Rea's 2016 ZX10R

[Kwacky]

Kawasaki HAVE to do this as a race rep next year.

[Blade]

Is he using a booster seat next season

That's some wedge of foam.

[Perkles]

Would love some feedback of what rea and Sykes think of the new bike

[Rossgo]

Is he using a booster seat next season

That's some wedge of foam.

Saving his bum from bruising...seems a clever move to me!! Love the scheme

[Kwacky]

Would love some feedback of what rea and Sykes think of the new bike

I don't think they've had a go on the race bikes yet.

[duke63]

What's with the massive screen?

[Kwacky]

The riders asked for improved wind protection, that's why they've changed the front fairing

[Perkles]

Would love some feedback of what rea and Sykes think of the new bike

I don't think they've had a go on the race bikes yet.

They have been testing them at Aragon this week

[Kwacky]

Ah right. No feedback yet on twitter, neither of them have mentioned it apart from a photo each of the 2016 bike.

[duke63]

Chaz Davies has been testing the Panigale too and that also has a big screen.

[Kwacky]

he won't win any races on one wheel

[Blade]

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.

[Cav]

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 !!

[Kwacky]

It sounds like Kawasaki essentially let them build a road bike they could use to win races.

Lucky bastards.

[Cav]

Yeah pretty much. Lets not forget, we have BMW to thank for this for them bringing the S1000RR which caught the Japanese sleeping

[Perkles]

I know for a fact the current zx10r was built to win wsb not for the road

[Cav]

I know for a fact the current zx10r was built to win wsb not for the road

I whole-heartedly agree with you.

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 !!

[duke63]

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.