Kawasaki may be working on naked version of the Ninja 400 called the Z400, and it could come to India. The Japanese motorcycle manufacturer has been known to offer a naked-sport variant in many of its segments (ranging from the Z125 all the way up to the Z1000). To add to that, Visordown suggests that Kawasaki will showcase the Z400 model later this year when it unveils its 2019 model range, thanks to leaked emissions documents.
Recently, Kawasaki filed new emissions documents with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that gave away the Z400’s existence. The documents had two bikes powered by the same 400cc motor. One was called the Ninja 400, the other as the ‘ER400DK’. If you know your Kawasakis, you will know that ER means ‘naked motorcycle’. The internal code for the Z300, meanwhile, was ‘ER300BG’.
We can expect the Z400 to be mechanical identical to its faired sibling. Powering it will likely be the same liquid-cooled, 399cc, parallel-twin engine that belts out 49hp (international-spec model gets 45hp) and 38Nm of torque. This motor is mated to a six-speed transmission and its slipper-clutch is standard. Like the Ninja 400, expect the Z400 to get a conventional telescopic fork and a monoshock. The Z400 will also get the 310mm disc brake at the front with dual-channel ABS is standard.
We can also expect the Z400 to be slightly lighter than the Ninja 400 (168kg kerb weight) owing to the lesser bodywork on the bike. Speaking of bodywork, we can expect the Z400 to be styled along the lines of the Z650 and Z900 and have sharp, aggressive design lines.
For now, there is no clarity on an Indian launch. But given Kawasaki’s push for a larger portfolio, there’s a chance this bike could make it here as well. Hopefully, Kawasaki will have rationalised the Ninja 400’s pricing by then and the Z400 will be priced reasonably as well. If launched in India, the bike will take on other sport-nakeds like the KTM 390 Duke, Benelli TNT 300 and the BMW G 310 R.
We can expect to see this motorcycle mostly during the 2018 INTERMOT in October or EICMA in November.
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