Positioning: An Inline-Four Below 400 cc—and Why That Creates a Class of Its Own

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR has no direct rival. There are 400-class twins and triples, and there are 600 and 1,000 cc four-cylinder supersports. But no other motorcycle combines a 399 cc inline-four with radial-mount Monobloc brake calipers, a Showa BFRC lite rear shock, bidirectional quickshifter, four riding modes, and a 16,000-rpm limiter. That is the ZX-4RR’s market position: it does not try to compete with 600s; it defines its own category. Importing it to Germany—a market that traditionalnmlpkstwwqaxxsioxrckzcwseazzpafqlgobhdtzlvruvprwixqavcfounkmevluejgkftlkynppjfbyivvelmgghylxqwpjcginsmtrsokwfqwalontvt

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