Kwak 250

Originally Posted by plowsie

Are you exagerating?

Not at all....CBR250's reved to 20,000 rpm, and they where made ages ago...so given progress in engine development, rev ceilings getting higher...

...this 250 should rev all the way to 30,000,000,000 rpm

Just be carefull that one uses the right oil

Matt

Oil! Good one you've reminded me lol

Originally Posted by plowsie

Oil! Good one you've reminded me lol

Get castrol, its RED and looks fast

also noted that my bike runs a bit smoother

Matt

Linkage to where i can get some of that shiz in a PM pretty please

As you were thread

[Spanner Man]

[quote=johnnyrod;1298486]I'm all for small good bikes, but I'm worried it will be like the old GPZ/ZZR250 which was 2-stroke-like in its complete lack of midrange.....

Evening all.
I too think it'll be like the above, & it'll probably blow itself to bits like the above used to.

Cheers.

Looking at some fo the spy shots on the wbe it looks like it's a parallel twin. Most likely a replacement for the Ninja 250R sold in the USA. Expect around 30 BHP, if they decide to bring it to Europe/UK market.

[northwind]

Definately aimed at the home market and America I reckon, the wee Ninja 250 was always popular there and it's about a decade overdue for update.

hey all, aint been on for a while but was browsin for ninja 250 stuff and came across a couple of threads on the forum and thought ide give you some fact and figures as approved by kawasaki:

249cc liquid cooled 4 stroke parallel twin, 4 valves/cylinder
~33bhp @ 11,000rpm
~22 Nm torque @ 8200rpm
~154kg dry weight
EFI
6 speed box

kawasaki set price = £3299 otr

if the old american ex250s are anything to go off it should be good for round the ton maybe a slight bit more, but this is probably for people who weight about 5st, so jockeys and not much else!

its aimed at a broad array of people that i can see, obviously the restricted license holders thus why its spot on the 33bhp limit (maybe about 0.5bhp down but whos counting) low seat height ~775mm, decent but not overwhelming brakes, and nice and light.
also its aimed at commuters, it should get great MPG with it being a 250, highish bars and low seat make it good around town and i think it looks great!

this is just the start; yamaha and suzuki are possibly looking into the 250 market once again and who knows honda may actually do a decent modern 250 (ie not the cbf250)!

yes its a bike to a budget for example the OEM rubber is made by IRC (internation rubber copporation or something lol) and also the suspension basic but lets be honest its what you want for a second "still learning" bike/winter hack bike, cheap to buy, cheap to run, cheap to insure. sorted, nice 1 kawasaki is what i say!!

anyway ive searched the site and i cant find even a small amount of proper up-to-date info on the bike so i thought ide let you all see and see what you think

ste

[mister c]

Fast Bikes Magazine this month tested it. They said it wasn't bad for the size & could hit 100mph.
They reckon it is aimed at people that want to get into "Big Bikes" but can't afford to insure a 600, or who dont want an old import 400.