Why ZX^6 so slow?

Posted: Mon 10 Mar 2003

This from a friend who runs the Ohlins WSB and Supersport effort - kind of explains why the new ZX6 did so poorly (and yes Kawasaki is one of his customers): \"The 2003 ZX6RRRRRR... does this look like a bike in need of a course of steroids? Check out the figures; Suzuki GSXR 600 (vintage racer), 128hp, Yamaha R6 130hp, Honda CBR..... 134hp!!! Kawasaki ZX6RR .............................114hp!!!!!!!!!! (all figures rear wheel hp measured on Arrow Exhaust Systems Dyno same day, same track, same increasingly sad Öhlins tech sitting crying into his beer whilst he watched !\"