News – A little more electronics for the 2013 Kawasaki ZX-10R – Used KAWASAKI

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A little more electronics for the 2013 Kawasaki ZX-10R

News - A little more electronics for the 2013 Kawasaki ZX-10R - Used KAWASAKI

The real novelties for 2013 will not be revealed until the start of the school year … In the meantime, Kawasaki is warning us that its ZX-10R will swap its mechanical steering damper next year for an electronic one, always Ohlins ! The decorations of the Ninja also change.

It is the same ordeal every year: you will have to wait until the beginning of October (from 3 to 7) for the Intermot fair in Cologne then mid-November (from 15 to 18) the EICMA fair in Milan to discover the "real ones". news from manufacturers of motorcycles and scooters 2013 models

Kawasaki, however, is announcing now that the ZX-10R 213 will benefit from new colors and graphics: fans of the Kawa Superbike will appreciate the differences at their true value.

"Regarding the colors for the European market, only green and black will be imported.", the heads of the Kawasaki France subsidiary warn us:"the white color seen on the Kawasaki US site is reserved for the latter market (this color differentiation exists for all models and has always been)".

At the same time, and this is undoubtedly the most important evolution, the Ninja welcomes a new steering damper !

While the 2011 and 2012 models of the big Janine made do with a traditional manually adjustable shock absorber – Ohlins branded – the next vintage will feature an electronic version "which, thanks to its latest generation technology, will allow the pilot to push his limits even further", Kawasaki predicts !

"Unlike the mechanical steering damper – on which the tuning once performed covers all riding conditions and speeds reached – the new element allows the damping characteristics to be electronically varied depending on speed and degree of acceleration or deceleration", specify the Japanese engineers.

Equipped since 2011 with traction control and ABS (respectively called S-KTRC and KIBS at Kawa, read), as well as three selectable injection maps on the handlebars, the ZX-10R therefore continues to sharpen in order to remain among the market benchmarks (in France in particular).

Finally, "it is still a little early to know the prices (with or without ABS, Editor’s note) and the release date, more or less the same", inform us the Greens of Saint-Etienne d’Elancourt. To be continued on MNC: stay connected !

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