At first I thought this seller was being awfully brazen to post a picture of his title for this bike and then it dawned on me — it’s 25+ years which should make it a registered classic in most states. Compared to NSR’s and RGV’s, we probably see these the least in North America. There are a few in our KR1 archives that could be possible matches from a previous owner. Regardless what is shown here looks very clean and I really appreciate that he partially broke down the bike to show it’s that clean throughout.
dc
1988 Kawasaki KR1 for sale on eBay
from the seller:
Up for auction is my all original rare Kawasaki Kr1 250cc Two stroke sport bike with only 5,026 miles on it . Very rare motorcycle only 10,000 examples ever produced and was never made available to the U.S. This bike is fully functional all lights horn brakes work as they should , also has new tires . Bike starts right up no hesitations and runs great . I have clean Va title in hand for the bike in my name .
Awesome! I rarely see pictures of these. I wonder how these compare to other 250s.
From what I’ve read they’re very fast but the NSR and RGV were better handling bikes. That said, it’s been 25 years and the differences between all three compared to today’s modern offerings are probably not as significant. I hope current and previous owners reply as well!
dc
I raced against these in the early-mid 90’s and while they had more power than the RGV, which in turn had more than the NSR, the KR-1 and KR-1S couldnt match either in brakes or handling. As a result you didnt see many on the track.
Nice bike friend traded his hawk for one last summer locally it is a fun bike. I have only ridden it a couple of times it is physically smaller feeling in ergo’s a little bit and it is def lighter feeling then my RGV vj22 & NSR mc21’s. Power wise it is great for a 250 smoker actually pulls good from the bottom on up like the rgv does. Super easy to start you barely kick it and it lights up. Going to restore it into a full on KR1-S model even got the proper 1S frame n parts.
Troy Bayliss,Davan Carr,Dean Thomas,Jamahl Grey[?},…..ahh,the memories.
remember these are 250cc two-stroke sportbikes.
and, i’d venture to say, they’d walk on any of today’s 250cc four-stroke sportbike offered today.
I liked this bike better than the RGV I had at the time. I owned the KR-1S which is the power valve version of this bike. Very fast, all good 2 stroke powerband. Wish I still had mine, this may be my old bike?
The only difference in a KR-1 and a KR1-S is the slight change in the frame spars no more ribbing supposedly slightly stiffer. Swing arm was beefed up and bigger axles used front / rear / swing arm. Axle adjuster blocks vs the pull type 5 spoked wheels slightly larger to radial sizes. slighlty wider triple clamps due to larger wheels and the front rotors where upped to 300’s and new color schemes and better race replica pipes. Couple of minor differences in the motor that don’t matter other wise the bikes are pretty much the same.
The one in the pics is a japanese bike which looks an aweful a lot like this one that was in same condition and colors in japan about month ago with same milage for $3300 usd!
if the reserve on this is any higher than aprox 7500 the owner should sell what ever hes been smoking instead , its gotta be good stuff
High price for a JDM bike. The Motor is restricted somehow, all JDM’s are?? Good luck figuring that out and getting the unrestricted parts.