Following the launch of the 2020 Kawasaki ZX-25R in neighbouring Thailand, the next ASEAN country to the Kawasaki’s quarter-litre screamer is the Philippines. Priced at 410,000 php(RM35,692), this compares against the Indonesia price of the ZX-25R at 96 million rupiah (RM27,876) for the standard and 112 million rupiah (RM32,783) for the SE version.
In Thailand, the ZX-25R was launched last July at a price of 269,000 baht (RM36,798) with only the SE version available in that market. This begs the question as to when, if ever, the ZX-25R might make it to the Malaysian market.
There are two colour options for the ZX-25R available in the Philippines market – Candy Plasma Blue and Kawasaki Lime Green – as per a report from Top Gear Philippines. The SE specification of the ZX-25R has ABS braking, up-and-down quick shifter and pillion seat cover and should be offered as standard, along with a smoked windshield, frame sliders and wheel graphic stickers.
The ZX-25R comes with an inline four-cylinder, liquid-cooled DOHC mill displacing 249.8 cc and produces 51 PS at 15,500 rpm (with Ram Air) and 22.9 Nm of torque at 14,500 rpm. According to Kawasaki, the ZX-R with its six-speed gearbox and assist and slipper clutch will get to a top speed of 197 km/h on the race track.
Other riding aids included with the ZX-25R include ride modes – Full or Low – as well as traction control. Upside-side down SFF-BP forks hold up the front end while the rear of the ZX-25R uses a preload-adjustable mono shock.
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this bike can be the quarter litre killer. but it is setback with its high price due to the 4 cylinder configuration. if it is priced competitively within the 2 cylinder competitors, it will easily kill off its strongest rival.
Why so hard to get in malaysia?
Malaysia population of only 31 million makes it hard to sell bikes like these, compared to Indonesia (267mil) and Philippines (106mil).
Not to mention, higher cc bike in Malaysia is comparatively cheaper than them. So the lower cc market had small leeway in term of pricing
Nice (4cylinder) soundtrack but for the same price, slightly lighter to boot and much more powerful; it would be the Kawasaki ER-6 and Yamaha MT-07 any day. It can travel long distance much better than this bike.
annnnnd u missed the point. its not for travel long distance and its not a replacement of ninja 250 ( which is a beginner sport touring bike) er6 (ninja 650 latest) is also a sport touring bike . mt0 is a naked bike. pls do not compare.