Much awaited by quarter-litre motorcycle
fans especially in Malaysia and South East Asia, the 2020 Kawasaki ZX-25R will
be launched in Indonesia on July 10. The announcement was made via a video
posted by Kawasaki Indonesia and shows the ZX-25R in two colours, all black
like Kawasaki’s Winter Test bikes and in corporate colours of Kawasaki Racing
Green.
Setting the ZX-25R apart from the current
crop of sports 250s is the inline four-cylinder mill with liquid-cooling and
DOHC, along with a 17,000 rpm rev limit. As tested in Jerez, Spain by Kawasaki
World Superbike riders Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes in saddle, the ZX-25R is
capable of speeds above 160 km/h out of the box.
A racing version of the ZX-25R has also
been, loaded with performance bling and destined for a Japan race series. This
is done with the addition of a carbon-fibre fairing, A-Tech seat and tank pads,
Beet Nassert Evolution Type II titanium exhaust and Dunlop Sportmax 13SP tyres.
In standard form, the ZX-25R comes with a
quickshifter, selectable rider modes and traction control, bringing big bike
technology down to the small displacement market. Suspension is of similar
spec, with Showa’s SFF-BP (Separate Function Fork – Big Piston) 37 mm diameter
upside-down fork in front and a Horizontal Back-Link mono shock in the rear.
