Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R is a litre-class sport bike in the Ninja series, released in 2004 as the successor to the ZX-9R. It pairs a very narrow chassis and low weight with radial brakes, and its liquid-cooled 998 cc inline-four uses a stacked layout with the crankshaft, input shaft and output shaft in a triangle to shorten the engine. It took Cycle World's Best Superbike award in 2004 and 2005. The 2008 model was all new with sharper styling, and 2011 brought Kawasaki traction control, optional KIBS cornering ABS and Showa big piston forks. The 2016 model claimed 197 hp with ram air and added a five-axis inertial measurement unit, launch control and a quickshifter. The limited ZX-10RR homologation specials of 2017 and 2018 were made in runs of 500. Tom Sykes won the 2013 World Superbike title on it and Jonathan Rea won in 2015.