Rea's 2016 ZX10R
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
Saving his bum from bruising...seems a clever move to me!! Love the schemeBlade wrote:Is he using a booster seat next season
That's some wedge of foam.
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
I don't think they've had a go on the race bikes yet.Perkles wrote:Would love some feedback of what rea and Sykes think of the new bike
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
The riders asked for improved wind protection, that's why they've changed the front fairing
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
They have been testing them at Aragon this weekKwacky wrote:I don't think they've had a go on the race bikes yet.Perkles wrote:Would love some feedback of what rea and Sykes think of the new bike
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
Ah right. No feedback yet on twitter, neither of them have mentioned it apart from a photo each of the 2016 bike.
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
I believe the development has been led by Sykes and the changes made to areas like lightening thr crank were his request.
Expect Sykes to be close to JR in 2016.
Expect Sykes to be close to JR in 2016.
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
I would love to be in Sykes position..
"This year's bike flexed too much over curbs in third gear so if you could make the chassis a little stiffer but keep it's suppleness that would be appreciated".
"I found the seat a little uncomfortable - please sort this out"
What an incredible job !!
"This year's bike flexed too much over curbs in third gear so if you could make the chassis a little stiffer but keep it's suppleness that would be appreciated".
"I found the seat a little uncomfortable - please sort this out"
What an incredible job !!
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
It sounds like Kawasaki essentially let them build a road bike they could use to win races.
Lucky bastards.
Lucky bastards.
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
Yeah pretty much. Lets not forget, we have BMW to thank for this for them bringing the S1000RR which caught the Japanese sleeping
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
I whole-heartedly agree with you.Perkles wrote:I know for a fact the current zx10r was built to win wsb not for the road
All they would have done is fitted soft-damping suspension to make it comfortable for the road. It makes sense for manufactures to do this though, the less changes they have to make to a road bike to make a race bike, the more time they can spend fine tuning rather than experiementing !!
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Re: Rea's 2016 ZX10R
Wsbk rules now make it difficult to build a road bike that can go racing. Much easier to build a race bike you can make road legal. And if you want to win races it's the only way to go.