Kawasaki Gen 4 ZX-10R Track Bike Build |
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First off the new bike: Gen 4 ZX-10R ABS Almost ironically at the time I purchased this used bike I had a fair amount of seat time on just about every current literbike on the US market except the ZX-10R. I had just never been in the right place at the right time. I mean sure I had taken one up and down the street for a quick test ride etc, but I had not been able to swing a leg over one and ride it in anger on the track as I had so many other bikes. My thoughts are it blows the other bikes away. The crossplane R1 is a novelty turd that requires a massive influx of cash and parts to make it competitive, the newer CBR1000RR's are great streetbikes, but terrible racebikes requiring a constantly changing variety of chassis and suspension parts along with the prerequisite testing to make all of it work together and even then they still suffer from a lot of front end chatter problems regardless of how good your suspension is. The GSXR1000 is well it's actually pretty damn good, but it's still the same ole cookie cutter gixxer we have all grown to love. The BMW S1000RR is a horsepower monster, but all that inertia takes a lot of effort and extra parts (i.e swingarm pivots, offset triple clamps etc) to hustle around the track and the Traction Control system is pretty much useless at race pace... The new Panigales are just Italian parts waiting to leak oil everywhere and I will leave it at that. Ultimately The only other bike I gave any serious thought aside from the ZX-10R was the Aprilia RSV4, but in the end I decided that function would take precedence over form not to mention value for the dollar and the ease of getting spares. I'd still love to have an Aprilia, but I just don't have that kind of money to throw around. The ZX-10R is in my opinion the best out of the box turn key trackbike platform there is currently. Like all the other bikes it needs some help with its suspension and linkage and the ABS is best left to the street period, but all in all it is the most competent package on the market right now for literbikes that are track capable. I'm still on the fence about how well the OEM Traction Control lends itself to track use, but I do think it is better than most other OEM TC systems with the exception of the RSV4 APRC. The
bottom line is I love this new to me ZX-10R and look
forward to continuing to test parts & modify it to my
liking. As much as I loved my old 1000RR I simply cannot
express how happy I am to once again be on a current
piece of two wheeled technology that allows me to do a
better, safer job while out there on the race track. |
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Much of the information and mods below are specific to the Gen 4 ZX-10R, but there are also some articles and reviews from other bikes that are relevant to the ownership experience of the ZX-10R so they are included as well. |
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