2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get more affordable.

The Indian wing of Kawasaki Heavy Industries' motorcycles division has passed through a storm of a kind recently. One of their dealers committed a fraud, they compensated the owners after a reasonable time period and they also had their separation of service operations from Bajaj. In between, there were reports of some Kawasaki bikes going CKD, and some of those reports, specially of the Z800 were refuted too.

Finally, with this depressing episode coming to an end, there appears to be a brighter lights at the end of the tunnel with the major announcement of launch of Ninja 1000 & Z900.



The new Kawasaki Ninja 1000 will be brought to India as semi-knocked down (SKD) kits and assembled in India. The engine, chassis and suspension have been carried over from the outgoing model, but the engine now meets BS-IV regulations and gets some tweaks in the ECU.

The Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) compliant Ninja 1000 gets some tweaks in the ECU, engine and minor cosmetic updates, but it carries forward the same engine, chassis and suspension. The Ninja 1000 also gets wider fairings, a new three-way adjustable windscreen, a 5-way adjustable clutch lever and new seat. The instrument panel is all-new too, and features a large analogue tachometer and a multi-function LCD screen with a gear position indicator

The 1043 cc, four-stroke, in-line four engine makes 140 bhp at 10,000 rpm and 111 Nm of peak torque at 7,300 rpm. The engine may be the same, but it now features a secondary balancer on the crankshaft, to eliminate excessive vibration. The ECU has been re-tuned too, and it has better ergonomics than the outgoing model.

2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 is launched, at a very attractive price of ₹ 9.98 lakh (ex-showroom).
Getting a faired, 4 cylinder modern litre class, resembling a 90's superbike with a price within 6 digits, is no less than a revolution, but Kawasaki made it possible.



Let me remind you that the 2007 YZF-R1 launched 10 years ago, at almost a similar ex-showroom price (Rs. 9.5 lacs) and although this isn't as focused, but with more rider aids, so you got the message. Revolution indeed.

The Ninja 1000 gets a lot of rider aids such as Kawasaki Cornering Management Function, Bosch Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Kawasaki Traction Control (KTRC) and Kawasaki Intelligent Anti-Lock Brake System (KIBS).

Bookings have already begun and only 20 units of the Ninja 1000 have been allotted for sale in India.

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But wait, the news is not over yet. The junior-imports department (Street Triple, etc.) has a big reason to worry too.

That's right. Z900 got some price revisions too. The standard Kawasaki Z900 is already priced at ₹ 9 lakh (ex-showroom) BUT, the base variant of the Z900 without the optional kit, is now launched and priced at ₹ 7.68 lakh (ex-showroom).



The engine and body protection(frame sliders, fork sliders), tank pad, pillion seat cowl, radiator guard and a 12V power socket, and a small fly screen are some of the kit parts which the base model won't get. It still gets ABS though, and the engine is still the same.



The Kawasaki Z900 replaced the Kawasaki Z800, and is now powered by a 948 cc, in-line four engine which makes 123 bhp at 9,500 rpm, and peak torque of 98.6 Nm at 7,500 rpm.
But its recent price revision allows it to become a Goliath, among Davids like Street Triple, CBR650F, Monster 797, etc.





Sources: https://auto.ndtv.com/news/2017-kawa...8-lakh-1721810




Guys, what do you think?

Is Kawasaki being practical with such a price cut? Or do you believe, that they shouldn't bother as this is a ultra premium, low volume segment?
And by the way, who's getting one for themselves?

Re: 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

Wow that is a good price cut. I am worried about the GST Prices as the showroom guys have not got the new GST on road prices yet. I am planning to book one, but I am unable to get the on road prices yet as the bike is not road approved yet in Kerala & Tamil Nadu. I checked with Chennai Kawasaki Showroom a month ago (June), they said the On Road prices will be around 10.4L (9.0L ex showroom) and it would take around 3 months for RTO approval etc, and they already had 8 bookings. I personally think the on road price will be around 10.5 max (7.68L ex showroom). As the mid segment bike market is growing these days, I am pretty sure its not going to be low volume segment.

Re: 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

Kawasaki has said that there are more surprises coming in Diwali. I guess the zx10r and zx14r might be ckd or skd.

Re: 2017 Kawa Ninja 1000 launched via SKD route in India

The ex-showroom price is inclusive of GST. In MH though 2% registration fee would have to be paid.

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Re: 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

Do you think Kawasaki is able to price the bikes lower due to the split with Bajaj, thus removing another middleman in the business?

Re: 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

No I don't think so. Every manufacturer has to give some margin to showroom. Kawasaki have a plant in Thailand. So they can afford to price it low.

Re: 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

Kawasaki to Establish New Motorcycle Plant in India and to Launch Local Production of High-displacement Model Ninja 1000 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Kawasaki says they are gonna manufacture Ninja 1000 in India 😲, with their new plant operational by September

Re: 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

you mean, assembled.. certainly not "manufactured" IIRC, the current bikes are just assembled & brought in CKD..

Re: 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

I know they are just assembled in India and I do own one of those. But this article does say 650 is manufactured in India now and 1000 will start by September. And not to mention, Ninja 300/650 had many parts manufactured in India way before 3 years itself. So this wont be too much of a surprise, but the 1000 is, if the news is anything to go by. And FYI, the New Ninja 1000 is brought in via the SKD route, not the CKD.

Re: 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 & Z900 get surprisingly more affordable.

from SKD to manufacturing? that sounds juicy, should reduce the price further by 2 lakhs or 3.. then the segment will turn the very much needed heat up..

Re: 2017 Kawa Ninja 1000 launched via SKD route in India

What's difference between cbu,skd and CKD? Which is import and which is local assembly?

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Re: 2017 Kawa Ninja 1000 launched via SKD route in India

CBU stands for "Completely BuiltUp Unit" which means the motorcycle is manufactured and also assembled completely in a foreign country and brought to india as a completely ready vehicle, which would roughly attracts about 140%+ or so duty fee.

SKD stands for "Semi Knocked Down Unit" which roughly means the motorcycle is completely manufactured in a foreign country but only assembled few parts(such as Engine and clutch assembly etc.) in that country and all other parts are sent separately to india to get assembled here. This one attracts lesser duty than CBU. Maybe 80% to 110% its anybody's guess.

CKD stands for "Completely Knocked Down Unit" as the name itself indicates, the motorcycle is manufactured in a foreign country but the whole process of assembling would be done in india. Hence this one attracts the lowest duty of the three afro mentioned here. It attracts around 60% of duty or so.

SO, all the above three mentioned here are imports,but they attract different duty fees as I have mentioned.

Locally manufactured and assembled vehicles would not have any kind of duty fee on them and hence that would be the cheapest ones of all. Such as Bajaj, Hero,TVS,motorcycles and also Japanese scooters and commuter motorcycles sold in india. Also KTM motorcycles are manufactured and assembled in india by bajaj,so they don't have any duty on them hence they are cheaper but the YAMAHA R3 on the other hand comes in a CKD category so they attract duty fee charges hence higher the cost.

India has different duty fee structure for different countries so it would be hard to estimate the exact duty for a given vehicle. Indonesia and india has a duty free trading system but they still are imposed with other charges. Hence its complicated affair for a layman to understand.

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Re: 2017 Kawa Ninja 1000 launched via SKD route in India

Ohh thank u so much bro!

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