Ninja 400 MSRP....

I think it was a Kawasaki flop to launch the 400r, c'mon, it's as heavy as the 650r but with the power of a 400cc and it costs the same? What were they thinking?

I also don't understand all those dudes buying 125cc and 250cc CBR's and then using them just for a few months before they get bored with their underpower and highway deficiencies, why not just buy a 600cc? I've been looking at the 650r's from Kawasaki and I think that will be my first big bike, why am I not buying a Zx-6 or R6? Because of insurance and because I don't need all that power and torque with our stupid, draconian 172 stunting laws, the 650r will do just fine and it looks sporty enough, also it's cheap at $7,000. I would get it right now if the warm weather lasted till October.
 
Pegassus said:
I would get it right now if the warm weather lasted till October.
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If it makes you feel better, I rode to November last two years (with heated grips).
 
Riding year round is possible as long as the streets are clear. My buddy only stopped riding for 3 weeks in February last year. On an '09 Ninja 250, no luxuries like heated grips.

Hell, I rode it too at -14 before wind chill
 
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alhope34 said:
Riding year round is possible as long as the streets are clear. My buddy only stopped riding for 3 weeks in February last year. On an '09 Ninja 250, no luxuries like heated grips.

Hell, I rode it too at -14 before wind chill
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agreed, i rode all winter when my tiny 50cc scoot was not in the shop. as long as the roads were clear and it was not -11c before wind chill or more i would ride :)
 
if new riders will throw themselves at a 250R for $6k because used is gross and who knows how that 4000km bike has been treated...

they'll buy this too.

probably not enough to keep kawi making them, but it'll sell a few
 
I rode all winter when I was 16 to 19, It was ride or walk.
Self tapping sheet metal screws in knobbies work surprisingly well ;)

I don't understand Kawasaki Canada bringing in a model priced like that into a country with no engine displacement licensing requirements that is priced so close to the 650.

Now a 400cc ultralight 19,000rpm 4cyl sportbike, that would be a whole different story.
 
CBRJOHN said:
I don't understand Kawasaki Canada bringing in a model priced like that into a country with no engine displacement licensing requirements that is priced so close to the 650.
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Me neither, but it seems that they are betting on Quebec (where up to 400cc the rates are way different, licensing and insurance ...) and maybe they know something we don't as far as licensing of the future in Ontario .... we will see whether this will be enough to justify their business case in Canada.
 
I think it will sell. A lot of new riders don't like the stigma of the start bike and end up on something more powerful than they really wanted, and while the 400 might only perform marginally better than a 250, it doesn't look or feel like a small bike, it's a smaller displacement version of the 650R.
 
I don't understand why people would expect this to cost less than the 650? Same # of parts, same amount of work = same cost to produce.
 
If it was a 2 stroke I'd buy it :D
 
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