2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R

2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R

Description Road Manual 6sp 1000cc (Jan) Engine(cc) 998 Rider Capacity 2 Type Road 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

Brake

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

Dimension/Capacity

Dry Weight 179

Fuel Tank Capacity 17

Length (mm) 2110

Width (mm) 710

Wheel Base (mm) 1415

Height (mm) 1135

Rake 25.5

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

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