Japanese motorcycle manufacturer established in USA in 1966.
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Pretty little cruiser. Low seat and centre of gravity (chopper style). GPX/GPZ250 engine
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Uni-trak, belt-drive Z250. 22kW, 145kg, 19km/L, 155km/hr, $850
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Surprisingly cheap with great economy all wrapped up in a nice-looking sports bike. Another Kawasaki ninja.
Redlines at 14,000rpm and will keep up with bigger bikes. One criticism is that the tyres are a little thin (130 mm), but otherwise the engine is well-matched to the gears and the brakes are good. Economy around 38-45mpg. No fuel gauge, apparently so watch your speedo. Reports that the headline is difficult to replace due to access.
An excellent sports/tourer and even commuter family.
Sensible and sturdy with no surprises. No longer has the wow factor but great bikes to start on.
A sensible sports/tourer and even a stylish commuter.
Classic styling and Kawaski colour schemes. Just like the bigger GPX bikes (only smaller so if you're tall or big you'll look like you're riding a Shetland pony). Not very heavy so watch those cross-breezes on the freeway (i.e. wind shears). GPX250, ZZR250, GPZ250R all use variants of a water cooled DOHC 16 valve parallel twin. Tough but watch out for thrashed engines. Cinder-switch is occasionally burnt out so check it when buying.
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Newer, water-cooled, sporty, red seat comes off on clothes. Frame, engine as per GPX250 but more power (noiser). Handles well, no fairing. Cheaper alternative to GPX250 GPX, ZZR, GPZ250R all use variants of a water cooled DOHC 8 valve parallel twin. Chain drive.
Not very strong but ok. Early models had dicky camchain tensioners (maybe not all of them). Suffers from being thrashed. SOHC engine, bikini fairing. Direct descendant of the venerable Z250 engine.
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Answer to the Honda XL. Nice soft dirt bikes. If you want to tune it up you're probably limited to just intake and exhausts. Has a disc brake as opposed to the KL which has a drum (you can spend a lot of time cleaning mud out of the drum).
With a clear off-road bias the KLX range can be good little city commuters.
Dressed in the same Kawasaki Lime Green as the infamous KX series.
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Predecessor of KR1/S.
The engine design is close to the racing KR which ran at late 1970s. It has a unique mixture of rotary valve and reed valve for induction. Notable as a production bike that uses tandem (Front-Rear) cylinder placement. It has twin crankshaft, and a strange combination of 16in fr. wheel and 18in rear wheel. It does not have power valve so torque&power is a bit low compare to new comer (ie, RGV). 2-stroke. 14km/L, 185km/hr
The KR-1 and KR1S models are not LAMS approved.
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Nice.
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older twin, Light but not high performance. Basic, cheap. No fairing. Belt drive. Apparently there are some variants: single cylinder, a twin, a belt-drive, and a chain drive. The "Scorpion" *may* have been a one-off model. The variant of belt-drive twin, without the fairing and the GPZ paintwork (basically a GPZ!) is common. $550-$800
Nice sports bikes.
Nice and sporty.
Inline 4. Rare, grey import to Australia. Faster than GSXR250. Can be set up as racer (no mirrors, rep fairing) or as road bike (like a smaller ZXR400). Push it harder than 20500RPM and you'll see the pistons. Introduced in Malaysia in late 1997.
Delightful sports/tourer family. Great looks.
Very sexy and popular sports/tourer.
A bit underpowered. Wiggly rear end on some models. GPX, ZZR, GPZ250R all use variants of a water cooled DOHC 8 valve parallel twin. Redlines at 14500RPM. Better fairing rain protection than GPX250. Sportier riding position than the GPX250. Introduced in Malaysia in 1995.