Kawasaki’s Updated Super-Affordable Motorcycle Leaves Me With Just One “Small” Question
On one level those numbers are paltry, but on another, they are perfect, because when you’re just getting started — or tooling around the city or countryside at any experience level — you don’t exactly need a 322-horsepower hypersport beast (although Kawasaki makes one of those too).
Add in a seat height just under 31 inches and a curb weight just under 330 pounds, plus dynamic supersport ergonomics, 37mm telescopic front forks, Uni-Track rear suspension and dependable ABS brakes, and you’ve got a wonderful stepping stone to the vast Ninja range.
Not that you even need to go bigger. The littlest Ninja still boasts the tubular trellis type chassis construction of its bigger brothers, the foundation of bodywork that draws on the line’s renowned racing aesthetic.
And let’s not forget the two new liveries, as they call them across the pond. One leans heavily into the bike’s long history with lime green, while the other employs it as an accent.
I’m ogling the Lime Green machine, but you lucky Brits really can’t go wrong with either of these good, small packages.