Motorcycle-USA just answered that question by putting the new, 636cc 2013 Kawasaki ZX-6R on the dyno next to the old, 599cc 2012 Kawasaki ZX-6R. The improvement is actually fairly impressive, and that’s before you factor in ABS and traction control.
That green and black blur? That’s the 2013 Kawasaki ZX-6R passing within inches of a camera crew well into triple-digit speeds. This video takes you behind the scenes of the commercial Kawasaki produced on the Isle of Man to launch … Continued
Here, a 2013 Kawasaki ZX-6R completes a full, 36.6-mile lap of the Isle of Man TT course while you watch from the rider’s perspective. To think this kind of performance is available straight out of a showroom for just $11,700 … Continued
What you’re looking at isn’t the old, 2012 Kawasaki ZX-6R. Well, it is, but in Japan, they’re calling it the 2013 “race only” model. The solution to homologating the now-636cc bike for 599cc supersport racing (in Japan at least)? Just … Continued
Our friends at Dutch site Oliepeil have scooped this first official image of the much-leaked 2013 Kawasaki ZX-6R. In addition to the 636cc capacity and 129bhp power figure outed by the EPA, Oliepeil reports the bike will also come with … Continued
The first clear photos of the new 2013 Kawasaki ZX-6R have leaked. Not only is Kawasaki returning to a 636cc capacity, but it looks like the bike adapts the ZX-10R’s aggressive styling. Update: now with video.
An EPA document listing motorcycle emission data for 2013 has revealed details of the new, American market-oriented Kawasaki Ninja 300 and a return to 636cc capacity for the 2013 Kawasaki ZX-6R.