Rickey G, All over net take a peek

Hub, you first.

Looks like a new dash, see nothing or hear nothing about being a bigger motor.

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I don't see anything on that video that is enough to draw any kind of conclusion about anything. Except that they don't show anything.

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There was more on other sites but all just got deleted, hmmmmm. Rickey made post just saying she was Fast and would tell more later but now all has been removed. There was also a Rag showing a pic of a 1429cc green bike on front cover two lights instead of our four. All gone. I'm sure they will pop back up soon.

Where is my rr beater?

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Where is my rr beater?

Still looking. That rag pic should show up somewhere but I can't find. Pic at bottom of the page showed 10R brakes on her front wheel(ABS), a better close up of dash. You -Tube has also removed video.

some pics here

When Rickey was running up and down with the sun attacking that lens, that sounded like 3 gears. Unless that was a 1000 foot track. Seemed the engine had a deeper tone to it. I'll still park the plastic in a box. I'm not looking for pretty. I'm looking for light, haul the mail, you forgot the stamp kind of gone with the win.

Is that ass'ing too much? Park my ass on something... It beat tear beat something or I'll cry like a little waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

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Also, Ricky Gadsen (on?) is racing Suzukis now, as far as I know. He was doing ZX14s for Brock Davidson when Brock was doing ZX14 development, but when Brock moved to Suzukis I think Ricky went there too.

Until www.kawasaki.com has a US 2012 ZX14 listed, we won't know the specifications.

Everything else is wild conjecture.

Consider also, anyone can take a ZX14 to Carpenter Racing and come back with a 14xx cc bike making 240+ rwhp reliably. So whats to say that not what was showing up in video?

Japan is still in a big recession, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries is not immune. They might spend a million to develop a bigger engine and better electronics for the ZX14 model line, but it would be a big gamble and Japanese companies do not gamble short term.

If KHI is thinking like Fujitsu (I know a little of the psychology of Fujitsu) then they are designing for 2015, not 2012.

I'd love to be wrong, it would be super cool to see Kawasaki introduce a new killer whale.

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I would not kit the 14 like that only because I like it the way it is BUT a 2mm stroke and a 1224 kit to my ZRX will net close to 1400cc and that I would do.

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Also, Ricky Gadsen (on?) is racing Suzukis now, as far as I know. He was doing ZX14s for Brock Davidson when Brock was doing ZX14 development, but when Brock moved to Suzukis I think Ricky went there too

Priv - must have been a while since you've actually been on Kawi's website??? (kidding) Kawasaki has been and is still currently Rickey Gadson's BIGGEST sponsor... His motto on his official website is "Ninja to the Core"... Anyhoo - if anyone has the low down on what's coming down the pipeline - he should... Too bad we can't ask him... Interested to see what's next - if anything.

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Cool, but Gadson is most often in photos with a Suzuki.

I still hope it turns out KHI is introducing a new killer whale, but the economics and regulatory climate don't make it likely.

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What regulatory climate? No matter how much they improve on HP and all, it's still electronically limited at 186mph.

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Okay...that green one,leaned over...if THAT's what the new Ninja looks like.....I'LL TAKE ONE!!!!!!!BITCHEN.Totally cool.You know...it DOES have four headlamps.And I'm likin the parking lights along the tips of the lens covers.Kinda BMW car-ish..."angel eyes" deal.Those mirrors are perfectly styled in with the frontend.I want one....NOW.Diggin the gape on the fairing also....kinda 10 ish,but big and bold as well.

BLUE PLEASE...I'll have one in Blue.Thanks.

Startin to get more excited about that bike than I did MY 14.If that's possible.

* Last updated by: blue07 on 8/27/2011 @ 4:12 PM *

That was an 1/8 th. mile track. It ran 6.34 at 118mph. It was 2900ft. elevation.

There were several pictures that got pulled. One showed a 3 way mode switch like a Hayabusa. Another showed the new tach and speedo design which you can see in the video.

Sweet man.She's a keeper IF that's the new bird.Lookin very strong.I went to the Kawi site...no 2012 models up yet.Did you check out the ram tubes...awesome...right there in the upper midfairing at the nose on both sides.Nice.And she looks like she's got some on the side panels as well,in front of the rider's legs?Nicely done.I still think Kawasaki has the best design team goin.It's so.....Japanese!(the whole sword thing and all )
You KNOW that bike is gonna be rock stable at triple digits .

I'd have to say,lookin at the 'mag' that Romans posted there...it's the real deal for 2012.Looks legit to me.

Oh Yeah,just watched the vid all the way.Yup...she's the real deal alright.Kawi probably told him..."keep yer camera showing as little as possible"...that's my guess.Sounds WAY awesome.My guess...stock pipes on there...all stock.

* Last updated by: blue07 on 8/27/2011 @ 4:35 PM *

I don't see anything on that video that is enough to draw any kind of conclusion about anything. Except that they don't show anything.

I like what they did to the speedo/tack faces. It looks more busa, IYAM. Man they still hung onto that ugly for the rest of the council. WTF don't they do something with this gawdawful square multifunc display?? No flow, no sense of design at all....just somebody was making a rectangle LCD that would fit so KAWI went with it.

I'm looking for light, haul the mail, you forgot the stamp kind of gone with the win.

Light is about the only thing I want to see happen to a stock 14. If it weighs more, the gen 2 will be better bike. (do we still call the 08+ gen2?? Same bike really.)

Consider also, anyone can take a ZX14 to Carpenter Racing and come back with a 14xx cc bike making 240+ rwhp reliably. So whats to say that not what was showing up in video?

..and why not just do that to your current 14?? 13-15K for a new 14? huh, yeah right.

I would not kit the 14 like that only because I like it the way it is

That's exactly wtf I would do. I'm not buying another 14 unless it's a new 14 and bore+stroke & new plastic won't cut it for this guy.

I still hope it turns out KHI is introducing a new killer whale, but the economics and regulatory climate don't make it likely.

+1........way to go Kawi if they make big strides with the new 10 and the new 14....that would be an amazing image boost for the Co. Prior to this, they strike me as more of a 'sit back and wait to see what the others do' kind of Co,

No matter how much they improve on HP and all, it's still electronically limited at 186mph.

Come on, Donny-- you know that means about as much as the 'How to Ride Motorcycle" instructions in the owners manual. Only thing that reduces my top speed is the 45T sprocket. The TSL is disabled easier than it would be to swap back to a 41T.

Startin to get more excited about that bike than I did MY 14.If that's possible.

You GO, blue!!!! This is your ticket. How many miles you have on the old ZX???? I'd wait until it was out a year and study up on all the facts. Don't buy a brand new one. I'm still sticking to my 4 year old bike with 29000 miles. I'll bore it if I have to or go turbo or something. Not a new 14. That bike is not new enough for me yet.

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There was also a Rag showing a pic of a 1429cc green bike on front cover two lights instead of our four.

Reminds me of the ribbing they took for calling a 1352 the ZX-14. I suppose they can now legitimately will call this a 14 or maybe the ZX-14and a third.

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Too much to list like back off on the tire burn mode switch; relief crank webbing, ring design, light, light the fucking lighten up the 14 already and shorten my reach!

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Yep Rook...I'll wait a year...so they can get the bugs out.If Ricky's got one now...either here or Japan,you can bet they're workin around the clock with him to sort things out around the edges.Gonna be a sweet bike.I've got 49,000+ on er right now....close to 50,000.I'd say...a great 'prep' bike for the big bird comin out soon!Love to see one in person...but,like my 14,I bought sight unseen....so when I did get er...geez...I was WAY stoked(maybe just order up one as before....in the right color, natch[Black would be fine with me]).I KNOW this new one won't be a disappointment visually.From what I've seen so far.(and that aint much as we know).But she does look SUPERB!

I hope...well...it may be fine in person...ya...but I do hope those two projections on the sides are not the Radiator sticking out.THAT would ruin the lines for me.

Nevermind...those are the mufflers on there.Ya. Thank GOD!

* Last updated by: blue07 on 8/29/2011 @ 12:56 AM *

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Hmmmm, sounds like Zx-14 going to be under Tree and dogs house.

2012 ZX14 spotings
http://youtu.be/0DixKCErDWc
http://youtu.be/M_20QOzUDIo
http://youtu.be/iEmPE5GaQQs

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This better be good

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