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- Kawasaki ZX-12R used advice Unreservedly recommended balancing hum
- Fear of your own courage
- sightseeing
- Market situation
- Technical specifications
- Facelift
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In its time the fastest, most stable and strongest machine with the best power-to-weight ratio. The Kawasaki ZX-12R as used.
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A monocoque made of aluminum parts connects the steering head and the swing arm bearing – compact, light and stable.
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The cladding of the original model from 2000 already ensures that the driver can cover long distances at high speed in a relaxed manner. The only reason for early stops: the very high fuel consumption.
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Everything new in 2002: changed front, higher window, larger Ram-Air opening and new mirrors. The engine and chassis were also fine-tuned.
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As early as 2001, the over 300 km / h circus was over, the speedometer scale only goes up to 300 km / h, at the latest at 298 km / h it is electronically cordoned off. But that should also be enough.
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340 km / h on the speedometer, at least 308 km / h in the papers – the first edition of the ZX-12R is impressive even when it is stationary. And ran 303 km / h in practice.
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In its time the fastest, most stable and strongest machine with the best power-to-weight ratio. The Kawasaki ZX-12R as used.
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Kawasaki ZX-12R in used advice
Kawasaki ZX-12R used advice
Unreservedly recommended balancing hum
The goal setting was as simple as it is impressive. Original sound from Kawasaki: “It should be the fastest, most stable and strongest machine with the best power to weight ratio in its class.” It worked. And today it is available for manageable money.
Klaus Herder
06/20/2013
178 hp were promised. MOTORRAD measured 182. And in the first model year 2000 they had to do with only 249 kilograms, which was enough for 1.37 kilograms per hp and a real 303 km / h – best in class, as promised. And we’re talking about the premier class! Who cares that the Suzuki Hayabusa had already cracked the 300 km / h mark last year?
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Fear of your own courage
Nobody, because the great ninja not only scored with brute performance and a fat ice cream parlor bonus. Word quickly got around that said potential can be used very well. And completely stress-free, because ergonomics as well as wind and weather protection for the driver (expressly NOT for the pillion passenger) and the responsive, lazy engine make the ZX-12R the ideal long-distance burner. Which can also be moved easily in the city and on narrow country roads of the third order, because handiness and steering precision are surprisingly good.
Already had in the second model year Kawasaki But then fear of one’s own courage – keyword “voluntary self-restraint”, but with only 298 km / h it was somehow possible to live. Especially because the Greens knew how to drive out the little teething troubles of their top model through subtle but effective model updates. Since the 2002 revision at the latest, the wonderfully sounding ZX-12R has been an unreservedly recommendable balancer.
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The cladding of the original model from 2000 already ensures that the driver can cover long distances at high speed in a relaxed manner. The only reason for early stops: the very high fuel consumption.
The ZX-12R is not a show bike; most owners regularly demand its performance in practice. That’s what it’s built for, and its mechanical reliability is basically very good – according to professional screwdrivers for over 100,000 kilometers without an engine overhaul. At the periphery, however, the high-speed pace naturally takes its toll. With pleasure and often on the brakes: At the latest when a pulsation in the hand lever is noticeable when driving slowly and gently applying the front brake and the entire load jerks slightly, the stoppers are due. For the forehand you can start at 500 euros, with the discs alone contributing 200 euros each.
With good care, the chain set on the ZX-12R lasts astonishingly long, but also not forever: greater attention is required from 25,000 kilometers. Slight gear hooks are almost normal with the ninja, but annoyance is not. Cracks on the fairing brackets and exhaust manifolds are not that rare.
Market situation
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In its time the fastest, most stable and strongest machine with the best power-to-weight ratio. The Kawasaki ZX-12R as used.
The great ninja is not in short supply as used. Well-hung kilometer kings with over 50,000 kilometers on the speedometer can occasionally be got for just over 3,000 euros. However, the majority of the offers are between 4,000 and 5,000 euros, dealer and private offers are roughly in balance. The demand is not quite as abundant as the supply, but the ZX-12R practically never becomes a real grandfather clock.
The hype that still prevailed a few years ago around the 300 km / h original model has cooled down. In the meantime, ninja buyers are more interested in the sports tourer qualities and less in the fat-trousers image. And that is more independent of the year of construction of the balancer.
Technical specifications
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A monocoque made of aluminum parts connects the steering head and the swing arm bearing – compact, light and stable.
engine
Water-cooled four-cylinder four-stroke in-line engine, four valves per cylinder, wet sump lubrication, electronic intake manifold injection, uncontrolled catalytic converter with secondary air system, mechanically operated multi-disc oil bath clutch, six-speed gearbox, O-ring chain.
Bore x stroke 83 x 55.4 mm
Cubic capacity 1199 cm³
Rated output 131 kW (178 hp) at 10,500 rpm
Max. Torque 134 Nm at 7500 rpm
landing gear
Monocoque frame made of sheet aluminum, load-bearing motor, upside-down fork, two-arm swing arm made of aluminum profiles, central spring strut with lever system, spring elements each with an adjustable spring base as well as rebound and compression damping, double disc brake at the front, disc brake at the rear.
Cast aluminum wheels 3.50 x 17; 6.00 x 17
Tires 120/70 ZR 17, 200/50 ZR 17
Dimensions + weights
Wheelbase 1450 mm, steering head angle 65 degrees, caster 98 mm, spring travel f / r 120/140 mm, seat height * 830 mm, weight with a full tank * 248 kg, tank capacity ** 19 liters.
Measurements
(MOTORCYCLE 8/2002)
Top speed **
298 km / h
acceleration
0-100 km / h 2.7 sec
Draft
60-140 km / h 7.1 sec
consumption
6.8 l / 100 km (country road),
7.0 l / 100 km (at 130 km / h)
* MOTORCYCLE measurements; ** Manufacturer information
Facelift
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340 km / h on the speedometer, at least 308 km / h in the papers – the first edition of the ZX-12R is impressive even when it is stationary. And ran 303 km / h in practice.
- 2000 market launch. Colors: silver, red, green, lime green. Price: 25,890 marks (13,237 euros).
- 2001 top speed limited to 298 km / h; modified engine control unit; Revised clutch; modified upper part of the fairing with new mirror mounting points; new speedometer; modified tank (19 liters) colors: silver, green, blue. Price: 26,690 marks (13,646 euros).
- 2002 Heavily revised (over 140 changes), including Ram air inlet, landing gear and headlights modified; new front fairing and new windshield. Colors: blue, red, black. Price: 13 695 euros.
- 2003 Automatic daylight function. Colors: blue, green, silver. Price: 13 595 euros.
- 2004 Injection, engine control unit, fork and brake system revised; Theft protection. Colors: black, silver. Price: 13 595 euros.
- 2005 color: blue. Price: 13 595 euros.
- 2006 Last official year of construction. Color: Black. Price: 13 595 euros.
Callbacks
- At the beginning of 2001 the fuel overflow line in the tank was at risk of breaking and the fuel level sensor malfunctioned.
- October 2001 Breaking valve nuts on the front and rear wheel (ZX1200-A1 / A2).
- February 2003 Oil can get into the alternator connector and above it onto the rear wheel (ZX1200-A1H / A2H / B1H / B2H)
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