The Ninja ZX-10 (also called ZX-10 "Tomcat") was a
sport
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motorcycle
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manufactured by
Kawasaki Motorcycles
Kawasaki motorcycles are manufactured by the Motorcycle & Engine division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
History
Kawasaki Aircraft initially manufactured motorcycles under the Meguro name, having bought an ailing motorcycle manufacturer, Megu ...
between 1988 and 1990,
part of the
Kawasaki Ninja
The Kawasaki Ninja is a name given to several series of Kawasaki sport bikes that started with the 1984 GPZ900R. Kawasaki Heavy Industries trademarked a version of the word Ninja in the form of a wordmark, a stylised script, for use on "motorcyc ...
line. With a top speed of , it was the
fastest production motorcycle
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in 1988.
Design
The ZX-10 replaced the
GPZ1000RX as the flagship sportbike from Kawasaki.
[
The engine was designed after its predecessor's, with the same displacement but 36 mm semi-downdraft CV carburetors and a narrower valve angle. Engine internals were altered: ]Compression ratio
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A fundamental specification for such engines, it is measured two ways: the stati ...
was raised to 11.0:1; lighter pistons and bigger valves were used.[
It had Kawasaki's first aluminum ]perimeter frame
A vehicle frame, also historically known as its '' chassis'', is the main supporting structure of a motor vehicle to which all other components are attached, comparable to the skeleton of an organism.
Until the 1930s, virtually every car ha ...
, a design which has since become standard.[
]
See also
*Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki, the successor to the Ninja ZX-9R. It was originally released in 2004 and has been updated and revised throughout the years. It co ...
, a Ninja sportbike produced starting in 2004
References
External links
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