WHEN APPLYING CONSTANT THROTTLE IN THE 10,000 RPM RANGE THERE IS INCONSTANT POWER DELIVERY. THIS CAUSES THE MOTORCYCLE PHYSICALLY SURGE FORWARD AND FALL BACK AS THE POWER LEVEL CHANGES EVEN THOUGH THE THROTTLE APPLICATION HAS REMAINED CONSTANT. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS SUCH AS ROAD SURFACE OR LEAN ANGLE IN A TURN THIS ISSUE CAUSES THE MOTORCYCLE TO BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. I PERSONALLY HAVE EXPERIENCED NEAR CRASHES SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE BOTH ON PUBLIC ROADS AND ON CLOSED COURSES. I AM ABLE TO REPRODUCE THIS ISSUE CONSISTENTLY UP TO 5TH GEAR AT WELL OVER 100MPH ON A CLOSED COURSE. I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO REPRODUCE IN 6TH GEAR. IT IS EASILY REPRODUCIBLE ON THE STREET IN 1ST THROUGH 3RD GEARS AT OR BELOW NORMAL SPEED LIMITS. KAWASAKI CUSTOMER SERVICE INSISTS THAT THIS IS A FEATURE OR CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS MODEL OF MOTORCYCLE (ZX-6 2009-2011). HOWEVER, KAWASAKI DID HAVE THE DEALER REPLACE THE ECU BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MOTORCYCLE. *TR
2011 Kawasaki ZX600RAF
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsFuel System, Gasoline
Filed Sep 7, 2011150 milesTX
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.