2011 Kawasaki Ninja 400R: first bike perfection

Kawasaki Ninja 650R too big? Ninja 250R too small? Then the
2011 Kawasaki Ninja 400R should be juuussst right. Mechanically
identical to the 650R with the exception of a smaller 399cc engine, the
second littlest Ninja brings a useful price and performance drop which
combines with the slick styling and reasonably high mechanical spec to
create exactly the sort of appealing, unintimidating, affordable,
broadly capable bike Michael Uhlarik called for in Motorcycling’s
missing link. The only problem? It’s probably not coming to the US. >

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