I
t's an interesting market, the old
supersport one. On one hand,
you've got some people saying it's
a dead segment, one that should
quietly go the way of the 750cc
class and confine itself to history.
Their arguments often stem from
the fact that 600cc motorcycles
don't have enough torque to make
for a good street bike and require
too many revs to keep them going in
traffic, among other things.
It's been a long time since we've thrown a leg
over a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R . Is it still as good
as we remember as we head into 2019?
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN WING
SAME, SAME,
BUT DIFFERENT
As a street
bike that can
double as
a track-day
steed, the ZX-
6R is one hell
of a bike.
2019 KAWASAKI NINJA ZX-6R
FIRST IMPRESSION
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Then you have the other side—the
die-hard sportbike lovers who kneel at
the altar of corner speed and pray to
the god of late braking, and who know
there is very little on this planet that
can keep up with a well ridden 600.
There's no denying the supersport
market is a pittance of what it once
was. After all, Honda, the world's
biggest manufacturer, doesn't even
have a new CBR600RR for sale in
the U.S. and soon won't have one
