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Moriwaki Kawasaki Z1 Moriwaki

The Moriwaki Kawasaki is a stock Kawasaki Z1 that was tuned by Mamoru Moriwaki, it was first ridden by Crosby at the 1978 Suzuka 8-Hour Race and it’s performance can probably best be summed up by Crosby himself;

“I could not believe how fast and stable it was. First time out I was two seconds under the lap record. The bike was a real cracker. Tony Hatton and I then rode the bike in the 1978 Suzuka eight-hour race and finished in third position, despite Tony running out of gas and having to push it back to the pit area. We had a ball. The bike formed the building block for my attack on the UK racing scene in ’79 and I stuck a similar one on pole for the Suzuka race in that year too.”

After the Suzuka 8-Hour Race a small crack was found in the bike’s frame, Moriwaki had an all new frame created using lightweight alloys and added additional strengthening in key areas. This improved motorcycle was then shipped to the UK to take part in the TT F1 race at Brands Hatch, the TT F1 Mallory Park race and of course, the Isle of Man TT.

Crosby took the UK by storm and was a popular underdog at races around the British Isles, he clocked a number of 2nd and 3rd place finishes running against the well funded works teams. His 1979 season went down in history as one of the most successful first seasons of any motorcycle racer in modern history.