Kawasaki has unveiled new colour options for its midweight sportbikes, the Ninja 500 and Ninja 500 SE, in Europe. Both motorcycles are otherwise the same as before. It remains to be seen if these new colours make their way to India on the standard Ninja 500 sold here.
- The new colours aren’t available in India at the moment
- Ninja 500 was recently updated with Lime Green colour in India
Black for Ninja 500, green and blue/red for Ninja 500 SE
No mechanical changes
The Ninja 500 gets a new Metallic Flat Spark Black/Metallic Spark Black colour, whereas the SE variant with the keyless system gains two new colours: Lime Green and Metallic Matte Twilight Blue/Candy Persimmon Red.
For India, the Ninja 500 was recently updated, with the signature Lime Green (the only colour option) being the only change. Also, it now costs Rs 10,000 more at Rs 5.76 lakh (ex-showroom). To recap, the Ninja 500 is Kawasaki’s mid-level sportbike that gets a 451cc twin-cylinder liquid-cooled engine, making 42hp and 42.6Nm of torque. Considered to be extremely bare-bones for its price, it has an assist and slipper clutch and dual-channel ABS – meeting the bare minimum requirement for the word ‘feature’ to be used in the plural.
Besides the Ninja 500 and Ninja 500 SE, Kawasaki has updated other motorcycles, including the Ninja 650, Ninja ZX-4R, Ninja ZX-4RR and Ninja ZX-6R, with new colours as well. Of those, the Ninja 650 and Ninja ZX-6R are sold in India. At the time of writing, there’s no indication from Kawasaki India that any of these motorcycles will be getting the new colours anytime soon.