Kawasaki Ninja 250 in India by May

PUNE-BASED Bajaj Auto will launch sports bike Ninja 250 from technology partner Kawasaki in the next four to five months, while it gears up to introduce motorcycle, jointly developed with Austrian firm KTM by next year.

“The Kawasaki Ninja 250 will be launched by May or June,” MD Rajiv Bajaj said, while launching the company’s executive segment bike XCD 135 DTSSI, which has been priced at Rs 45,000. He said the Kawasaki Ninja 250 is expected to be priced above Rs 2 lakh.

On the company’s plans to introduce motorcycles from Austrian bike maker KTM, in which BAL has over 25 stake, he said the first of the jointly developed products will be launched by next year. “The bigger bikes from KTM like the Duke and RR will be assembled in our facility. Their introduction has been delayed a bit. But we have been developing two bikes with engine capacity above 125 cc with KTM. The first of the jointly developed bikes will be launched next year,” Mr Bajaj said.

Bajaj will be importing the Ninja as CKD (completely knocked down) units from Thailand to save on custom duties. The Ninja features a DOHC 249cc parallel twin cylinder engine which is more compact than the previous bike offering good mass centralization and improves the handling.

It now offers good low and mid range torque thanks to dual overhead camshafts. The overall design of the bike is very well balanced and wind tunnel tested and of course the trademark ninja styling carried from its bigger siblings the ninja 600RR and 1000RR.

The bike has a top whack of 175kmph and 0-100 just under 6 seconds enabling the rider to exploit the powerband and is sure to please enthusiasts who were in dire need of a low cost sports bike.

The ninja will surely sell like hot cakes with its beginner friendly low-end grunt and a lively top-end rush. Compact size, exceptional pose value and a low price tag highlight Kawasaki’s new Ninja 250R quarter-liter performer. Oh wait , it also gets you oodles of attention from the opposite gender!
specifications :

ENGINE
-DOHC 249cc parallel twin cylinder
-Max power - 31bhp@10500rpm
-Max torque - 22Nm@9500rpm
-Gears - 6 manual
-Clutch - wet plate
-Bore - 60
-Stroke - 41.2
-Cooling type - Liquid Cooled Denso system

0-100km/h : 5.75 sec
Top speed : 176km/h
Fuel economy : Around 22-30kmpl

DIMENSIONS
-Lenth -1920.00 mm
-Width -672.00 mm
-Height -1034.00 mm

Suspension and Brakes

-Front - Hydraulic Telescopic Forks
-Rear - Uni-Track with aluminum inkage
-Brakes - Dual piston disc brakes both front and rear

Colors available - Black and Lime Green
(Source: Economic times and Indian Autos Blog)

I know that another thread exists on the same topic(Honda and Bajaj Superbikes in India shortly!!). But I created this one only for Ninja 250. If not necessary, then requesting mods to kindly merge the threads :) .

Hmmm. Looks a good propotion for Indian Ninja.

It will sell but not like hot cakes buddy, I am sure it will not replace R15's Market in INDIA.

It can be a tough call between CBR250 & Ninja 250 :)

but wait zinam!!
is there any CBR250??

Bajaj has created news for its ninja getting into market, but how will it perform and compete with yahama is yet to see, wait and watch.

I agree zinam. It'll not sell like hot cakes. But will eat part of R15

Crazy cat wrote:0-100km/h : 5.75 sec
Top speed : 176km/h
Fuel economy : Around 22-30kmpl

This is what that attracts me most

R15 seems to be better placed and styled then this ninja, but it would be after its launch how much part of it does this ninja eats!!

archit wrote:but wait zinam!!
is there any CBR250??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CBR250

Just go through this link buddy

thanks for the link zinam
it looks uglier than this ninja!

yeah seen that link buddy, but those pics were of the older generation CBR and i dont think this would come here, but back to topic ninja doesnt appeal to me, to the market lets wait and see the reactions.

The Ninja isnt that great. But 100mph top speed...well wow I didn't know that..

This really looks ugly..

Thats the same pic I put on ACI. Tell me about it. Looks like something off a bike that was made in 1990 or older.

Very true Zal. At the current situation, even the 125cc bikes come with digital meter, this looks like as you said from the 90s'.

@Zal, :lol!: lol buddy! But still it doesn't looks that much bad to me. :)

Also the thing is you can have a nice speedo and doesn't need to be dig...like how my speedo is on my bike nice and clean. This also looks ugly. One thing I can't understand is why is there engine heat dial but no fuel dial???

nowadays 125 cc bike(TVS Flame) comes with digital speedo meter

I believe that Ninja will come with different instruments. After all Bajaj is the maker to come with all these goodies in India. They know what will attract buyers, visually. So they may change it.

yeah CC, might be true as to bajaj knows it for now with what kinda looks impresses indian buyers here as they does offer xcd 125 with digi cluster, so wait and watch.

i sat on Ninja 250 in the motor show
it looked good in green
but as u guys are saying
speedo is bad but everything else is good

Cool Archit that you sat on ninja, If you have any pics please share. :)

yeah archit, you would expect a better instrument on this bike dont you, spending so much does feels of digi console which is available even on 100CC bikes now.

Theres a big gap between Yamaha R15 and Ninja 250.. Theres a big price difference and theres a difference in performance.. So I guess, Nonja 250 will create a new class of 250cc.. Power output and fuel efficiency is impressive..

yes there is a need of an 250cc class of bikes in india. it's high time now that manufacturers are increasing the engine capacity by 20cc (like pulsar 180 then 200 then 220). stop playing 20-20 and go in for a full one-day of 50-50.

that the ninja!
some pics have me on it too!

Good pics archit, Ninja looks awesome to me and you are looking nice sitting on that bike. ;)

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