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2004 Kawasaki Zx 10r Front Side View

Influences from Kawasaki's ZX-RR MotoGP racer are easy to spot on the ZX-10R, including a 78-scale fairing (with a central ram-air duct), radially mounted calipers, a massive gull-wing-style swingarm and lightweight, six-spoke wheels. Said wheels will carry all-new Dunlop skins, D218ZRs, designed in conjunction with Kawasaki. D218s will debut a new tread pattern created with Dunlop's Computer Aided Tread Engineering (CATE) technology to provide maximum tread stiffness, allowing a higher-grip rubber compound to be used. How do they work? No idea -- we rode on track-specific D208GPs at Homestead, which stuck like glue.
First Ride: 2004 Kawasaki ZX-10R Motorcycle

 Influences from Kawasaki's ZX-RR MotoGP racer are easy to spot on the ZX-10R, including a 78-scale fairing (with a central ram-air duct), radially mounted calipers, a massive gull-wing-style swingarm and lightweight, six-spoke wheels. Said wheels will carry all-new Dunlop skins, D218ZRs, designed in conjunction with Kawasaki. D218s will debut a new tread pattern created with Dunlop's Computer Aided Tread Engineering (CATE) technology to provide maximum tread stiffness, allowing a higher-grip rubber compound to be used. How do they work? No idea -- we rode on track-specific D208GPs at Homestead, which stuck like glue.  View Related Article

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