For 2024, Kawasaki has up to date its common ZX-6R supersport with new styling, a contemporary TFT sprint, and most significantly, up to date the 636cc screamer engine to adjust to Euro-5 emissions norms.

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2024 Kawasaki ZX-6R: what’s modified?

Well, rather a lot. The 2024 ZX-6R has an all-new face that is sharper and extra aggressive. The twin LED headlights have been redesigned, and the face has been introduced extra in step with the current-gen ZX-10R. Behind that new face lies the now signature Kawasaki TFT sprint, changing the sooner mannequin’s (visually pleasing) digi-analogue unit. The TFT sprint additionally brings with it Bluetooth connectivity enabling you to get notification alerts and navigation updates by pairing your smartphone to it.

Updating it to fulfill Euro-5 emissions norms has had an influence on the bike’s efficiency and weight – it now weighs 2kg extra, at 198 kg (with its 17-litre gas tank totally brimmed), and makes 2hp and 1.8Nm much less.

2024 Kawasaki ZX-6R engine, underpinnings, electronics

Powering the ZX-6R is identical liquid-cooled, 636cc, inline-four screamer engine that churns out 128hp at 13,000rpm and 69Nm at 10,800rpm. The eagle-eyed amongst you’ll discover that peak torque is now made 200rpm decrease within the rev vary. This engine is mated to a close-ratio 6-speed gearbox, with the addition of a quickshifter. The firm’s website doesn’t specify whether or not this can be a bi-directional unit, however, with the presence of throttle cables, that is almost definitely the identical up-only quickshifter as the sooner mannequin.

Nestling this engine is an aluminium perimeter body that’s suspended by a USD fork and monoshock, each Showa models and each totally adjustable. Braking duties are handles by a pair of Nissin monobloc calipers clamping down upon twin 310mm petal discs on the entrance and a single-pot caliper clamping dow upon a 220mm disc on the rear.

As was the case with the sooner bike, you get two energy modes – Full and Low – and a 3-level traction management system. This 2024 mannequin additionally will get 4 driving modes – Sport, Road, Rain and Rider (totally customisable). Tyre sizes at 120/70-ZR17 and 180/55-ZR17 on the entrance and rear, respectively, are the identical as the sooner mannequin. However, the bike now runs on Pirelli Diablo Rosso 4 tyres versus the Bridgestone Battlax S22s.

2024 Kawasaki ZX-6R worth and India launch

Coming to the query that can absolutely be on each fanatic’s thoughts: will the ZX-6R be relaunched in India? Currently, there was no indication from the corporate relating to this matter. However, contemplating the truth that the ZX-6R nonetheless enjoys robust demand within the pre-owned market and that the Euro-4 mannequin was bought in our nation, Kawasaki may properly convey this up to date, emissions compliant mannequin right here.

In the UK, the Kawasaki ZX-6R is priced at £10,599 (round Rs 10.8 lakh), which slots it neatly between the Z900 and the Ninja 1000. This was the case with the sooner mannequin too, when it was on sale in India. If it does come to India, count on the Kawasaki ZX-6R to take a seat someplace across the Rs 12 lakh mark.

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