2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Teaser & Concept
Kawasaki has released a glimpse to its all new 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R sport bike with this concept sketch. While it’s hard to say how closely the production bike will be to this still artistic sketch, we...
View Article2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Testing with Photos & Video
There’s a lot of pressure on Kawasaki for 2011. Team Green has exited MotoGP, and is completely un-competitive with its ZX-10R in World Superbike and World Superstock 1000. Looking to rectify the...
View ArticleTom Sykes Tests the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R WSBK
Kawasaki is at the track again with its 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R World Superbike platform, and this time at the helm is WSBK rider Tom Sykes. Sykes, who is picking up the slack for his injured teamamte...
View ArticleVideo: 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R WSBK at Autopolis
After releasing a bevy of photos from its tests of the 2011 WSBK-spec Kawasaki ZX-10R at the Autopolis & Suzuka tracks in Japan, Team Green has put together a video with clips of the bike in both...
View Article2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK Now in Green
Kawasaki will be officially be “unveiling” its 2011 World Superbike-spec ZX-10R at Nurburgring this weekend, but has released photos of the bike, finally showing the ZX-10R in its green livery. Team...
View ArticleLEAKED: 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Details
Who has two thumbs, $4.99, and no embargo obligations? These guys [holds up thumbs]! Do you want to know every dirty secret about the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R, but don’t want to wait until the big...
View Article2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Becomes Officially Official
Finally breaking cover officially, the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R made its official debut at Intermot this week. For 2011, Kawasaki has taken a ground-up approach to building its liter-bike offering, and the...
View ArticleRumor: 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Getting Horsepower Reduction for the American Market
Immediately after the launch of the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R, which claimed a 207hp figure at the crank with ram-air (197hp sans the air), rumors began to swell that the new ZX-10R’s peak performance...
View ArticleOfficial: 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Gets 750 RPM Redline Reduction Because of EPA...
We just got off the phone with Kawasaki HQ, and it’s official: the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R will inadvertently get a power decrease when it comes to the United States because of the EPA’s regulation of...
View ArticleKawasaki Fielding Three-Man Team in World Superbike: Lascorz, Sykes, and...
Kawasaki, along with most of the WSBK grid, it at Aragon this week testing for the 2011 World Superbike season. Confirming that they’ll run a three-man team next year, Kawasaki has been testing with...
View ArticleDon’t Call It a Recall: 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R Goes on Technical Hold –...
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. issued a statement this weekend saying that the company was placing a technical hold on all 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R sportbikes because of an undisclosed problem found...
View Article2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Tops November Sales in the UK
The British Motorcycle Industry Association is reporting that the 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R was the best selling 651cc-1000cc motorcycle on the island nation for the month of November (with a whopping...
View ArticleKawasaki Releases More Information on the ZX-10R’s Technical Hold – Sales to...
The launch of the 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R has been a rocky one for Team Green. First there was the new that the ZX-10R’s class leading power figures wouldn’t be making it to the American market, as...
View ArticleFTR Entering MotoGP with a Kawasaki ZX-10R Based CRT Machine – Also Helping...
FTR, the Moto2 chassis manufacturer, has released a Q&A with its Moto Director Steve Bones. In the exchange, Bones talks about FTR’s involvement in making a claim-rule team chassis for the Spanish...
View ArticleRecall: 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R
Kawasaki is recalling 2,480 units of its 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R motorcycles for a faulty wiring harness. Affecting both the base and ABS versions of the motorcycle, it is possible that the wiring harness...
View ArticleVideo: 7min 50sec Around The Nürburgring on a Kawasaki
One of the relatively newer trends in automobile promotion is the timed-lap video footage around the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. With Porsche, Ferrari, Chevrolet, et al battling for four-wheeled...
View ArticleThe Eleven of 2011 – A Year in Review
Well, 2011 as a year is finally over, and for the motorcycling community it was quite a year. As we begin 2012, we here at Asphalt & Rubber are of course not immune to the desire to summarize and...
View ArticleRecall: Kawasaki ZX-6R & ZX-10R
Kawasaki is recalling certain ZX-6R & ZX-10R motorcycles for a regulator/rectifier that may be improperly charging the motorcycle’s battery. Concerning Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R motorcycles from...
View ArticleOfficially Official: Steve Rapp Will Wild Card on a Kawasaki CRT in MotoGP...
With the news breaking last week that Attack Performance had been given permission to run a wild card entry at both MotoGP in the United States, the American team has confirmed their entry, and that...
View ArticleVideo: What Does 210 MPH at Monza Look Like?
Hitting over 210 mph down the front straight at Monza, Tom Sykes became the fast two-wheeled man in World Superbike history. Setting the speed on his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, Sykes got a bit of help from...
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