can anybody settle an argument?

[TOM M]

one of our neighbours started chatting to us when i was cleaning me bike this morning and the conversation got onto bikes, now he is 100% certain the zxr400 (like mine ) is called a 'ninja', however i think it isn't

so is it a ninja or just a zxr400?
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[Russ]

Not too sure. But I have a ZZR600 and in the haynes manual it say's that in the U.S it is known as a ZX600 ninga, not sure if this helps
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[8316]

any kawasaki sport bike is a ninja in the states.
an example is the gpx250. twin cylinder with 38 bhp.the yanks call that a ninja...
hope it helps
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[Suzuki]

It is NOT a ninja.

you're right
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[AcIdBuRnZ]

Yeah, the GPZ500 is a Ninja 500 in the states too.

I don't know if I would call the ZXR400 a Ninja - maybe I would because it's a Kwak and a sports bike - but the ZXR750 wasn't called a Ninja.

When someone talks about Ninja I think of the ZX6-R.

Bloody Yanks
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[Slickfish]

Alot of the 400's are imported(I know the ZXR400 was a offical bike), but alot of ZXR4's may have come intot he country so the UK on might be the ZXR400 the on from other countrys might be a ninja.

Abit like vauxhall & Opel!!.

Im sure someone on here will know.

https://www.mcnninjas.co.uk/forum/

[8316]

to sum it up i think for us brits, a ZX6R,ZX7R,ZX9R,ZX10R,ZX12R are all ninja's.
for those yanks, a kawasaki is a ninja.....
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[Suzuki]

[Slickfish]

[Suzuki]

Hmm possibly. See what you mean now.

Although I've never heard of a model being renamed for other countries, especially when the ZX6R is a ninja here, and in Japan.

Anyway, the ZXR's came out years and years ago, whereas the ninja's are relatively new.
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[Zoffo]

I think the original Ninja was the GPZ 900 of the early 80's. The GSXr1000 of its era
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[Dusty]

I thought the zxr was considered a 'ninja'. <shrugs>
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[Suzuki]

[Dom_]

ZXR400 ISN'T a ninja.

ZX6R, ZX7R, ZX9R, ZX10R, ZX12R are all ninjas. For one they have ninja written on them coming out of the factory...

And the ZXR400 isn't a ZX4R, nor is the ZXR750.

[Slickfish]

[Sparky]

[Dom_]

Never seen a zxr4 like that

Maybe because it's an sp, i dunno, even if i'm wrong then myopinion still counts, i'll never see them as ninjas.

[Suzuki]

ZX4R and ZXR400 are very different bikes.

the ZX4R is in the ninja line of bikes.

the ZXR400 is a replica of the 750 race bike.

That's all.
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[Suzuki]

[8316]

[Sparky]

hmmmm Interesting!!! so its def a zxr400 thats what iv always thought, but if someone asks me what ive got i say "a ninja 400 just so they know what im on about".

It Cant be a custom paint job on mine as ive seen one with paint job like mine before at brands hatch last year but the back of it was white and had a black number on it, oh and it had white wheels.
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[DEN MONKEY]

Just to add to the confusion

[8316]

the "zx2r" is an earlier model of the zxr400 and the second pic is a gpx250 like u state.
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