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Model(s) covered: 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14
The usual Nevada adage is, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, Kawasaki would prefer I tell you the whole sordid story on the ZX-14 so lets step away from the 2Dub norm here by visiting the Las Vegas Motor Speedway drag strip and throw in a pretty interesting scoot around the NASCAR "bowl" at the same speedway. I'd like to have brought things back into perspective with a street report, but I couldn't drag (pardon the pun) myself away from the 1/4 mile to do so. As it turns out, there were a couple of things made for each other in life - Las Vegas and Elvis Presley theme weddings - Kawasaki ZX-14's and drag strips, both daft in their own right and both thoroughly recommended.
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Model(s) covered: 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14
The evolution of the Ninja has hit a new high with the release of the biggest sport motorcycle Kawasaki has ever created, the ZX-14. Fittingly, the City of Sin was the site where I joined a couple dozen other speed junkies adorned in tight-fitting, brightly-colored leather outfits while a regiment of photographers documented our exploits as we did very dangerous and barely legal things under the watchful eye of the Kawasaki brass who invited us to this weekend of absolute debauchery. Sound like a good time? Well, it was.
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2006 Kawasaki ZX-14 - Dragstrip Test (Motorcycle-usa.com)
Model(s) covered: 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14
We arrived to Las Vegas Motor Speedway's "The Strip" after scaring ourselves silly trying to hold the ZX-14's throttle fully open around the banked oval NASCAR course. I'm much more comfortable on a 'strip, and I was anxious to see how quick I could go on the ZX after besting the journalists in attendance at the Harley-Davidson Destroyer launch. The first half of the assembled journos had already finished their runs, and I was surprised to hear that no one had yet been able to go quicker than 10 seconds.
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Model(s) covered: 2006 Suzuki GSX 1300 R Hayabusa, 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14
In this era of miniscule MP3 players, miniature data devices and dainty hybrid automobiles, it may not come as a surprise that some people truly believe bigger isn't always better. Well, there are exceptions, and in the case of the venerable Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa and the brand new Kawasaki ZX-14 Ninja, they would be wrong, dead wrong.
Everything about these two land-based projectiles is big.
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