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Manufacturer:Kawasaki Models:- GPz250 - Not very strong but ok. Belt drive. Early models had dicky camchain tensioners (maybe not all of them). Suffers from being thrashed. Air cooled SOHC parallel twin, bikini fairing. Direct descendant of the venerable Z250 engine. 24kW, 145kg, 18km/L, 155km/hr. $1200-$1800
- GPZ250R - Newer, water-cooled, sporty, red seat comes off on clothes. Frame, engine as per GPX250 but more power (noiser). Handles well, no fairing. Cheaper alternative to GPX250 GPX, ZZR, GPZ250R all use variants of a water cooled DOHC 8 valve parallel twin. Chain drive.
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This page last updated: 26 April 2006