Kawasaki ZX-25R Updated in Global Markets with A New “Twilight Blue” Paint Scheme

Kawasaki has updated its most powerful 250cc motorcycle on sale in the global markets, the Ninja ZX-25R. As a part of the yearly update for 2022, the new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R gets a new paint scheme of Twilight Blue in its lineup. This new paint shade is a dark shade of matt blue with red and white highlights on the side panels of the full fairing and tail section. The side panels of the fairing also come with large grey-coloured ‘ZX-25’ logos on them.

Apart from the addition of a new colour scheme, the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R remains the same motorcycle in terms of both design and mechanical specifications. The Ninja ZX-25R shares its design language with the bigger Ninja models like the ZX-6R and Ninja 400, and gets dual LED headlamps, turn indicators mounted on the side fairings, LED tail lamp, frame sliders, fairing-mounted rearview mirrors, split seats, clip-on handlebars, stubby exhaust pipe and a part-digital instrument console with an analogue tachometer. Apart from the features mentioned above, the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R also gets premium features like a bi-directional quick-shifter, slip and assist clutch, USB charging port, two power modes, traction control and a dual-channel ABS.

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R is a premium and powerful motorcycle, which is evident in its mechanical specifications as well. The motorcycle gets a four-stroke, inline-four, liquid-cooled, 249c engine, which happens to be the smallest inline-four engine for a motorcycle. Paired to a 6-speed gearbox, the engine of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R puts up a maximum power output of 50 bhp @ 15,500 rpm and a peak torque output of 22.9 Nm @ 14,500 rpm. These figures do make the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R the most powerful 250cc motorcycle produced to date.

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R retains its whole chassis without a single change. The motorcycle gets a suspension combination of 37mm upside-down Showa upside-down separate function big piston forks at the front and a back-link mono-shock with an aluminium swing-arm at the back. For braking, the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R gets a single 310mm disc with four-piston callipers at the front and a single 220mm disc with a single-piston calliper at the rear.

The sales of the updated Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R will commence first in its home market of Japan in February 2022, followed by other global markets. The Indian market will not get the Ninja ZX-25R, as the motorcycle will be in a pricey position, the price tag of which might end up being unjustified. In the sub-500cc category, Kawasaki sells only the Ninja 300 in India.

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