2017 KAWASAKI NINJA ZX-10RR
TRACK TEST
P60
SINGLE SEAT
No passengers allowed! The removal of the
second seat and associated footpegs mean a
weight saving of about 2.2 pounds. Winter Test
Edition snowflake graphic on the seat is worth
at least an extra five seconds faster per lap!
What's
New?
Should you lay down
the $18,899 (MSRP)
required to buy a 2017
Kawasaki ZX-10RR,
this is what you'll get
for your money over
the standard ZX-10R.
The race kit ECU and
harness are an extra
expense, and of course
the RR already comes
with the six-axis Bosch
Inertial Measurement
Unit electronics suite
to handle traction and
wheelie control as
well as launch control.
The race ECU actually
allows you to go in
and program your
own values for TC,
WC and LC, but that
requires more dyno
and computer time than
we had at Aragon.
ENGINE
The cylinder head has been modified
to easily accept the high-lift Kawasaki
Racing camshafts that come as part
of the kit parts catalog. Valve tappets
feature the Diamond Like Carbon
(DLC) coating that facilitates mid/
KAWASAKI
QUICKSHIFT SYSTEM
The RR comes with an up-and-
down quickshift system. This
is something you can have
on the standard ZX-10R, but
you need to fit the race ECU/
harness if you want it.
Kawasaki hasn't
reinvented the
wheel with the
RR, just refined it.
