2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R

2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
Description Road Manual 6sp 1000cc (Jan)
Engine(cc)998
Rider Capacity2
TypeRoad Bike
$18,999*
Price Guide
Full Specification

Engine
Engine Description 1000
Bore X Stroke 76 X 4
Compression Ratio 12.9:1
Valves per Cylinder
4
Cooling Liquid
Induction System Digital Electronic
Starter Electric
Lubrication Wet Sump
Transmission
Clutch Triple Plate
Primary Drive
1.611
Final Drive 2.412
Front Brake twin hydraulic ventilated discs
Front Brake Calliper Four Piston
Front Brake Diameter 310
Rear Brake Single-bore pin-slide petal disc
Rear Brake Calliper Single Piston
Rear Brake Diameter 220
Suspension/Frame
Frame Meterial
twin tube pressed aluminium
Front Suspension inverted fork
Front Suspension Travel 120
Rear Suspension
Uni-Trak with gas-charged shock
Rear Suspension Travel 125
Wheels and Tyres

Front Tyre
120/70ZR17M/C
Rear Tyre 190/55ZR17M/C
Wheel Type cast aluminium
Dry Weight 179
Fuel Tank Capacity 17
Length (mm)
2110
Width (mm) 710
Wheel Base (mm)
1415
Height (mm)1135
Rake25.5
Trail
110
PRICE
Available in Kawasaki’s Lime Green or Ebony, the new ZX-10R will retail for $13,799. The ABS version will cost $14,799. The new price represents an $800 increase over the 2010 base model. Other manufacturers are yet to reveal 2011 Superbike MSRP, but the new ZX-10R would make it the most expensive of the Japanese offerings and dead even with the 2010 MSRP for the base-model BMW S1000RR.

What does this new ZX-10R mean for Kawasaki? It’s no secret Team Green has been kicked around in the professional road racing ranks of late. A woeful ’10 campaign in World Superbike was just the latest in sub-par results for that series, and the Kawasaki has dropped off the competitive pace in Superbike racing worldwide. The previous Ninja redesign, which debuted in 2008, was supposed to right the ship. With the development cycles now spaced three years apart, the 2011 bike is charged with correcting Kawi’s fortunes on the racetrack. Whether that comes to be remains to be seen, but a little birdie tells us the ’11 bike circles Kawasaki’s Autopolis test track a full two seconds faster than its predecessor.

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2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R