“Wouldn’t that be neat to try”, is all the response a bike that was never sold here could want of those with the motorbike affliction. The ZXR-400R has that in buckets, and while the ask might be irrationally exuberant, at least this owner presents an excellent example.
1994 Kawasaki ZXR-400R for sale on eBay
Never seen down at your local Green dealer, the 400R was focused on the home market and a few progressive license countries. Small bore but high tech, it used four valve heads, 12.0-to-1 compression and 30mm carbs to come up with 59 hp. The carefully shaped twin spars hold things steady for 41mm USD forks and Uni-Trak monoshock. 300mm brakes are seen on much larger supersports, but 17-inch tires were sized for the 390 lb. full tank weight.
Bargains in the 400cc market are way off in the rear view mirror, but it’s hard to call this buy-it-now from an eBayer with no history anything more than a conversation starter. The bike itself looks great, with just 3,564 miles, a largely stock appearance, super clean, and even an intact rear mudguard. One photo shows a license plate, but title status isn’t mentioned in the eBay auction –
Super clean vintage classic Kawasaki.. extremely rare to be found in US for sale.
It’s never been down, it has Kilometers odometer,
It has a steering dampener.
The ZXR400R reviewed as fairly roomy for a smaller sport, and handled better than average, but the power was mostly in the upper half of the rev range. Might be something to find a way to try and see if you’ll enjoy, before spending sports car money on one, even as nice as this. Hopefully the seller is for real and the make offer button can talk them out of the stratosphere.
– donn
After checking yahoo japan, the price looks entirely reasonable. Good luck finding one this nice and shipping it over here.
When i do see homologation superbike for sale on this site, it reminds me that those were also halo models the oems used to sell these 400s back in the mother country.
Man this thing looks great…
Very cool bike. Looks like it would be fun on the track. Obviously, as the pictures show, it has done some track days. I would be surprised if the mileage was original. I would not pay collector money for it, but would be a fun bike to own.
There’s one immaculate zxr400 on yahoo Japan, with only 1100km on it and professionally restored, going for $8000usd.
With fees, shipping, duties to US… maybe $10500 all in.
Orher decent shape zxr400 bikes are going for around $3000usd. There are none on auction right now.
Better sell this one quick… For ’23 Kawasaki is supposedly bringing the Ninja 400 as a 4 CYLINDER to the USA. Similar to the 250 inline 4 that was only sold domestically. I will believe it when I see it, but would be awesome to see the glory days return of these 400cc inline 4 screamers.
I haven’t imported anything in yerars. You have to work with someone like moto2 who can bid on stuff for you, arrange land shipping in Japan, then sea frieght from there. Then the import paperwork, then land shipping in the usa to get it to you. When I did it last it was less than $2k total. I was only affter a mechanically sound trackbike, not a registerable streetbike. That substantially lowered the buy in cost. I’d encourage anyone interested in a tracktoy to have a look. Stuff for import has to be 25yrs or older I think. But there is some seriously fun prospects. I periodically take a peak at 19k rpm cbr250rr and have to restrain myself.
Check the specs on that new for 2023 Ninja 400 4cyl. Heavy! Not like the 400s of old. Nothing to get excited about from what I found.
Michael J – I regularly import…4 bikes in the last 3 months. .All are street legal and I’ve always been able to get them registered (and I’m in Cali)… but Vermont is the easiest. Costs are now about $2400-2800 including freight, duties and import. It takes about 30-40 days from port load to delivery.
The bikes choices are fantastic, but parts can be tough. Many parts are still available directly from Japan or through the UK.
Could you share a link of the Japanese site that has that zxr400 with 1100 miles?
I m on the market for one.
Thank you
Here’s the link – https://japamart.com/yahoo_auction/item_yahoo_auction.php?itemcode=d1077808997
I’d be glad to help if you’re interested.
This is the SP model much more rare than a regular ZXR-400. Very limited numbers made. Comes with flat slides, close ratio tranny, solo tail section & a few other goodies! These are the like the ZX-7R K1 models but a 400 version. They bring much more money then the base model just as the K1 ZX-7R does. Very cool bikes!!