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New Zed X 10

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#1 ·
Sounds interesting

September should be a cool time- Yamaha, Hond and Kawi trying to claim King-
 
#4 ·
IMO I have found all the Kawi GP bikes to have a very appealing look to me- The angular but subtle curved tails from the first 'stealth' bike with carb's to now; they have always looked really cool to me- I bet the new x-10 will be very potent, and not a joke- How can they keep adding power to something that in real world terms has to much- crazy
 
#5 ·
xdonniedarkox said:
IMO I have found all the Kawi GP bikes to have a very appealing look to me- The angular but subtle curved tails from the first 'stealth' bike with carb's to now; they have always looked really cool to me- I bet the new x-10 will be very potent, and not a joke- How can they keep adding power to something that in real world terms has to much- crazy
Yes I always like the looks of the Kawi GP bikes... but honestly, I like this current ZX-RR much better than the first version couple of years ago... I found it just a bit too angular... made the bike look huge... this current one looks a lot smaller... :yesnod


About power... lol... there is no such thing as enough... :D
 
#6 ·
xdonniedarkox said:
IMO I have found all the Kawi GP bikes to have a very appealing look to me- The angular but subtle curved tails from the first 'stealth' bike with carb's to now; they have always looked really cool to me- I bet the new x-10 will be very potent, and not a joke- How can they keep adding power to something that in real world terms has to much- crazy
...going by their low volume of sales though,goes to show that all the power and speculation about them being the highest selling bike this year isnt true..still comes down to personal taste more than bang for your buck:yesnod
 
#8 ·
Ozzy_R1_demon said:
...going by their low volume of sales though,goes to show that all the power and speculation about them being the highest selling bike this year isnt true..still comes down to personal taste more than bang for your buck:yesnod
that's cause suzuki got all the praise with the GSXR and i'm sure they are a bigger selling brand that kawi anyway... kawi didn't have a chance...

06' though with the exception of suzuki since they just did their redesign, should be an interesting year cause i think power will be very close among all the bikes, so styling will be VERY important...
 
#14 ·
I would like to see the wave rotors on the '06 R1 like the ZX-10 had in '04/'05. :fact
 
#15 ·
Their crappy though... The stock wave rotors on the Kawi aren't as good as say Galfers... My buddy has a 636 and the brakes are nothing special... Just a gimmik IMO...

That bike looks badass... If it looks like that im going COW!
 
#16 ·
It'll be the day when something other then the R1 tops out as being the best designed bike aside from those damn italian bikes.

numbers are so close these days, it really comes down to style at least for myself. I am in fact a big kawasaki fan, but a fan during the times when I waited years for the zx10R and gave up hope and got my first R1 in 2002. Now I'm hooked on the R1. I probably wont ever go back to kawasaki unless they match or beat the styling of the R1.

the 04-05 model is got to be perfect styling, and like the 02-03 model, will definitely keep its stats as one of the best looking bikes ever made for sometime to come.

of course this is my opinion
 
#17 ·
Tito said:
Their crappy though... The stock wave rotors on the Kawi aren't as good as say Galfers... My buddy has a 636 and the brakes are nothing special... Just a gimmik IMO...
That bike looks badass... If it looks like that im going COW!
You are kidding, right? The 6Rs brakes are near perfect. The "petal" shape is a gimmick, but the brakes are powerful and have a lot of feel to them.
 
#18 ·
Please for the love of god dont ever say "zed" again unless you're english. I dont understand why the english have to say the word "zed" every time they say "z". That would be like us saying Romeo everytime someone asks what kind of bike we have. "Oh its a ROMEO 1". Get over yourselves you damn english bastards.
 
#19 ·
morepower said:
If it looks like this it could have some potential......Just needs to handle better than the existing one !!!
Don't know if this years model doesn't handle, I believe it just takes some setting up to go quick on, same for this years gixxer (racing/track I'm talking), where as this years R1 is supposed to be easy to fast on without so much set up.
 
#21 ·
LINK80Reid said:
Please for the love of god dont ever say "zed" again unless you're english. I dont understand why the english have to say the word "zed" every time they say "z". That would be like us saying Romeo everytime someone asks what kind of bike we have. "Oh its a ROMEO 1". Get over yourselves you damn english bastards.
Who pissed on your coffee today? :dunno
 
#22 ·
LINK80Reid said:
Please for the love of god dont ever say "zed" again unless you're english. I dont understand why the english have to say the word "zed" every time they say "z". That would be like us saying Romeo everytime someone asks what kind of bike we have. "Oh its a ROMEO 1". Get over yourselves you damn english bastards.
OH pip pip old chap !!!!! I think you are mistaken as the tread starter is one of your colonial friends.

Must dash.... my glass of pimms is getting warm and my cucumber sandwiches are waiting..... chin chin !!!