Kawasaki Z250A1 pictured here in 1979. Photo reproduced from ‘Bike’ Magazine The full article is available to download from our desktop site.
Kawasaki Z250A ‘Scorpion’
From its initial design brief in 1975 to its appearance at the 1978 motorcycle show the Z250 was a bike very much designed for the UK market with its unique 250cc learner limit.
The contemporary report in ‘Bike’ Magazine concludes that the bike was a great, although late, entry to the UK 250cc market with better handling and brakes than other bikes in its class. ‘Bike’ says that the Z250A had ‘Good handling. Good braking, good lighting and was also simple, light and easy to work on and fairly economical’
The Z250A boasted a full specification compared to its cheaper brother launched a year later ( the Z250B ) with disc brakes front and rear, alloy wheels and pinstriped paintwork.
Kawasaki Z250 Scorpion may 1980
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In 1979 MotorCycling Magazine published this 6 page ‘Road and Track’ test
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Read ‘Road Bikes’ impressions from 1979