Kawasaki comes out swinging for 2008 with a heavily tweaked ZX-10R, a thorough revision to the venerable Ninja 250R, and some minor but significant changes to the rocketship ZX-14. Also new is a reworked KLX250S dual-sport and the new KLX140, Kawi’s attempt to win a big slice of the playbike dirt market.
Model years 2007/08 have been big for Team Green, and the stampede of new bikes just keeps a comin'. Kawasaki is taking its attack on the market seriously, not resting for a moment, it seems, as its superbike effort has been stepped up with a heavily revised ZX-10R. This can only serve the company well, as the mighty Ninja is the latest (and last) entry from the Big Four to ante up. Yamaha and Suzuki overhauled their liter machines last year, and we now know (much to their chagrin) from about two weeks ago that Honda is going to unveil a new CBR1000RR this week.
As an indication of how committed Kawi is to its literbikes, they proudly proclaim that Japanese Superbike racer Akira Yanagawa was the willing guinea pig chosen to help bring the 10R back to the ring to take another swing. The '08 bike is basically a ground-up restoration, so let's dive in and see what's new.
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