ZX-6R's was launched, followed quickly by the Z750, then in 2004 Tanaka unleashed the ZX-10R on the world.This was a bike to take on the likes of Honda's RCV-inspired and considerably sharpened Blade, Yamaha's R1 (first underseat pipe model

KAWASAKI JAPAN have been at it again, drip-feeding us more morsels of the company's much-anticipated 2011 ZX-10R superbike.The machine, rumoured to produce around 200bhp, underwent shakedown tests at the Japanese circuit in the hands of World

APOLOGIES for such a short clip but it's all we could get. It's the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R filmed warming up in the pits at Suzuka where it's undergoing a shakedown test.Visordown brought you the first pictures of the new 200bhp machine earlier

of the new 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R.Here's what we said about the 2004 ZX-10R when we first rode it back in 2004:'First impressions are this bike is very small, which I guess shouldn’t be such a surprise as the concept behind this bike was to design a 1000cc

Kawasaki have launched the all-new ZX-10R. The much awaited new model steps up to the plate with a claimed 200bhp at the crank, traction control as standard and the option of ABS. No prizes for guessing the bike Kawasaki want to knock off the top

Check out this video from our friends over at Cycle World magazine. 9-time AMA Dragbike champion Rickey Gadson puts a stock 2011 ZX-10R through its paces and then sets about the task of bolting on some performance parts to make it go faster

, it was clear that this was very much a ZX-10R. It zapped out of turns with an addictive blend of raw acceleration and high-revving smoothness, the unchanged max output of 173bhp - 182bhp with the ram air  - sending it tonking towards the 13,000rpm redline

CHECK OUT this video of the all-new 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R being put through its paces on the dyno.Does it make more power than the BMW S1000RR? Watch this space.

of an envelope there for anything other than a C90 to make sense half the time. But 'need' and 'sense' are not what this bike is about. The ZX-10R is about want. And I want. Badly. I just can't help myself. And that's despite the hammering my man sack is taking

capacity 17 litres Top speed 180mph2006 Kawasaki ZX-10REngine L/C, 16V, injected, inline four, 998cc Power 171bhp @ 11,700rpm Torque 85ft.lb @ 9,500rpmDry weight 175kg Seat height 825mm Fuel capacity 17 litres Top speed 180mph2008 Kawasaki ZX-10REngine L