Kawasaki KR250 information
To celebrate a four year domination of lightweight 250c Grand Prix racing,
Kawasaki designed and built a road bike inspired by the championship winning race machines ridden by Kork Ballington and Anton Mang.
Few came to Europe, but were hugely popular in Japan, where the 250cc class at that time was the most popular, for both road and race.
It shared no common components with the Works Grand Prix machinery but did feature the same tandem-twin water-cooled layout - but with the carburettors on the right hand side - and the reed/disc induction system which Kawasaki had christened 'RRIS' and which also featured on the AR125.
Its rivals in the marketplace were the similarly exotic V3 Honda MVX250 and the more conventional Suzuki RG250 Gamma. Yamaha's TZR250 was still some way off, their nearest comparable bike at that time being the first RD350LC YPVS.
The 'KR250A' first appeared in public at the 1983 Tokyo Bike Show in production-ready spec.
Kawasaki KR250 photo
Kawasaki KR250
Kawasaki KR250 owners
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