Perfect? No. Fun? Oh yes…

Updated, tweaked, the Kawasaki ZX-6R is as focused as ever-that's a good thing

By Carl Stevens

Chin buried on the tank. Arse perched up in the air. A howling 636cc inline four pinging off a 14,500rpm redline, the speedo a rapidly-climbing flicker. Is there a better combination for raw, sporty fun and adrenaline-filled apex hunting than a proper supersport bike? I highly doubt it. If the thought of having a proper sportsbike screaming and darting doesn't get your juices flowing, I suggest nothing truly will. It may look strange on the outside that Kawasaki's ZX-6R lias made a return to dealers for 2024, but I'm bloody glad it has. Just a few years ago it looked like the middleweight sportsbike sector was moving away from aggressive, track-honed machinery to go down the route of more practical, comfortable, reserved machinery – or, in odier words, a load of…

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