KAWASAKI NINJA 650 (2017)
8,000 Km
Kawasaki Ninja 650
The Year is 2012, Kawasaki Launches the Ninja 650 R/ER-6F. The Ninja gives a sharp look as well as a sharp handling. The heart of the bike, the 650cc motor producing 72 bhp with DOHC, 8 valve liquid cooling has been kept the same though the company claims to have tinkered with the bottom and mid-range power delivery making it more fun to ride. The company also states that 650R’s frame also has become stiffer making for sharper handling.
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Perfect for someone who doesn’t want or need class-leading horsepower, sophisticated electronics or high-dollar components, but still wants a fully faired sport bike experience.
Fast Forward to 2017, the mean green machine has been retuned for lower to midrange torque and features open-deck, die-cast aluminium cylinders for less weight; plated, linerless cylinder bores for a more compact engine; fine-atomizing injectors for precise fuelling and new engine cases that incorporate a mechanical gear-position indicator. Put bluntly the technology offered by Kawasaki still feels rather under-developed and could be worked on.
The suspension travel is fairly street riding oriented. The ninja acts as a medium between [mid-range] top-end supersport performance and middleweight low end grunt that comes from a 650. It’s not an intimidating unit that will test your inner Rossi, buts it not mundane either to put you sleep.
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AN EVERY DAY SPORTSBIKE
Although styling is more aggressive, the Kawasaki Ninja 650 remains an approachable, user-friendly, fuel-efficient, fun, value-priced sport bike.
It has more modest performance, price-point components, less extreme ergonomics.
The Kawasaki Ninja 650’s major weight loss, lighter wheels and sharper steering geometry make it nimbler but not at the expense of stability.
The sweet spot between user-friendliness and performance. Its engine is smooth with strong midrange, a linear power curve and good throttle response. Overall, the motorcycle essentially has been made more fun and yet practical at the same time.
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For 2017 The Highlights were:
Weight savers – trellis frame saves 8.5kg
Hollow press gullwing swingarm saves 2.8kg
New wheels 1.7kg lighter.
Superbly light engine compared to the previous gen, having die cast aluminium headers
Linerless cylinder bores, new cams, slipper intake port, revised airbox
A compact 649cc tuned to produce
68bhp @ 8000rpm
65.7Nm @ 6500rpm
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