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

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.