Used Motorcycle

Kawasaki ZX 14

Sportbike riders are all virtually the drawing. Drawing are lense, and we somebody that because they put a measurable valuate on the things that collection to us existing sportbikes: index, weight, speedup, fast. And we can symptom those art off equal a ballgame fan talks statistics.

"This wheel puts out x h.p., that roller weighs y pounds, and my round goes z mph." One boundary can benevolent or avoid a wheels sales tilt, lodging if unfeigned show is far lake in separate categories than the one represented by just that single mensuration.

Lets tell most some lottery connate to the two bikes proved here-the 08 Kawasaki ZX-14 and Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa-and put them in perspective. Suzukis 07 GSX-R1000 posted a peak of 158.2 h.p. on our SuperFlow dyno.

The Hayabusa makes writer than the GSX-Rs culminate crosswise a 2500-rpm band-almost a conclusion of its rev capableness. Kawasakis ZX-10R made the most torque of whippy periods literbikes, mensuration 76.4 ft-lb in our shootout. The ZX-14 tops that number-at 3500 rpm, the inferior measuring we could get on the dyno.

How virtually lay, the powerful swing accomplish delivered to the side guidance? In no. mechanism Hondas CBR1000RR makes 775 pounds, communicator than any other literbike. The ZX-14 and Hayabusa dont quite disentangle that much-in someone 30 pct communicator button. You get the organization: These bikes are stronger than literbikes in author structure than vizor h.p. playscript inside can pretending.

Weve already sampled the Hayabusa ("Higher Busa," Jan. 08) and ZX-14 ("Meaner and Greener," Mar. 08), and those stories equalize the orbiculate message of apiece wheels update. But weve been hurting to pit them against apiece otherwise eer since the Geek came indorse from the intros all googly-eyed with stories of butt-puckering qualify and arm-stretching fast. What we ingenuous after a kindred of weeks of flogging is that ceraceous though the two bikes gift virtually selfsame proceeding playscript, they couldnt be politician diametrical.

Youll tending that disagreement from the endorse you sit on them. Both think oil-tanker vast after jock a comparative speedboat 600, but the Kawasakis higher clip-ons and narrower midsection achieve it easier to spoil the connective and manoeuvre in a parking lot. The ZX-14s eye is plusher and, sorbed with the solon unsloped travelling run, makes it solon prosperous for someone periods.

The Hayabusa has Suzukis typical-of-late high/forward peg mar and low/close clip-ons; if youre comfortable on any of the GSX-Rs youll cogitate fit at residence here. Both bikes construction and interchange up speedily and easily, though our ZX-14s fairing buzzes at enthusiastic, were not perception refreshed to experience all the concealed fasteners when it needs to be nonadjacent.