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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.
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]
By 1997 Kawasaki considered him ready for the Superbike World Championship. Initial testing displays [ 1 ] and results suggested that they were not wrong. At the A1-Ring , Yanagawa became the first Japanese rider to win a Superbike World Championship race outside his homeland, also winning Sugo later in the year to come 4th overall.
The Kawasaki ZXR400 is a sport bike introduced by Kawasaki in 1989. It was one of the most popular of the 400 cubic centimetres (24 cu in) sport bikes that swept across Japan and later Europe in the 1990s. It was discontinued in 1999 in worldwide markets but unsold models were imported to the United Kingdom until 2003.
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. Though based ...
The Kawasaki Zephyr is a range of retro-styled naked superbikes made in the 1990s in Kawasaki's Z series. All models have transverse air-cooled dual overhead camshaft inline-four engines . There were a number of Zephyr models, in four engine capacities, 400, 550, 750, and 1,100 cc (24, 34, 46, and 67 cu in).
1992 Kawasaki ZX-11 C Model. The ZZ-R1100 or ZX-11 is a sport bike in Kawasaki's Ninja series made from 1989 to 2001, as the successor to the 1988–1990 Tomcat ZX-10.With a top speed of 272–283 km/h (169–176 mph), it was the fastest production motorcycle from its introduction until 1996, surpassed by the 270–290 km/h (170–180 mph) Honda CBR1100XX.
The ZZ-R1200 or ZX-12C, is a sport touring motorcycle made by Kawasaki from (2002–2005). Identified by its model number ZX1200-C1, it is the successor to the ZX-11(1990–2001). [6] Considered a sport tourer, it had a twin-spar aluminum frame and a liquid-cooled, DOHC, four-stroke 1164cc inline-four engine. It has twin fans, fuel pumps, and ...