The Kawasaki ZX10RR is set to be launched in India on March 11 reports
ZigWheels. The Kawasaki ZX10R is a production motorcycle which won’t find
itself out of place at a race track. The limited edition sibling, the Kawasaki
ZX10RR, takes things to a whole new level. The European allotment was announced
to be 500 units.
The bike gets a re-worked cylinder head and new
reinforced crankcases for increased durability. The tappets get low friction
DLC coating while the lightweight forged aluminium Marchesini wheels help in
reducing the kerb weight of the motorcycle. Front brake gets a Brembo M50
monobloc calliper with laterally grooved Brembo disc rotors plus a Brembo
radial pump master cylinder and steel braided hoses.
Powering the Kawasaki ZX10RR is a 998 cc in-line
four cylinder, liquid cooled DOHC mill which is coupled to a 6-speed cassette
type gearbox. The engine is capable of producing 200 PS of maximum power at
13,000 rpm and 113.5 Nm of peak torque at 11,500 rpm. The power output can be
raised to 210 PS at the same engine speed with RAM air intake.
The Kawasaki ZX10RR is suspended over 43 mm inverted
fork with rebound and compression damping, spring preload adjustability and
top-out springs up front and Horizontal Back-link with gas-charged shock and
top-out spring with compression damping and spring preload with full
adjustability. The Kawasaki ZX10RR has a kerb weight of 206 kg.