Few things have changed since the last time Kawasaki introduced a new ZX-6R. The motorcycle sales environment is still tough. Road racing is still working to recover. Kawasaki doesn’t have any official entry in top-level road racing in the United States. And some media outlets are still making stuff up.
We’ve all read the headlines about the demise of the 600cc inline four cylinder. The tales were so convincing that they fooled the powers that be at Dorna and MotoAmerica into looking at an alternate class featuring Middleweight Twins instead of Inline Fours.
But the stories were Fake News…All indicators show that the middleweight supersport category is still alive and still relevant. In fact, it makes up roughly 25 percent of the fully-faired sportbike market …
Read the latest issue of Roadracing World and get Racing Editor Chris Ulrich’s insights into the 2019 Kawasaki ZX-6R. The new middleweight comes with revised engine mapping, new gearing, a quickshifter, new lighting and bodywork and a new price tag – under $10,000!
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