Launched at the Tokyo Motor Show this
year, the four-cylinder 2020 Kawasaki ZX-25R generated a lot of interest
amongst riders. However, with the spread of Covid-19 worldwide, motorcycle
makers have delayed product launches but this has not stopped Kawasaki from
introducing the 2020 Kawasaki ZX-25R Racer Custom.
Modified for racing purposes, the Zx-25R
Racer Custom is not intended for public sale. Instead, it is destined to be
featured in a one-make race series, due to be launched in 2021 in the Land of
the Rising Sun.
Shown as a series of photographs on the
Kawasaki Facebook page, the ZX-25R Racer Custom is fitted with accessories from
various manufacturers. While you might not be able to buy the actual ZX-25R
Racer Custom, you can purchase all the bits and pieces to replicate a Racer
Custom and build your own when the parts are available in the market.
Among the components necessary to make the
ZX-25R race capable is a carbon-fibre fairing, A-Tech seat and tank pads, Beet
Nassert Evolution Type II titanium exhaust and Dunlop Sportmax 13SP tyres. Also
on the shopping list is an RK chain and sprocket set, a Showa monoshock lifted
off a Kawasaki ZX-10R, anodised ZX-25R fork tubes and Sniper rearsets and
levers.
Outside Japan, Indonesia was supposed to
be the first country to receive the 2020 Kawasaki ZX-25R, with a launch
scheduled in April. This has now been postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis.