2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Specs, and Review

2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

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With a 16-valve, DOHC inline-four engine everything a top-shelf middleweight powerplant should be: supremely powerful, smooth, and blessed with hammer-like reliability. With the ZX-6R’s jewel-like engine, a 599cc assemblage of everything Kawasaki knows about powerplant building, and the result of untold hours of testing and refinement garnered from dyno room to racetrack and back again. Squeezing big power from small displacement has been a Kawasaki forte for many years, from the 350cc A7 Avenger to the 500cc H1, and from that first Ninja 600 to this 2012 Kawasaki ZX-6R, class-leading power is a Kawasaki sportbike birthright.

Front and rear suspension of 2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R can be set fully. Power and torque are spewed out 66.7 hp and 128 Nm. Seat height 815 mm, 120 mm ground clearance and weighs 191 kg. 2012 Kawasaki ZX-6R dimensions (LxWxH) reached 2090 mm x 710 mm x 1115 mm. Recorded 1400 mm wheelbase.

Kawasaki’s acclaimed triple petal disc brake package – with radial-mount calipers up front – is as refined and powerful as ever. Highly rigid four-piston calipers and 300mm petal-type rotors provide awesome power and excellent feel at the front wheel. The 220mm rear petal-type disc features a pedal coaxially mounted with the footpeg for increased mid-stroke braking efficiency and optimum pedal feedback. Its master cylinder reservoir mounts forward of the swingarm, freeing space around the footpeg, reducing parts and contributing to weight savings. It all adds up to unflappable composure under braking, and helps provide the precise control and feel that allows supersport racers to enter corners harder – and everyday riders to slow things down comfortably and controllably.

2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R Specifications/Technical Details
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ENGINE

• Type 4-stroke, In-Line Four
• Displacement 599cc
• Bore and Stroke 67.0 x 42.5 mm
• Cooling Liquid
• Compression Ratio 13.3:1
• Valve System DOHC, 16 valves (4 valves per cylinder)
• Fuel System DFI with four 38 mm Keihin throttle bodies, oval sub-throttles, two injectors per cylinder
• Ignition TCBI with digital advance
• Lubrication Forced lubrication (wet sump with oil cooler)
  

DRIVETRAIN 

• Transmission 6-speed cassette, with positive neutral finder
• Final Drive Sealed Chain
• Primary Reduction Ratio 1.900 (76/40)
• Gear Ratio: 1st 2.714 (38/14)
• Gear Ratio: 2nd 2.200 (33/15)
• Gear Ratio: 3rd 1.850 (37/20)
• Gear Ratio: 4th 1.600 (32/20)
• Gear Ratio: 5th 1.421 (27/19)
• Gear Ratio: 6th 1.300 (26/20)
• Final Reduction Ratio 2.688 (43/16)
• Clutch Wet multi-disc, manual
  

FRAME

• Type Aluminium perimeter
• Wheel Travel: Front 120 mm (4.7 in.)
• Tire: Front 120/70-ZR17
• Wheel Travel: Rear 134 mm (5.3 in.)
• Tire: Rear 180/55-ZR17
• Caster (Rake) 24°
• Trail 103 mm (4.1 in.)
• Steering Angle (Left/Right) 27° / 27°
  

SUSPENSION

• Suspension, Front 41 mm inverted Showa Big Piston front fork with top-out springs, stepless compression and rebound damping, fully-adjustable spring preload
• Suspension, Rear Bottom-Link Uni-Trak with gas-charged shock, top-out spring and pillow ball upper mount, dual-range (high/low-speed) stepless compression damping, 25-way adjustable rebound damping, fully-adjustable spring preload
  

BRAKES

• Front: Type Dual 300 mm petal rotors
• Front: Calipers Radial-mount, 4-piston, 4-pad calipers
• Rear: Type Single 220 mm petal disc
• Rear: Caliper Single piston caliper
  

DIMENSIONS

• Overall Length 2,090 mm (82.3 in.)
• Overall Width 705 mm (28.0 in.)
• Overall Height 1,115 mm (43.9 in.)
• Wheelbase 1,400 mm (55.1 in.)
• Ground Clearance 120 mm (4.72 in.)
• Seat Height 815 mm (32.1 in.)
• Curb Mass** 191 kg (421 lbs.)
• Fuel Capacity 17 litres (3.7 gal.)
• Fuel Consumption 6.2 L/100 km (45 MPG)

** Includes all necessary materials and fluids to operate correctly, full tank of fuel (more than 90% of capacity) and tool kit (if supplied)

PERFORMANCE

• Maximum Power‡ 94.1 kW {128 PS} @ 14,000 rpm
• Maximum Torque‡ 66.7 N.m {6.8 kgf.m} @ 11,800 rpm
• ‡ Power / Torque figures measured at the crankshaft.

DETAILS

• Colours Lime Green / Metallic Spark Black, Passion Red / Metallic Spark Black
• Warranty 12 months warranty