The Kawasaki Teryx is no stranger to King of the Hammers, but the company wants to make a model better optimized for those conditions. On Friday at the Sand Sports Super Show, Kawasaki unveiled the Teryx KRX 1000 Rock Edition, which they proclaim is “designed for adventurous enthusiasts ready to take on towering rocky terrain.”

The Rock Edition obviously maintains much of the same features as its base desert-faring counterpart, such as the 999cc liquid-cooled four-stroke parallel twin engine that produces 110 horsepower with 75.2 lb-ft of torque. Both engines are also linked to a CVT transmission with a centrifugal clutch. The clutch is intended to improve acceleration at lower speeds and improves throttle input in rocky terrain.

Rock and standard have the same double wishbone front suspension and four-link trailing arm rear suspension, respectively providing 18.6 inches and 21.1″ of wheel travel. They also feature identical 10.6-gallon fuel tanks, a turning radius of 20.3 feet.

Of course, it’d be easy to find the similarities in both versions’ spec sheets. What’s new?

For one, the Rock Edition is bigger at 133.3 inches long by 70.1″ wide and 77.8″ high; for comparison, the regular UTV measures in at 130.1″ × 68.1″ × 74.8″. The former uses FOX 2.5 Podium LSC piggyback shocks as opposed to the Showa 2.5 shocks on the latter. The Rock also has a lower maximum ground clearance at 14.6″ compared to the regular 14.8″, though their standard clearances are the same at 14.2″.

The Rock Edition uses Maxxis’ Roxxzilla 32-inch tires intended for rock crawling. The rim that the Roxxzilla sits on is still eight inches wide, but the wheel design offsets it by nearly a full inch; consequently, the tread width is 60″ on the front and 60.2″ in the rear, compared to 59.3″ and 59.4″. The wheel bearings and knuckle ball joints are also bigger at 84 millimeters (rather than 74 mm) and 30 mm (instead of 28 mm).

While Can-Am and Polaris typically dominate the UTV market, Kawasaki has been keen on investing into the performance side too. In July, the company revealed the Kawasaki Teryx4 H2 and Teryx5 H2 that use 999cc supercharged engines.

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