At the start of four days of testing for KRT at Sepang in Malaysia Chris Vermeulen had his first taste of the 2011 Ninja ZX-10R, as he made his comeback ride after recuperating from knee surgery.

Vermeulen had never ridden the new bike before today and was instantly impressed with it, despite setting a limited number of laps.

Chris: “I eased into it today and only did a limited number of laps, over three separate runs. I stopped before lunch today and then the rains came later in the afternoon, but we will go out again tomorrow. The new bike feels really good. The last bike I rode around Sepang was a GP machine, so to be impressed with this motorbike already shows it is a very good start. All the guys have done a great job in developing it. I was happy to come away with that positive impression, even after a relatively short number of laps so far. Right now I cannot quite bend my knee enough when going round right hand corners, but my knee has improved a lot over the last couple of weeks. Everything in the recovery of my knee is going to plan, and in fact I am quite a bit ahead of what the doctors expected. My muscle growth is good, particularly considering I have only been walking for three weeks.”

Good luck Chris!!