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This model mounts a twin-cam engine with a balancer on a pressed backbone frame. The front brake is reinforced with double discs.

It was the YAMAHA 400 naked model that mounted the newly designed 14-degrees forwardly inclined air-cooled 4-valve DOHC FOUR engine with an oil cooler.

The derived model of the XJ series. Though its basic framework was the same as Z-S, it had a frame mounted half-cowl and under cowl to upgrade its stability.

It made its debut as the kid brother version of the XV750 that adopts the mono-cross suspension. It 70-degrees V-twin engine adopted the shaft drive. It was equipped with a fuel gauge.

It emphasized its drag-machine-like image. The narrow 70-degrees V air-cooled OHCV twin engine had a beautiful air-cooled fin stamped on its cylinder. It had a dummy tank, and the real fuel tank was located under the seat. It came in two versions: the raised handlebar type and was the flat handlebar type.

GSR250 was a street sports motorcycle that inherited the image of the big bike "B-KING (export model, 1340cm³) which produced a sensation with its powerful design. It also pursued maneuverability and good value to make it controllable for beginners on street roads or on touring drives.

It kept the style and the inverted fork of the water-cooled 2-stroke KSR. It had changed its engine to an air-cooled 4-stroke style and matched it with a centrifugal clutch type 4-speed transmission.

The newcomer of an Italian taste, which mounted a water-cooled V-twin DOHC engine of VT250 on its truss frame without pivots. The design, which intentionally omitted the tachometer, was very novel.

KAWASAKI had sprinkled a lot of details on this model to make it resemble the famous premier bike, MEGURO. The air-cooled single engine which was intentionally loaded on its classical style body was new. The vibration was reduced by the work of a single axis balancer. It made the rider feel its power and hear its unique crispy sound.

The key word for developing this CRF250L was "to make the daily life (ON) convenient and the weekends (OFF) enjoyable: the new ON & OFF gear." It thoroughly pursued the completion of the total balance and maneuver stability to make it appealing to various customers: beginners as well as experts.