There’s a new range of hot 400s on the way – and they’re a big departure from the ‘old’ Ninja 400
We’ve been talking about this bike for some time. Rumours have been swirling, registration documents have been leaked, and Kawasaki even teased us with some photos – but now we’ve got the full lowdown on the trio of newly-designed sportbikes.
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The big news is that the Kawasaki ZX-4R, SE and RR get a brand spanking new 399cc, water-cooled four-cylinder motor which kicks out a very respectable 76.4 horsepower (up to 79.1 horsepower when the Ram Air system is pressurised). Even better is the redline – a very generous 15,000rpm.
The chassis makes use of the same frame as Kawasaki’s much-admired Asian-only ZX-25R. It’s a steel trellis chassis number which Kawasaki describes as ‘high tensile’. Elsewhere, there’re Showa SFF-BP front forks and horizontal back-link rear suspension on the standard model, with additional preload adjustment up front for the SE and ZX-4RR. The RR also gets the same Showa BFRC-lite rear shock as Kawasaki’s ZX-10R. That’s pretty cool.
Elsewhere, there’re radial-mounted callipers squeezing dual 290mm front brake discs and a single 220mm disc at the rear; LED lighting; KTRC traction control and power modes (Sport, Road, Rain, and Rider, the latter being a custom map); a two-way quickshifter on the SE and RR models; and a 4.3-inch LCD colour display.
No news yet on pricing, but with an autumn release on the cards, hopefully we won’t have to wait too much longer to find out.
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