2011 Kawi ZX10 Pic
 

From the Roadracing World site, Official Kawi release of what looks to be a WSBK spec tester being ridden today at Suzuka.

sort of want, i think

I put a link in the other thread, there's pics and vid on hell for leather

Chain goes through the swingarm? Wtf

Awesome site, great link Dave!

Just another literbike, but will it perform?! Can a screamer make it in WSBK? Other than Haslam and last years Rea Checa Honda bit none has for like an eternity...

Me too...

Tbh I'm not sure it is a screamer, its revs have the rough properties id associate with something like the rsv4. Hell we're still early too, could have been just a suspension testbed. Only october will tell.

Ftr, so far kawi claims 200-190 hp and at least 30 lbs lost from the gen3

:?: Humm I have owned a couple of Kaw's in the past. :lol

I'm trying to figure out what the headlights will look like. Sharp, pointy headlights on a Ninja???

LOOK AT THE CF!!!!
http://hellforleathermagazine.com/ga...i-ZX-10R-1.jpg

Shit, look at the strip on that front tire :D

Pics don't do a bike justice more often than not. I wouldn't mind seeing one in person.

they've been using those damn tear drop lights or projector ones so who the fuck knows...
http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/cro...-13_460x0w.jpg



only one thing is for sure... it'll be fugly

Of course its a Kawi, they're always fugly.

who cares if its ugly?

The DRZ aint exactly a work of art....Do you like to ride it? Then fuck everyone else

I wasn't saying anything about the merit of riding it... I was just commenting on how Kawi will take a gorgeous idea and fuck it up with little additions.

last good looking bike from Kawi was the ZX6R 636... IMO

the DRZ is fucking ugly as sin... but it's an off road bike... not meant to be sleek and sexy like a sport bike.

Apparently I like fugly bikes then.... :lol:

While I like the gen 2 636, I love next gen that Sixx has. If I had 5 grand, that is the bike that I would drop it on.

Great riding bikes, my favorite in the 600 class

My 'sniff' 2005 636, was special. She is gone but not forgotten. The 26K I put on her was hard and fast but she was infallible and I have had 10 middleweights from each brand to compare it to.

This ten should be special if the patents all work as advertised. Maybe the first supersport liter bike I will own.

I thought you still had it?

No, I needa remove it from my tag. Sold it for medical/ dental bills. Had a forum friend who had an R6s forever, he traded for a new R6, then totalled it. He needed a good no finance ride and I needed to shake off some small bills so...

Gotcha, sucks letting go doesn't it?

I think my year Kawi has Nice lines...I'll agree they went from Curvy Lines to Rugged Hard angles on there bikes...But it really isnt THAT bad.

Hell I'd rather see em change there styles up more often than roll with the same shit year in and year out like Suzuki and Honda.

Troof

My buddy has a 2006 636. I do believe the 07/08 has a much nicer shape. The nose, the tank, the tail.... just love the shape. And I like the small headlights better. And the ergos fit me better than any current ss...

But I completely know what you mean. I used to love the 600RR back in gen 1, and into gen 2. Gen 3 was too naked for my tastes, and by gen 4.... I just want something new! The R6 is getting close. Hopefully the R6 will be turned over by the '12 model.

R6 has been the same for almost five years

I felt that way about them all. Really for me to commit to purchase a certain machine and I also have a real sentimental side. I mean you look at that bike and all the memories, all the events just stick with it. Seeing it or another like it is like seeing an old flame.

Yea, other than "minor" tweeks in looks and engine. I think the R6 has gotten better looking since 06. I think the 600RR has gotten shittier looking since 05....

The 09 ZX6r is pure sex on a canyon night.

The 2009 is much better. In all regards. :boobs:

This still looks better.... redflip

http://www.pbase.com/grayt/image/109327570/original.jpg

I think anything after 04-05 went downhill and continues that trend, but it's my opinion. They seem to have got heavier, the ass even wider, and very hard on the lines instead of smooth and flowing.

And this 2011 looks even worse.... WTF is the Kawi green?

kawi green= the new cf lolz

How do you figure anything after 05 is heavier? The 2008 and higher is lighter than the 2005...and much more refined, not to mention much more power.

I'll agree with Porkchop..the 2008 ZX6r and 2006/2007 ZX10r were the best designs from 2004 up.

I said "seem to have gotten heavier", whether they did or not is another thing.

[youtube]AvLxwP6tNjE[/youtube]

:drool: that sound is orgasmic :drool:

sex...

I always love how they show the Racing Team dilligently working together...when you know damn well half those people sit around and don't do shit. :lol

I've heard better.

Yeah but you hate I4s ;) id suppose the 2012 1198 would be more your fancy if rumors serve true, then again with duc quitting sbk next year all bets are off...

True story.

I read some idiots comments yesterday on the hellforleather website. They we're ignorantly bashing the bike but I have a feeling when a tester comes out it will have some serious challenge for the BMW and Aprilia, not the the race teams have enough talent to make it show.

Supposed to be a true screamer with good throttle/tire connection. A total dream if they can pull it off...

Interesting stuff on the challenge-kawasaki site, they have a twitterish feed going on noting changes and upgrades for the new bike. Yesterday they mentioned a doohan style thumb brake. I'm assuming this is only for the race bike and the marketing guys slapped it in there cause it sounds cool. Wonder though if sbk homogolation rules would require it on the production bike after the aprilia rule changes? Anyone know? Potential awesome

Interesting.

All zook and yamaha pilots id imagine? :lol:

Maybe so...They had no idea of anything beyond dyno graphs. 'More peak please'
The whole point is the reduction of the peaks and valleys so that there is a consistent and smooth application of power, duh...If you have to spin it higher to get there so be it. Yamaha just caved and threw in a cross plane crank and variable intakes to solve the riddle even at a cost of peak numbers, Kawi thinks a conventional crank spinning faster will do the same while bettering the peak numbers higher in the rpm band...

kawi officially unveiled the racebike today at the nurburgring, looks good in green!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...fang/12420.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...fang/12423.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...fang/12421.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...fang/12422.jpg

Kawi needs to hire a better photog.

Werd, even you could do better. :tremble:

Almost like it's my job.

Looks so tits. Biggest question standing... what will those damn headlights look like???

Prolly like the 600 headlights, crosseyed and sad because they are so ugly

Supposed to be another showing in october at some show. Might see em then

Not necisarily... the 600 follows the last gen 10. Im thinking something new and sharp looking, would complement the new angles on the front fairing.

Looks good, the blue pinstripes set it off

I could give 2 shits less about how it looks. Looks fine, just tell me how it works. Can it lap with the BMW and Aprillia?? Can it handle with an R1?

I care about the shit skills Kawi's fotog possesses. Sucks ass.

i dont know, sykes is doing pretty damned good on the third gen. though, i heard the paul bird manager was a very popular man this weekend ;)

just read confirmation of this, the sbk bike will be shown side by side with the production version at cologne in october :rockwoot: :tremble:

im not expecting dick from the other three this fall, might see something end of next year though. interested to see what yamaha does now. they've kinda painted themselves into a corner with the crossplane, moving from that format so soon might be embarrasing (not to mention guys like me will be stuffing crow down any yammy fans throats we can find :lol:) but i cant quite see them reliably hitting the power figures. time will tell

It actually looks like a Kawasaki now. That black in the first post just didn't do anything for me.

Ok I like that one.

Lookie what I just found

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ang/leaked.jpg


October 5 is fast approaching my friends ;)

WANT. Led bar tach, fuck yes

Not the best looking bike imho but no doubt it's going to be a badazz.

makes me kinda warm and fuzzy inside.

And I know what you mean about Yamaha and the cross plane. Remember how long they rode the 5 valve head last time they thought they invented the wheel?

This ZX may hand it to the other in line 4s and with Ducati absent for a year or so...

Just saw the front on the black one. So sex.....

Just saw the front of the black one.... So sex....

I have yet to hear of a bar graph tach that can be easily read in the day light.

Not a fan. I'm with Racedoll, things seem to look worse to me not better.

I adore my 06, and don't mind a bit after that. But this one just looks angular and fugly to me. :shrug:

Agreed, I rode one of those KTM RC8 or whatever it's called, and the LCD digits/bars were way too skinny.

Think LEDs would be way better than the old LCDs whether round or bar. Doesnt mean I thing to me cause I never pay the tach any mind. I did without on on my SV racer and ZX6R, just watch for the shift light....

The black looks better to me because it hides/blends some of what I don't like about the looks.

Yep, actually I expect them to quietly change the programming of the butterflys from the lawyer nanny crap they gave us to a real 1:1 and call it a hp gain :lol: arrogant fucks

Just now bothered to look up the specs based on DRY weight:

2005 - 374.9
2008 - 395

This would indicate that at least part of your statement above is incorrect. Didn't bother to look up power.

I still don't like the 2011. It looks like the ass end is just hanging out there like some stretched poser bike.

ever seen the cat and boombox on an 08? betcha they'd weigh the same with full systems ;)

LCDs do some things rather well. making fast changes in sunlight isin't one of them. folks shouldn't judge an LED bar tach based on lcd failings.

i guess most of you guys dont have any seat time in s2000s eh?

Ok I miss-read. LED. Whatever. I still hate it. Suck it. Fuck it. Out.

looks like a cbr600rr from the front...

ill use this as an excuse to over critisize anything erik does past present and future :lmao:

i was thinking 07 1000rr that got gangbanged by an 08 10r and a rsv4

Quoting myself, I still could give a fuck less what it looks like OR what the tach reads...If it walks the walk...it is a win.

As if you haven't already. And I really don't care. I have no stock in Erik Buell or his motorcycles. That just happens to be the flavor I'm into, son.

Jokes :lol: I do though, maybe if he drops something that doesn't remind me of a pontiac aztec :lmao:

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/20...wasaki-zx-10r/

Here is some more information on the bike. Kawasaki is claiming 197hp at the crank, jumping to 207hp once ram air is factored in.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/...b07cda0c5d.jpg

pix bixhes

yeah i def. like the looks of it. & it sounds like it 'should' be even more of a beast. we'll seee.

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload...ZX-10R-ABS.jpg
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload...-ZX-10R-RS.jpg

Wow, I was really a fan of the older ninjas right up until 2008 when they started to get ugly. the last generation looked cross eyed and sad. This new generation looks cross eyed and angry. Just not my cup of tea I guess

I like it

i love this monster. changelog in that .pdf has some very interesting info in it as well, lots of well thought out features. kinda surprised they claimed to not have used torque plates up till now. i mean i dont know how it works for new engines but you wouldnt want bore work done without one

I still don't love it. I just looks all stretched out to me. :shrug:

I'm sure it's fun as hell to ride though!

I'm thinking it will be like the third gen where it never really clicked in pics like it does in person. Other thought, we've only seen the one with the euro spec tail so far. Apparently for the us market the turn markers will be mounted down on the undertail by the plate. Have to wait and see what that's gonna look like

If I were to buy one the turn signal/plate bracket would look like trash cause I would definitely be cutting it off and throwing it away early on.

QFT. I'm just curious on what the changes will be

I'll have to wait until I see it in person at the bike show or something.

I was thinking 07 1000rr, 08 zx6r tail, and Ape rs125

Yea, I cant wait for the bike show to see it. The last gen looked much better in person, I feel this will be the same.

Roadracinworld.com and hellforleather.com both have comprehensive previews of the '11 10 and the full faired Z1000S. Also goodies on the new GSXR 600/750 and an 1198sp. Good stuff.

Saw the new baby gixxer this morning. Wonder if we'll see a new r6. Now?

I dont care what Yamaha builds next. To me I love the new Kwak cause it is the new tech speed king, but at the same time I am an old guy and the no tech Suz 750 makes me wanna see how fast I, the rider and wrist alone, can make it go.

600s? I have had too many. They are just too middle of the road for me.

Hey trust me, I hate yam with a passion. I'm just wondering if they are gonna try to sell the same shit for the seventh? Year without update

Why?

Z1000S looks TITS...

Gixxer 6/750 has regressed in styling. What a fugly front end from the front, not bad from the side. Chassis looks a ton shorter than the previous gen.

GSR750 on the otherhand looks awesome...

MV Augusta F3 supersport????