The Kawasaki Ninja is a name given to several series of Kawasaki

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s that started with the 1984 GPZ900R.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (or simply Kawasaki) is a Japanese Public company, public multinational corporation manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, Heavy equipment (construction), heavy equipment, aerospace and Military, defense equipment, rolling stock and ships, headq ...

trademarked a version of the word Ninja in the form of a

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, a stylised script, for use on "motorcycles and spare parts thereof". __TOC__

Motorcycles models

Four-cylinder

Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX The Kawasaki Ninja H2 is a "Supercharger, supercharged Super sport (motorcycle), supersport"-class motorcycle in the Kawasaki Ninja, Ninja Sport bike, sports bike series manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine, Kawasaki, ...

(since 2018) *

Kawasaki Ninja H2 The Kawasaki Ninja H2 is a " supercharged supersport"-class motorcycle in the Ninja sports bike series manufactured by Kawasaki, featuring a variable-speed centrifugal supercharger. Its namesake is the 750 cc Kawasaki H2 Mach IV, an ...

(since 2015) *

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 The ZZR1400 or Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 and ZX-14R (2006–2022), is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki that was their most powerful sport bike as of 2006.

(ZZR1400; ZX-14R after 2012) (since 2006) *

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series made by Kawasaki from 2000 through 2006. The inline-four engine produced at low speed, and increased to at high speed due to its ram-air intake, making it the most powerf ...

(2000–2006) *

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11 The ZZ-R1100 or ZX-11 is a sport bike in Kawasaki's Ninja series made from 1990 to 2001, as the successor to the 1988–1990 Tomcat ZX-10. With a top speed of , it was the fastest production motorcycle from its introduction until 1996, surpass ...

(ZZ-R1100) (1990–2001) *

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki, the successor to the Ninja ZX-9R. It was originally released in 2004 and has been updated and revised throughout the years. It co ...

(ZX1000) (since 2004) *

Kawasaki Ninja 1000 The Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX (sold in some markets as the Ninja 1000, Z1000S or Z1000SX) is a motorcycle in the Kawasaki Ninja, Ninja series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine, Kawasaki sold since 2011. Oth ...

(Z1000SX) (since 2011) * Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 (Tomcat ZX-10) (1988–1990) * Kawasaki Ninja 1000R (GPZ1000RX) (1986–1988) *

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-9R The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-9R is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki, produced from 1994 until 2003. There were five model incarnations across two basic designs. In Kawasaki's chronology the 9Rs connect t ...

(1994–2003) * Kawasaki Ninja 900 (GPZ900R) (1983–2003) * Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R and ZX-7RR (ZXR-750/ZXR-750R) (1989–2003) * Kawasaki Ninja 750R (ZX750F/GPX750R) (1986–1991)Kawasaki Ninja ZX750 Repair & Service Manual
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Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R is a ''636 cc'' class motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki. It was introduced in 1995, and has been constantly updated throughout the years in response to new products ...

(ZX600) (since 1995) * Kawasaki Ninja 600 (ZZR600/ZX-6E) (1990–2008) *

Kawasaki Ninja 600R The Kawasaki Ninja 600R (North America) or GPZ 600R ( Europe 1985-90) and GPX 600R (Europe 1988-97) is a sport bike motorcycle made by Kawasaki ZX600 line of motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two o ...

(GPZ600R/GPX600R) (1985–1997) * Kawasaki GPZ400R (ZX400D) (1985–1990) * Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4R (ZXR400) (1989–2003) * Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R (since 2020) * Kawasaki Ninja ZX-2R (ZXR250) (1989–2004)

Two-cylinder

Kawasaki Ninja 650R The Kawasaki Ninja 650R, also called ER-6f or EХ-6, is a motorcycle in the Ninja series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki sold since 2006. The 2012 model drops the R suffix from its name. It is a middleweight, parallel-twin engined motorc ...

(ER-6f/EX-6) (since 2006) *

Kawasaki Ninja 500R The Kawasaki Ninja 500R (which was originally named, and is still referred to as the EX500 and is known as the GPZ500S in some markets) is a sport bike with a parallel-twin engine, part of the Ninja series of motorcycles manufactured by Kawasa ...

(EX500/GPZ500S) (1986–2009) *

Kawasaki Ninja 400R The Kawasaki Ninja 400R is a motorcycle in the Ninja series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki. It was announced for the 2011 model year, and is sold in Canada and New Zealand. No plans currently exist to bring the bike to the UK market. I ...

(ER-4f) (since 2011) *

Kawasaki Ninja 400 The Kawasaki Ninja 400 is a 399 cc Ninja series sport bike introduced by Kawasaki as a successor to the Ninja 300. It launched with the 2018 model year. The Ninja 300 was struggling through Euro 4 emission standards compliance. Therefore ...

(EX400) (since 2018) *

Kawasaki Ninja 300 The Kawasaki Ninja 300, or EX300, is a Ninja series sport bike introduced by Kawasaki in 2012 for the 2013 model year. It is sold in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. When introduced, the Ninja 300R replaced the Ninja 250R in some ma ...

(EX300) (2013–2017) *

Kawasaki Ninja 250R The Kawasaki Ninja 250R (codenamed EX250; previous generations had market-specific names) is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki originally introduced in 1986. As the marque's entry-level sport bi ...

(EX250) (since 1986)

Single-cylinder

Kawasaki Ninja 150RR - Jakarta Fair 2016 - June 21 2016

Kawasaki Ninja 250SL The Kawasaki Ninja 250SL (codenamed BX250), formerly called Ninja RR Mono in Indonesia (until November 2016, later changed to 250SL), is a motorcycle in the Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki sold since 2014. The bi ...

(BX250) (since 2015) * Kawasaki Ninja ZX-150RR (KR-150/KRR 150/Serpico) (1992–2017;

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Kawasaki Ninja 125 The Kawasaki Ninja 125 (codenamed BX125) is a motorcycle in the Kawasaki Ninja, Ninja sport bike series from the Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine, Kawasaki that was introduced in 2018. It is powered by a single- ...

(BX125) (since 2018) * Kawasaki Ninja 80RR (AR80K) (1992–1998; 2-stroke)

Racing

Kawasaki Ninja H2R The Kawasaki Ninja H2 is a "supercharged supersport"-class motorcycle in the Ninja sports bike series manufactured by Kawasaki, featuring a variable-speed centrifugal supercharger. Its namesake is the 750 cc Kawasaki H2 Mach IV, an in ...

(since 2015) *

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR The Ninja ZX-RR is a race bike from Kawasaki Motorcycle Corporation, Kawasaki, which raced in the MotoGP world championship until 2009. The bike made its debut towards the end of the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2002 MotoGP season wi ...

(2002–2009)

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References

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