Kawasaki Eliminator 125

And only produced for 2 years, the ZL900 Eliminator used the 908 cc inline-four cylinder engine from the Kawasaki GPZ900R in a cruiser frame. Kawasaki used smaller 32 mm carburetors (the GPZ900R used 34 mm), different timing, and camshafts with less duration. And the ZL900 A2

) was designed to evoke images of the wildly successful Z1 drag bikes, with a bobbed rear fender, short travel fork, large rear tire, fat chromed mufflers, small fuel tank, and low straight handlebars. At the time, the ZL900 was the only bike in its segment using an inline-four powerplant instead of…

Kawasaki reintroduced the Eliminator at the Osaka Motorcycle Show. The motorcycle initially shown was powered by a 398 cc parallel-twin derived from the Ninja 400/Z400.