The ‘R’ Designation Equals More Race Winning Power and More Refinement for the Ultimate Open-Class Sportbike
It’s gotta be ugly competing against the ZX™-14 year after year. When it arrived on the big-bore sportbike stage in 2006, the big Ninja® blew everyone’s minds – owners, journalists and competitors – with its incredible thrust, sport-tourer comfort, agile handling and aerodynamic full-coverage bodywork. Continuous refinement has kept the 14 a step ahead of the competition, all while filling enthusiasts’ face shields with wild, ear-to-ear grins.
Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valve per cylinder, inline-four
1,441cc
84.0mm
65.0mm
12.3:1
DFI® with four 44mm Mikuni throttle bodies
TCBI with Digital Advance
Six-Speed
X-Ring Chain
43mm inverted cartridge fork with adjustable preload, 18-way compression and 15-way rebound damping adjustment / 4.6 in.
Bottom-link Uni-Trak® and gas-charged shock with adjustable preload, stepless rebound and compression damping adjustments, adjustable ride height / 4.9 in.
Dual semi-floating 310 mm petal discs with dual radial-mounted four-piston calipers
Single 250mm petal disc with twin-piston caliper
120/70 ZR17
190/50 ZR17
23 degrees / 3.7 in.
58.3 in.
31.5 in.
85.4 in.
30.3 in.
46.1 in.
5.8 gal
584.3 lbs.
Metallic Spark Black, Candy Surf Blue, Golden Blazed Green with special graphics (SE)