Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja World Champion Edition Make Model | Kawasaki Z-X10R Ninja World Champion Edition | Year | 2014 | Engine | Four stroke, transverse four cylinder, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder. | Capacity | 998 cc / 60.9 cu-in | Bore x Stroke | 76 x 55 mm | Compression Ratio | 13.0:1 | Cooling System | Liquid cooled, | Lubrication | Forced lubrication, wet sump with oil cooler | Induction | DFI? with four 47mm Keihin throttle bodies with oval sub-throttles, two injectors per cylinder | Ignition | TCBI with digital advance and Sport-Kawasaki Traction Control (S-KTRC) | Starting | Electric | Max Power | 185 -200 estimated | Max Torque | 114.3 Nm @ 1150 rpm | Clutch | Wet multi-disc, manual | Transmission | 6 Speed | Final Drive | Sealed Chain | Primary reduction Ratio | 1.681 (79/47) | Gear Ratio | 1st 2.600 (39/15) 2nd 2.053 (39/19) 3rd 1.737 (33/19) 4th 1.571 (33/21) 5th 1.444 (26/18) 6th 1.348 (31/23) | Frame | Twin spar, cast aluminium | Final reduction Ratio | 2.294 (39/17) | Front Suspension | 43mm Big Piston Fork (BPF), rebound, compression and spring preload adjustability 4.7in wheel travel | Front Wheel Travel | 120 mm / 4.7 in Wheel travel: rear | Rear Suspension | Horizontal Back-link. High/low-speed compression, rebound and preload adjustable. 4.9in wheel travel | Rear Wheel Travel | 140 mm / 5.5 in | Front Brakes | 2x 310 mm petal discs, radial-mount 4-piston calliper | Rear Brakes | Single Single 220mm petal disc | Front Tyre | 120/70 ZR17 | Rear Tyre | 190/55 ZR17 | Rake | 25.° | Trail | 109.9mm | Dimensions | Length 2075 mm / 81.7 in Width 715 mm / 28.0 in Height 1115 mm / 43.9 in | Wheelbase | 1425 mm / 56.1 in | Ground Clearance | 135 mm / 5.3 in | Seat Height | 812 mm / 32 in | Wet Weight | 198 kg / 436.3 lbs | Fuel Capacity | 17 Litres / 3.7 gal | Consumption Average | 16.4 km/lit | Standing ? Mile | 10.4 sec | Top Speed | 296.6 km/h / 184.3 mph | 2013 witnessed Tom Sykes becoming the World Superbike Champion onboard his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. In what was a fantastic year, with 9 race wins and 8 pole positions along the way, Tom and the KRT racing team created something to truly celebrate and remember.
To echo that celebration, Kawasaki Motors UK and Tom Sykes are now creating a Ninja ZX-10R “World Champion Edition” limited to just 25 examples in total and priced at just £550 over the normal retail price making the non-ABS machine £12,749.
The bikes will be liveried using a 2013 KRT graphics kit, fitted with a Leo Vinci EVO 2 exhaust plus a Kawasaki tank pad. Additionally, each of the bikes will also be supplied with an extra air-box cover signed by Tom Sykes and an official, personally signed, letter of authentication.
As a final finishing touch, special plaques have been commissioned for the machines with a lazer-etched Championship emblem and a declaration that they are part of the Limited Edition run.
Having re-gained the WSBK Championship after a break of two decades, Sykes is naturally keen to celebrate the fact commenting;
“Last year was a dream come true and it's great to be a part of Kawasaki's racing heritage. Now we have created these limited edition bikes, twenty five people can get hold of a little piece of Ninja history for themselves.”
Craig Watson of Kawasaki added; “This is Kawasaki's first World Superbike Championship win for twenty years. It's only fitting that, in his home country, there's a limited edition bike in honour of Tom's achievement”. |