The air-cooled 2-stroke rotary disc valve engine generated 23.5PS, a power that highly exceeded that of its competitor, DT-1. The rider could enjoy its powerful ride.
Though few motorcycle adopted hydraulic brake in those days, this motorcycle mounted a front and rear interlocking hydraulic brake system. The 2-cylinder engine that generated 18 horsepower had a self starter.
It took in the information earned from the commercially sold moto-crosser model, CR250R. It adopted a long-stroke system that worked favorably in terms of the torque, and had a RC valve for the exhaust device.
It underwent a full model change based on the commercially sold moto-crosser model, MX250. The front wheel was changed from 3.25-19 to 3.00-21, and the spring of the rear suspension was changed to an irregular pitch type.
It was the commercially sold Scrambler that took in the technologies earned from the race machine RH250, which played an active role at the world motocross championship races.
It was the KAWASAKI's first 4-stroke trail motorcycle. Its light and compact engine was based on the ones of Z200, and incorporated the vehicle body technologies earned from the KE or the motocrosser KX.
The body was basically the same as that of the sport model YDS-2. It matched it with the engine of the YD3, a practical use model whose tuning was moderate.
It was the 5th generation model that had been upgraded to 954cc. It newly adopted an aluminum pivot-less frame with better rigidity balance and a tower-shpaed swing arm.