Kawasaki Ninja ZXR400

Introduction ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ I bought my ZXR400 second hand in July 2003 for £2000. I rode my 8000th mile on it yesterday. It ferrys me the 11 miles back and forth to university most days, as well as longer 200 miles journeys to relatives across the country. I have been to France on it once, covering 700 miles in 5 days. I ride mostly solo but I have taken a pillion on both long and short trips. So be assured my opinion is well formed and not read out of magazine or "what I think". ZXR400's are japanese imports, so have their clocks in kilometres. The headlamps have to be altered so they dip to the ... more

I have owned the zxr400l for quite some time now and i belive it to be one of the best 400s around.It has great handling and is very low so it is good for the smaller of people it does lack power though but is what you would expect from a little 400. Even though it doent have loads of power it can still reach high speeds. It has a limiter which i seem to remember reading somewhere that it restricts it to 135mph. I bought mine second hand and it is not standard so it can reach over 140mph maybe even faster. I still think it is one of the fastest 400s but the fzr400 seems a more powerfull bike ... more

As a girlie who making her first foray into the sportsbike arena, I was very disappointed to find that I was a bit small for the Ninja 600 (or it was too big for me!) So I decided on the ZXR as it was small and easy to manage, I did have concerns about speed, well that as it was a 400 that it would not be fast enough for me (I have been told size is everything), but one year on and I absolutely adore it still.(I had never kept a bike for more than a year before) it has as much speed as I need, as an about town racer, the GTi boys don’t stand a chance at the traffic lights, and it is light and ... more

I have always owned a two stroke and had started to feel that it was time to move onto something faster. I soon discovered that at 5'3" I was struggling to touch the floor on any of the 600's. I was told by numerous people that I'd be better of with a ZXR400, small, fast and very quick steering - plus all the benifits of 4 stroke and I do love the styling. I bought a 1991 L1 model and I have to say that it is a fantastic handling bike, it can be flicked into any corner no problem and yes I can touch the floor. But, with regards to the power I am still up and down the gears as I was with the 2 ... more

A Real bike, 400 cc's, 4 Cylinders, but nearly 180 kg's and only 60 bhp; makes the ZXR a little less of a vicious tiger that you might have expected. I always wanted one from the day I turned 17, but made do with a Kawasaki KR1-s250.. a physically smaller, lighter bike without the status of the ZXR. When I finally got my test pilot on the ZedExR, Yes it flicked through bends, Yes it felt like a big bike, Yes it made the right noise, but No - there was no noticeable performance increase over the KR1. To get the max out of the ZXR, it needs to be pushed, the needle lives in the red, and Yes; you ... more