Article: First ride: Kawasaki's awesome Ninja ZX-14.(Motoring)

BYLINE: Denis Droppa

The Kawasaki ZX-14 has been the most highly anticipated bike of the year and it's finally in South African showrooms, at a very competitive price of R105000.

Kawasaki didn't pull any punches when it set out to beat the Suzuki Hayabusa, the machine that's long ruled the high-performance sports tourer league.

Kawa went for extra cubic capacity - 1352cc versus the 'Busa's 1298cc - to make the ZX-14 the most powerful production bike on the market.

Although it doesn't quite reach the magical 200hp figure as was initially expected - or 150kW in terms we South Africans understand - Kawa's new flagship comes close.

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