It’s one of the most reliable, robust superbike motors out there, capable of punching out near 200 hp at the tyre with a few simple mods like a pipe and a flash for Superstock racing overseas and Superbike here in Australia. The motor was never really the issue with the Kawasaki. The machine responsible for this green streak is the redoubtable ZX-10R (or ZX-10RR if we’re being picky), but the last time we saw any major changes to the steed was back in 2016 with the debut of the light crank, over-square motor that is still fitted to this 2021 edition. The company’s might was pushed 100 per cent into production racing’s top-tier in 2010 rather than whizzed away at the bum-end of MotoGP, and the results have been undeniable (Kawasaki’s certainly got better bang for its commercial buck in WorldSBK than Aprilia has in MotoGP and for less than half the cost). Kawasaki’s success at WorldSBK competition is no accident. Kawasaki and Jonathan Rea have been near unstoppable over the last six years, taking six consecutive titles in a reign even more dominant than our own Mick Doohan enjoyed in the 1990s. It’s reasonable to say the past near decade of international superbike competition has belonged to one brand and one man.
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