posted January 29, 2004 04:06 AM
Mottorrad has tested ZX10 So are there any Germans who can say what Motorrad said? It takes a week to get the latest issue to Finland so I can check it myself? They have a full test, so with hp and everything...
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posted January 29, 2004 04:35 AM
Edited By: swft on 29 Jan 2004 04:39
The online link to the article is here.
You can use google to translate it.
Whoops, like MCN, it just lets you know that they did the test, and is a plug to buy the mag.
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posted January 29, 2004 11:10 AM
Test Kawasaki Zx-10r
The life is green
Full 175 HP with less than 200 kilograms weight - already this promise, which made Kawasaki with the announcement of the new Zx-10r, let the Nackemhaare go with Leistungsfetischisten into having eight-position. Then the conception of the first pilot lot models in America, under supervision of the Kawasaki people, of which motorcycle test boss Ralf cutter reported? "Grimmig", said to that. Now the test in free game course, with which motorcycle editor Stefan Kaschel let itself be fascinated. "small like a 600er", he reports, "however if you on the activate button presses, if loose-barks..." He would have believed her everyone promised HP, but she had nevertheless on the test stand. And the MOTORRAD-1000-Punkte-Wertung over itself to be issued leaves.
quote:Test Kawasaki Zx-10r
The life is green
Full 175 HP with less than 200 kilograms weight - already this promise, which made Kawasaki with the announcement of the new Zx-10r, let the Nackemhaare go with Leistungsfetischisten into having eight-position. Then the conception of the first pilot lot models in America, under supervision of the Kawasaki people, of which motorcycle test boss Ralf cutter reported? "Grimmig", said to that. Now the test in free game course, with which motorcycle editor Stefan Kaschel let itself be fascinated. "small like a 600er", he reports, "however if you on the activate button presses, if loose-barks..." He would have believed her everyone promised HP, but she had nevertheless on the test stand. And the MOTORRAD-1000-Punkte-Wertung over itself to be issued leaves.
Everytime I start to think I understand what that guy is saying, it get lost again...... :P
posted January 29, 2004 02:38 PM
Edited By: KZ2ZX on 29 Jan 2004 14:42
Try this translation:
Team Green lives!
Fully 175HP and under 200kg weight - the promise Kawasaki made with the announcement of the new ZX-10R was that it would have the best power-to-weight ratio in the industry. Then came the demonstration of pilot models in America, under the watchful eye of the Kawasaki staff, which led our motorcycle Test Boss Ralf to report "Awesome!".
Now, that test was on an open racecourse, which fascinated our motorcycle Editor Stefan Kassel, who came back with the report "Small like a 600-classer, but when you press the starter, the bike barks!" He would have believed every one of the promised HP, but will put it on the dyno nevertheless. And the Motorrad-1000 dyno is waiting...
quote:Test Kawasaki Zx-10r
The life is green
Full 175 HP with less than 200 kilograms weight - already this promise, which made Kawasaki with the announcement of the new Zx-10r, let the Nackemhaare go with Leistungsfetischisten into having eight-position. Then the conception of the first pilot lot models in America, under supervision of the Kawasaki people, of which motorcycle test boss Ralf cutter reported? "Grimmig", said to that. Now the test in free game course, with which motorcycle editor Stefan Kaschel let itself be fascinated. "small like a 600er", he reports, "however if you on the activate button presses, if loose-barks..." He would have believed her everyone promised HP, but she had nevertheless on the test stand. And the MOTORRAD-1000-Punkte-Wertung over itself to be issued leaves.
Everytime I start to think I understand what that guy is saying, it get lost again...... :P
quote:Test Kawasaki Zx-10r
The life is green
Full 175 HP with less than 200 kilograms weight - already this promise, which made Kawasaki with the announcement of the new Zx-10r, let the Nackemhaare go with Leistungsfetischisten into having eight-position. Then the conception of the first pilot lot models in America, under supervision of the Kawasaki people, of which motorcycle test boss Ralf cutter reported? "Grimmig", said to that. Now the test in free game course, with which motorcycle editor Stefan Kaschel let itself be fascinated. "small like a 600er", he reports, "however if you on the activate button presses, if loose-barks..." He would have believed her everyone promised HP, but she had nevertheless on the test stand. And the MOTORRAD-1000-Punkte-Wertung over itself to be issued leaves.
Everytime I start to think I understand what that guy is saying, it get lost again...... :P
Yeah I know about the web-site - how else I would know they have tested it... And I also don't have any problem understanding German... In which by the way there are couple of mistakes in that translation. It dosen't mean Motorrad 1000 dyno. They said that they put it in to dyno and give it a Motorrad 1000 points test verdict. This is the way they test every bike. They give them points in many different things of the bike, ie: brakes, handling, topspeed, motor, etc, even maintenance and build quality affects. If I remember right the ZX12 got something like 780 out of 1000. But anyway is there any Germans out there who can check what hp and what other they have to say? And also after the next issue of Motorrad is published You can read the text of the older issues, but You can't have the pictures or testresults.
quote:Test Kawasaki Zx-10r
The life is green
Full 175 HP with less than 200 kilograms weight - already this promise, which made Kawasaki with the announcement of the new Zx-10r, let the Nackemhaare go with Leistungsfetischisten into having eight-position. Then the conception of the first pilot lot models in America, under supervision of the Kawasaki people, of which motorcycle test boss Ralf cutter reported? "Grimmig", said to that. Now the test in free game course, with which motorcycle editor Stefan Kaschel let itself be fascinated. "small like a 600er", he reports, "however if you on the activate button presses, if loose-barks..." He would have believed her everyone promised HP, but she had nevertheless on the test stand. And the MOTORRAD-1000-Punkte-Wertung over itself to be issued leaves.
Everytime I start to think I understand what that guy is saying, it get lost again...... :P
Yeah I know about the web-site - how else I would know they have tested it... And I also don't have any problem understanding German... In which by the way there are couple of mistakes in that translation. It dosen't mean Motorrad 1000 dyno. They said that they put it in to dyno and give it a Motorrad 1000 points test verdict. This is the way they test every bike. They give them points in many different things of the bike, ie: brakes, handling, topspeed, motor, etc, even maintenance and build quality affects. If I remember right the ZX12 got something like 780 out of 1000. But anyway is there any Germans out there who can check what hp and what other they have to say? And also after the next issue of Motorrad is published You can read the text of the older issues, but You can't have the pictures or testresults.
Well Im german and I can't speak or read a lick of it. But if there are HP figures floating around I'd love for a German who can read and write to post it.
I can't compare this to other recent test, my subscription ran from 1980 until 1995.
Compared to the ZX9R it has a very good seating position as long as you like it sporty, contact with the bike is very good.
They have dynotested it at 166PS and mentioned that it was a class record, the same with the roll on figures, they mention that it is the quickest roadbike they have ever tested so don't start telling me that your Gixxerwhatever is quicker, I am only the messenger.
They have a top speed of 288 km/h under rainy conditions and mentioned that they will test this later under ideal conditions.
They are very very postive about the handling, it gives a lot of feedback.As for stability they mention that they would like a steering damper but more for psychological reasons. Compared to the recent Blade and R1 (recent as in '03 Blade/R1) it is much better in this sense.
No mentioning of a bad gearbox selection. Only minors were bad wind protection and stiff suspension for road use.
They end the test with: Live can be so green.
Even to me it reads more like an add then a roadtest, and remember we are talking about Motorrad. They more or less prompted Honda to change the steering head on the '02 Blade and made it clear to Kawasaki they had a problem with the ZX9R, after which KHI decided to put an extra mounting point on the 9 engine to cure this.
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