Kawasaki unveils their little Kwacker, the Z125 at the ongoing Tokyo Motor Show. It is a global model and could be launched by this year. The bike is a serious competitor to the Honda Grom 125. The bike comes with two variants, the Z125 and Z125 Pro.
Powering the Z125 is an horizontally-oriented 125cc air-cooled single cylinder engine mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission that churns out 9.5PS of maximum power at 8000 rpm and 9.5 Nm of torque at 6000 rpm. The fuel tank capacity is 7.4 litres. The baby Kwacker weighs in at just 101 kg. The little kwacker measures 1700mm in length, 750 mm in width and 1005 mm in height
Coming to the design, the Z125 features a narrow headlamp that is inspired from the Z800 and Z1000 and has a fairly large front fender, high mounted handlebar, muscular fuel tank, tank extensions, belly panel, underbelly exhaust. The bike features inverted forks at the front and off-set monoshock suspension at the rear. The Z125 uses 100/90-12 size for front and 120/70-12 size for rear tyre. The bike gets disc brakes at both front and rear.
The bike features an aggressive styling in lying with the Z series. The bike gets an analog-digital instrument cluster on a LCD display. The TFT screen includes fuel gauge, gear indicator, odometer, trip meter and a clock. The Z125 will be offered in three colours, Candy lime green, candy burnt orange and silver shade. There are no such plans as of yet for Kawasaki to bring this motorcycle to India but if at all they do, the bike would be priced around 1.2 lakhs mark. Tell us your views on it and whether Kawasaki should consider bringing this little Kwacker to India or not.By: Rakesh Gowda