Kawasaki ZX6R G Ninja Specs and Info (1998 to 2000)

Note: 1/4 Mile time is how long it takes to travel a 1/4 mile from a stationary start.

Note: All top speed, 0-60 times etc are CLAIMED!!!. This means they are based on Kawasaki’s marketing stuff and other sources (it’s not uncommon for manufacturers to bias these figures to help boost sales!)

Note: You can use any grade oil in the ZX6R engine (mineral, semi synthetic or full synthetic). Although fully synthetic is the best and will offer the best protection for your engine, we normally recommend a semi synth as it’s a good balance between engine protection and price. More info…

Note: You’ll need a clutch holding tool for removing it, a clutch lever if you’ve dropped it and possibly a clutch cable if it’s suddenly stopped working!

Sintered brake pads are made using heat and pressure to fuse metal particles in the pads together which makes them very resistant to friction (friction causes the brakes to overheat which leads to brake fade in extreem cases). This gives better braking but they can be alot noisier then normal pads.

Cartridge forks have a hollow cylinder submersed in the bottom of the fork leg. When the suspension is compressed, the end of the damping rod down the inside of the fork goes into the cartridge. This allows better control of how the oil is dispersed which means the suspension is smoother and less prone to the problems damping forks can have.

What does a regulator/rectifier do? A regulator/rectifier (or reg/rec for short) has 2 jobs. The rectifier converts the AC (alternating current) electric from the alternator into DC (direct current) electric so that it can charge the battery. The regulator makes sure the voltage is kept within certain limits so not to damage the battery and other parts.

Note:

• The YTX9-BS battery is a 12 volt, 8 amp/hour battery and is length: 151mm width: 87mm height: 106mm in size (more info…).
• The 1st letter(s) of the battery reference code are a manufacturers reference mark and may vary between different battery makes (different battery manufacturers use different 1st letters), so CTX9-BS, YTX9-BS and CBTX9-BS are all the same battery just from different manufacturers (more info…).
• Also…… Avoid buying the cheapest of the cheap type batteries online as they have a horrendous failure rate (and they can be a bug!er to post back when it fails.

What does a CDI do? CDI stands for capacitor discharge ignition (or ignitor, but it does have many other names as well). Basically, CDI’s store energy which they use to tell engine parts like spark plugs, coils etc when to fire.
Because they store the electricity, this makes them much faster then conventional, mechanical parts and they don’t often need maintenance (as they don’t have any moving parts). Most bikes built after 1980 will probably have some form of CDI. More info…

You can use mineral and fully synthetic engine oils in the ZX6R. We don’t normally recommend mineral oils as they offer the lowest levels of protection for the engine (so if you are using a mineral oil make sure you change it often!). Good fully synthetic oils (from well recognised brands like Shell, Silkolene, Rock Oil, Castrol etc) are fine for use in the ZX6R, and they offer the highest levels of protection for the moving parts, but, the cost can be prohibitive (you get what you pay for, good oil ain’t cheap baby! :-p ). More info about different oil types can be found HERE.

Note: Fork seals normally have the size as a set of 3 numbers (e.g for the ZX6R G the fork seal size is 46x58x9.5). The 1st number is the internal diameter of the seal (46 for the ZX6R G, the edge that goes against the fork tube, this will be the same diameter as the fork), the 2nd is the external diameter of the seal (58mm for the ZX6R G) and the 3rd number is the thickness of the seal (9.5mm for the ZX6R G).

Note: We have LOADS more torque settings for this bike, but the list above has been limited to the more important ones. If there’s a torque setting not shown on here please ask us in the comments box below 🙂