Watch Attack Performance’s CRT racer hit the dyno

Cycle World has put together a great little feature on Attack Performance’s wild card CRT effort in MotoGP for the upcoming season. Most interesting is Richard Stanboli’s “odd-fire” engine which “works like a three-cylinder” but is based on the inline-four … Continued

Watch a ZX-10R hit a trailer dead on

Jeans? Check. T-Shirt? Check. Sneakers? Check. Incompetent operation of a liter bike? Check. What we’ve got here is the perfect recipe for a great crash, and this ZX-10R rider does not disappoint, failing to miss a trailer making a right … Continued

This steering damper senses acceleration

Unlike previous electronic steering damper designs, this new Ohlins unit fitted to the otherwise-unchanged 2013 Kawasaki ZX-10R uses acceleration and deceleration data, in addition to speed, to inform damping rates. The idea here is simple — propensity for instability increases not … Continued

You can get a ZX-10R in red now

The 2012 Kawasaki ZX-10R is identical to the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R in every way but color. The black/red actually looks really nice and restrained, solid color panels > tribal ghost flames.

Video: an in-depth look at the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R

Paul Hood from England’s The Daily Mirror sent over this video he made about the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R. He looks at the bike’s history, technology and performance, riding the new superbike at Qatar’s Losail circuit at night.

2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R returns to sale, problem identified

Kawasaki USA has just announced that the mysterious stop-sale on the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R will be lifted, identifying the previously-mysterious fault as residing in the intake valve springs. As stated when the not-a-recall was announced on December 11, the problem … Continued