chappers
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 31/12/2006
Posts: 5369
Loc: Mind your own business
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Some specs not on Kawasakis site yet
Engine: Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, inline-four
Displacement: 599cc
Bore x stroke: 67.0 x 42.5mm
Compression ratio: 13.3:1
Fuel injection: DFI with four 38mm Keihin throttle bodies, oval sub-throttles, two injectors per throttle body
Ignition: TCBI with digital advance
Transmission: Six-speed
Final drive: X-ring chain
Rake / trail: 24 deg
Frame type: Aluminum perimeter
Front tire: 120/70 ZR17
Rear tire: 180/55 ZR17
Wheelbase: 1400mm
Front suspension/wheel travel: 41 mm inverted Showa Big Piston Front fork with top-out springs, stepless compression and rebound damping, fully-adjustable spring preload
Rear suspension/wheel travel: Bottom-Link Uni-Trak® with gas-charged shock, top-out spring and pillow ball upper mount, dual-range (high/low-speed) stepless compression damping, 25-way adjustable rebound damping, fully-adjustable spring preload
Front brakes: Dual 300mm petal rotors with dual radial-mounted, four-piston, four-pad calipers
Rear brake: Single 220mm petal rotor with single-piston caliper
Overall length: 2090mm
Overall width: 701mm
Overall height: 1115mm
Fuel capacity: 17L.
Seat height: 820mm
Curb weight: 191 kilos
And photos
All in all not so lardy, 5mm shorter, wheelbase, ugly glad I kept mine.
Road test result there will be complaints that the engine is too peaky suspension is too stiff the Honda will be the better road bike then the Suzuki will come in second and third will be between Yamaha and Kawasaki with Yamaha being best on track but the Honda easiest to get the most from.
Bike will have it Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kwak.
Fastbikes will jude it Kwasaki, Honda, Suzuki,Yamaha.
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FastBikerBoy
old hand
Reged: 08/11/2006
Posts: 1180
Loc: Norfolk, UK - Police State
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I can't make bike manufacturers out. Yamaha have the great looking R6 and fuck it up for the R1. Kawasaki have a great place for the indicators on the older ZX10Rs, fuck it all up on the new one, and then re-introduce it on this ZX6!!
What's the matter with them, why don't they get a good looking design and then just refine the engine, suspension, etc. with each upgrade instead of fucking up the way it looks all the time. That's not to say they've fucked this up though 'cos I like the look of it, so why can't they make the 10 look the same?
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Tank
enthusiast
Reged: 27/11/2007
Posts: 339
Loc: Gwent, South Wales
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I don't like it. The bike for me in 09 is
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shinybusa
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/01/2008
Posts: 1606
Loc: away with the fairies..
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TBH they are all looking much like each other!!! Kwakazuki , Yamahonda..et al.......It looks the same as all the latest Sports bikes...The Tech speak is Above me....
(No offence Chappers, but I don't understand it, loads do....I'm a bit dull in that dept...which is why I ask you for advice...) 
They are all looking the same at the moment.... 
And it's boring......
Mr Japan, I want a bit of originality!!!!! Do something different.... 
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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day....
Teach a man to fish.........................................and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day!!
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immy
old hand
Reged: 09/11/2006
Posts: 959
Loc: Planet Zok
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Quote:
I don't like it. The bike for me in 09 is
We know its a motocycle but why have that painted onto the bike? I can see it clearly in the picture you posted What is it anyway??
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Its not fate itself that is so frightening
Its the expectation of fate that frightens
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chappers
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 31/12/2006
Posts: 5369
Loc: Mind your own business
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Quote:
Quote:
I don't like it. The bike for me in 09 is
We know its a motocycle but why have that painted onto the bike? I can see it clearly in the picture you posted What is it anyway??
vat thar soir iz ar clitoris boike, sa Honda every cunts got wun Cee Bee Arr 600.
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adowds
addict
Reged: 21/11/2006
Posts: 649
Loc: Croydon
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Nicely done Chappers, good stuff.
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monkiboi
old hand
Reged: 11/11/2006
Posts: 873
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It's taken me 2 days but I've decided I don't like the look of it. The tail unit looks out of place and what is happening with that screen? It looks like a naked bike which has had a half faring and flip up screen added. Very odd looking. The earlier ones look so much better.
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Only ride as fast as your guardian angel can fly!
I've been wondering, can a tortoise swim?
Not according to 118118!! (can someone lend me a tortoise to see if they're right?)
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chappers
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 31/12/2006
Posts: 5369
Loc: Mind your own business
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I'm not so sure anymore it has what I consider the perfect wheelbase for a 600 and should be close to the Honda for weight as STD altho I must say after some careful looks I think it mostly a radical cosmetic overhaul more than a ground up bike the main frame looks identical to mine as I imagine is the engine (07-08 engine was new from the ground up where as the previous 636/600 engine dated back at least 8 years) the new parts I think are the swingarm, subframe, exhaust tank and body work I could be wrong but I doubt it I recon I can make mine a better bike just need some BST wheels,fiberglass bodywork and a hacksaw. 
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morepower
enthusiast
Reged: 21/12/2006
Posts: 276
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I think it has potential to be a quick bike. Just not sure about the forks yet as they seem to be a 25mm cartridge as stock but then seem to have parts which are not the same as a normal cartridge so up grading the front suspension may be difficult and the 08 bike was quite harsh so it did need some work to make it feel nicer on the road... So it could be caught between a race fork which cannot be upgraded and a road fork which may struggle to adjust for sensible road use. The rest I can take or leave. I would like to ride one and see if it is much better then the 08 bike and how it compares to the CBR600rr which I think is the best all round packaged 600 available at the moment.
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I'm not competitive, I just like a good veiw!
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