India Kawasaki Motors has launched the Candy Plasma
Blue colour variant of the 2018 Kawasaki Ninja 650. The motorcycle costs INR
5,33,000, ex-showroom.
The bookings for the 2018 Kawasaki Ninja 650 Candy Plasma
Blue colour variant are open and it will be sold in limited numbers. Kawasaki
will discontinue the existing Black colour variant and replace the bike with
the new colour. Apart from the Blue colour variant, there is the KRT Edition as
well, which Kawasaki launched in November, last year. It gets livery inspired
from the Kawasaki Racing Team.
There are no
mechanical changes to the bike. It continues to use the 649 cc parallel twin
DOHC engine with liquid cooling. The powerplant is capable of generating 68 PS
of power at 8,000 rpm, and 65.7 Nm of torque at 6,500 rpm. Working in unison
with the engine is a 6-speed gearbox.
A 41 mm telescopic front fork and a rear horizontal
back-link with adjustable preload hold the high tensile steel trellis frame.
300 mm petal discs at the front and a single 220 mm rear disc handle the
braking responsibility. The brakes come with ABS as standard. The motorcycle
weighs 196 kg, kerb, and the fuel tank can hold 15 litres of juice.
