Photoshoot of the Week: July 8th-14th 2019 – Becca, Kawasaki Ninja & Chevrolet Camaro

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R is a 600 cc class motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki. It was introduced in 1995, and has been constantly updated throughout the years in response to new products from Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha. The ZX series is what was known as the Ninja line of Kawasaki motorcycles in the 1980s and still carries the name today.
All of the things that make the ZX-6R such a great bike on the backroads and racetracks – the fast-revving motor, strong acceleration, sharp, but predictable steering, compliant and controlled suspension and confidence-inspiring brakes – also make it a surprisingly good bike in town too. Nipping in and out of traffic, taking advantage of the smallest gaps (you might have to fold the mirrors in), crazy avoidance braking and putting a daft ‘still-getting-away-with-it’ smile on your face at every set of traffic lights. Imagine the stresses going on inside that motor as two pairs of pistons go from 25 ups and downs per second at idle to 270 times at the redline.
You’ll need to give your muscles and reflexes time to remember what a sports bike felt like, but muscles will stretch and it becomes less painful quicker than you’d think. Riding a ZX-6R can feel like hard work, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s a hugely rewarding bike to ride and, for the price represents phenomenal value for money.

The Chevrolet Camaro is a mid-size American automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, classified as a pony car and some versions also as a muscle car. It went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang. The car shared its platform and major components with the Pontiac Firebird, also introduced for 1967. Four distinct generations of the Camaro were developed before production ended in 2002. The nameplate was revived on a concept car that evolved into the fifth-generation Camaro; production started on March 16, 2009.
Why is Chevrolet Camaro so exciting? For one, it expands the range of options for those who still desire a V8-powered muscle car with American DNA. Given the huge sales success of the Ford Mustang, this demand is very real. The Michigan-made, 339kW LT1-powered Chevy with bimodal quad exhausts ticks these boxes. Second, it gives General Motors a brawny offering to fill the giant hole in the landscape left by the death of the Aussie-made VF Commodore and Ute, and their HSV GTS and Maloo derivatives – even though Holden itself had little to do with getting the car here. Third, the extent to which HSV has invested in putting the steering wheel on the right-hand side in the absence of an official Chevy RHD offering – a new factory, 130 hours per car, 357 bespoke parts – makes it the most ‘Australian’ performance car on sale today. Fourth, the mainstream arrival of such a quintessentially American, and storied, nameplate into our strong performance car market is clearly a big thing for car enthusiasts of all stripes. Which obviously includes us here at Ridin’GirlsBlog.
There are plenty of cashed-up enthusiasts out there, and in a landscape where you see Mustangs on every second street corner, the Chevy starts to make some sense, if you’re using the right-hand side of your brain.