KAWASAKI ZX-6R

The Kwacker's the only bike Carl looks big on.

I was more excited than you might think at the prospect of throwing my leg over the only 600 (well, 600ish) in our Ultimate Sportsbike test, and I’ll tell you why. I have already done a bunch of miles on one of these babies this year and I loved every minute of it. The 2019 Kawasaki ZX-6R was looking super snazzy in its KRT race rep colour scheme and despite it looking a little slimmer than the rest of the beasts in the line-up, it didn’t feel small or cramped aboard. Snazzy though the colour scheme may be, you aren’t treated to an exciting, space age dashboard and cockpit, as you might be on the other ‘new for 2019’ models. Instead, the baby Kwak comes