KAWASAKI ZX-10RR 5th Place

For a few years now, and despite an Irish bloke called Jonathan Rea annihilating the rest of the WSBK field for four years on the bounce, many folk have been a little uninspired by Kawasaki’s flagship superbike. Not me, I think they are great. I raced one at BSB for years and took one to the Isle of Man TT so I’m fairly comfortable sat on a (slightly dated) green machine. I say that, but when an RR turned up for this test in its full Kawasaki green livery, a little bit of sick came up – it wasn’t loads, and I managed to swallow it back down without pulling too much of a face, but the acrid taste certainly outstayed its welcome. It’s a bit too green.