Kawasaki has been undergoing the pursuit of updating its line up in India, the said updates have been devised to bring the vehicles in the line up up to spec with the BS6 P2 OBD2B emission standards. The new standards came into effect with all the vehicles sold in India on April 1st 2025. The latest bike that has received the update would be the Ninja 500, which now gets new colorways which make the bike much more striking in appearance than before.
Ninja 500
Ninja joins the recently launched 2025 Eliminator 500 in the Kawasaki lineup. Kawasaki has launched the 2025 Ninja 500, which is a fully faired version of the Eliminator. While Aesthetically the Eliminator was the same as the previous models the 500 witnessed several design changes. The New 2025 Ninja 500 has been equipped with new colorways and other changes that make it much more aesthetically pleasing than the other competitors.
New Changes
Since the bike’s powertrain has now been made compliant with newer OBD2 norms it’s still a 451 cc parallel twin unit with liquid cooling. The Motor is capable of generating 44.77 BHP of peak power and 42.6 Nm of peak Torque. The vehicle has been mated to a 6 speed gearbox as well. Beyond that no substantial changes have been featured on the bike.
The Bike still gets RSU front forks at the front the rear suspension duties are handled by a Monoshock setup. Other Features include split LED headlamps, a fully LCD instrument cluster and is capable of Bluetooth connectivity. In India the bike would be competing against the Aprilia RS457.
