New (& lighter) ZZR1300

mickeyd · Post by **mickeyd** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:00 am

http://www.zx-12r.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=34899&sid=73cdb6263b3a512f7a1d581214248edc

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:23 am

very cool
and very Kwaka family
hints of 10R and 12R there definitely

the silver one looks awesome

HemiDuty · Post by **HemiDuty** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:56 am

Looks way better than the current ZZ12.

NovaCoder · Post by **NovaCoder** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:10 am

Goodbye ZX12R....can't see them keeping it in the range alongside this as they are too similar.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:01 am

NovaCoder wrote:Goodbye ZX12R....can't see them keeping it in the range alongside this as they are too similar.

Nova
I think they will
Kwaka see the 12 in the same light as the 10R
a hyper sports bike

the ZZR is not included in that group, as it does not try to be....

so I hope they keep both

cheers

mikk · Post by **mikk** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:51 am

looks alright, but its a bit fat for my liking... i still reckon the 12r looks like hot sh!t

diesel · Post by **diesel** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:04 pm

friggin love it.
be happy to join team zzr with that one.

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:22 pm

With all the CG bikes being published as the "real thing" these days, how can we be certain that this is actually real? Surely if MCN have a picture of the new ZZR, then other bike sites would have them aswell.

Bikes are often launched to the media but they have to sign a non-disclosure agreement which expires on a certain date. I hope that the certain date for the ZZR is tomorrow.

I've been dying to see what the replacement for the ZZR1200 is, and hopefully this is it.

I'm excited. New bike, here I come. :lol:

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:20 pm

thats nice

Colette · Post by **Colette** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:47 pm

A new bike for Ronster?

mikk · Post by **mikk** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:50 pm

i just noticed that the front of the bike looks like it has a big smiley face

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:53 pm

...with a huge set of braces :lol:

ronster · Post by **ronster** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:27 pm

Colette wrote:A new bike for Ronster?

Yep, I'm drooling :shock:

PC

I-K · Post by **I-K** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:00 pm

Nah, I still call photochop. The air intake is too small, the nose is far too close to being just a stretched ZX-12R-A, the lower portions of the side fairing are a direct lift from the ZZ-R12, and does anyone really believe that, in 2005, Kawasaki would launch a new sports-tourer featuring the same Ferrari Testarossa cooling gill slats that looked tryhard on the Suzuki RF900 back in 1993...

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:10 pm

I-K, I tend to agree with you. I guess we'll find out in the next day or two.

And besides, it wouldn't be like an esteemed publication like Motorcycle News to run a story based on CG. *cough, bullshit, cough*