THE GREEN ARROW KAWASAKI NINJA ZX-4R AND ZX-4RR TRACK TEST

Australian Motorcyclist Issue #121

• THE WOBBLY BLUE LINE TUG MCCLUTCHIN COLUMN
• CONFESSIONS OF A REPEAT OFFENDER
• DELORAINE’S THREE HOTELS TASMANIA
• PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVES NICK EDARDS
• 2023 Triumph Street Triple RS
• THE SHIT PILLIONS SAY BOR MIHAILOVIC
• YOU’LL NEVER BE TOO GOOD
• THE GREEN ARROW KAWASAKI NINJA ZX-4R AND ZX-4RR TRACK TEST
• THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH THE 2023 AUSTRALIAN MOTOGP UNEARTHED AND EXPOSED
• News

WORDS BY TUG MCCLUTCHIN – IMAGES BY MOTOTHING

Way back in the late 80s and early 90s, the big four Japanese factories all produced a 400cc version of their 750cc superbikes. Kawasaki’s ZXR400 of that time was the mirror image of its ZXR750 big brother, with a twin-spar alloy frame, cool paint job, funky air intake tubes, sports exhaust, flat slide carbs, the lot. The same went for Suzuki’s GSXR400, Yamaha’s YZF400RR and Honda’s uber-cool RVF400, which came complete with a single-sided swingarm and V4 engine. Pretty trick, with lots of fruit.