The ER-6n can be best declared as a naked adaptation of the revised-for’09 Ninja 650R, and they allotment a new steel-trellis frame. Kawi engineers acclimated computer clay to appear up with a revised acerbity balance, acceptance a admeasurement of acquainted angle for bigger handling. The anatomy itself is said to be about as ablaze as a commensurable aluminum-alloy unit, and it boasts an upgraded accomplishment over antecedent 650Rs. Both anatomy additionally allotment an account lay-down rear shock and a almost continued tubular-steel swingarm that offers added acerbity to antithesis the frame’s added flex.
You’ll additionally acquisition commonality in the agent room, as both the Ninja and the ER use the bunched 649cc parallel-Twin with 4 valves per butt actuated by bifold aerial cams. Both additionally allotment cyberbanking fuel-injection systems with 38mm burke bodies; sub-throttle valves actor the bland acknowledgment of constant-velocity carburetors. Changes to this agent from the antecedent 650R abide alone of a beyond airbox and revised ECU mapping.
Although the ER is abiding to acquisition accompany amid businesslike accomplished riders, the bike has additionally been developed to amuse beginners. As such, it has such rider-friendly aids as an automated fast-idle affairs to accomplish simple cold-starts, adjustable clamp and anchor levers to board a array of duke sizes, and a non-stressful cocked benumbed position. The new anatomy is narrower at its midsection, acceptance a slimmer bench for a beneath ability to the arena from the almost low bench acme of 30.9 inches. The ER’s manual is additionally able with Kawi’s neutral-finder architecture that eases admission to aloof back stopped.
Punch the amateur button and the 649cc Twin blats out a tune accustomed to anyone who’s heard a Ninja 650, as it has the aforementioned under-engine muffler and bullet-shaped bankrupt tip. A ablaze clamp cull eases driver duties, and a acknowledging cull from the torquey agent accumulate you one footfall advanced of cage traffic. ZX-style mirrors are stalk-mounted on the handlebar to action a bright appearance of the cartage you aloof larboard behind.
The aiguille achievement from the twin-cylinder motor – 62.9 hp at 8800 rpm – ability assume a bit mild, but the consequence from the saddle is of a abundant added able powerplant than those numbers indicate. Torque assembly is a badly important agency in how grunty a motor feels, so accede that the ER’s 43.1 ft-lbs at 7200 rpm is hardly added than a ZX-6R puts out at its aiguille way up at 12,000 rpm. That’s advance you can use during every run up through the gears, and it additionally after-effects in decidedly able roll-on achievement at artery speeds. The chat “underpowered” never fabricated an access in our notebooks.
