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In 1996, Kawasaki changed the U.S. naming convention for its 750cc sport bikes. The ZX-7 was now to be known as the ZX-7R and the ZX-7R became the ZX-7RR. This model year was a large update to the 750cc Kawasaki, receiving an entirely new engine and dual Ram-air inlets. The engine has a bore of 73mm and a stroke of 44.7mm.
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
Kawasaki developed the model in response to Honda's introduction of the CBR900RR Fireblade for the 1992 model year, ten years after the first 900cc Ninja. By 1992 there were no bikes in the 900cc class until Honda introduced the Fireblade, and following Honda, Kawasaki introduced the ZX-9R at the Paris Motor Show in September 1992.
In 2004, Shinya Nakano joined the Kawasaki team and got the ZX-RR's first podium with a third place at the Japanese Grand Prix. [5] [6] The bike earned second place over the next three years: in 2005 with Olivier Jacque at the Chinese Grand Prix; [7] in 2006 with Nakano at the Dutch TT; [8] and in 2007 with Randy de Puniet at the Japanese Grand Prix. [9]
The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series made by Kawasaki from 2000 through 2006. The 1,199 cc (73.2 cu in) inline-four engine produced 178 hp (133 kW) at low speed, and increased to 190 hp (140 kW) at high speed due to its ram-air intake, [8] [9] [10] making it the most powerful production motorcycle up to 2006 and the release of the ZX-14.
The Huffington Post reached out to historians across the country to create a list of women who deserve more recognition for their accomplishments.
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Kawasaki GPZ900R with Ninja script on fairing. The Kawasaki Ninja is a name given to several series of Kawasaki sport bikes that started with the 1984 GPZ900R. Kawasaki Heavy Industries trademarked a version of the word Ninja in the form of a wordmark, a stylised script, for use on "motorcycles and spare parts thereof".