Kawasaki has been ever-so-quiet the past year regarding its entry into the Pure Sport 450cc market. This may be about to change.
Recent rumblings echo the imminent intro of a Kawasaki-built 450 based on the potent KX- series 4-stroke motocross bike.
With Kawasaki dealers still selling green QuadSport 400s (while corporate rhetoric from both Suzuki and Kawasaki indicated almost a year ago this would not be continuing) there’s got to be pressure from Kawasaki dealers to respond to the wave of popularity in the 450cc Pure Sport segment.