Kawasaki ZX-10R v BMW S1000R - spec comparison

Updated: 19 November 2014

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MCN’s chief road tester Trevor Franklin has just returned from the world launch of the new Kawasaki ZX-10R in Qatar. In this week’s MCN (out this Wednesday, November 24) he’ll reveal if he thinks it’ll beat the bike he’s been riding for the last 9 months – the BMW S1000RR.

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In the meantime, here are the bikes’ key specifications to ponder. The performance figures are claimed, and therefore have to be taken with a pinch of salt, and – yes – the claimed torque figures are exactly the same…

Read the full ZX-10R first ride report in this week’s MCN, on sale 24 November 2010.

2010 BMW S1000RR	2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R
Base price: £11,700	Base price: £11,699
Full spec price £12,995	Full spec price: £12,699
Claimed power 190.4bhp	Claimed power: 197.3bhp
Claimed torque: 82.7ft-lb	Claimed torque: 82.7ft-lb
Kerb weight: 204kg (ABS version 206.5kg)	Kerb weight: 198kg (ABS version 201kg)
Power to weight ratio: 1:1.085	Power to weight ratio: 1:1.019
ENGINE: 999cc inline four. Bore 80mm, stroke 49.7mm. Comp ratio: 13.0:1.	ENGINE: 998cc inline four. Bore 76mm, stroke 55mm. Comp ratio: 13.0:1.
Forks 46mm USD, fully adjustable.	Forks: 43mm Big Piston
Shock Sachs, fully adjustable	Shock: fully adjustable
Fuel tank: 17.5-litres.	Fuel capacity: 17-litres.
Wheelbase: 1432mm.	Wheelbase: 1425mm
Rake/trail: 23.9°/95.9mm.	Rake/trail: 25°/107mm.
Seat height: 820mm.	Seat height: 813mm.

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