2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R| Description | Road Manual 6sp 1000cc (Jan) |
| | | | | | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Induction System | Digital Electronic | |
| |
| |
| Front Brake | twin hydraulic ventilated discs | |
| Front Brake Calliper | Four Piston | |
| |
| Rear Brake | Single-bore pin-slide petal disc | |
| Rear Brake Calliper | Single Piston | |
| |
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 | |
| |
| |
| Wheel Type | cast aluminium | |
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.
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R Images
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R