KAWASAKI ER-6f (2016-Present) Specs, Performance & Photos

In 2016, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer launched the Kawasaki ER-6f, the faired brother of the ER-6n. The modern motorcycle was built on the perimeter frame dressed in an angular bodywork with a sporty windscreen.

The Kawasaki ER-6f debuted in 2006 and was known as the Ninja 650R or EX-6. The faired model had a naked brother that also debuted in 2006 but was sold into the American market only from 2009.

The 2006 faired model featured an agile stance and was fitted with standard features, such as a full fairing with a dual headlight system, a small and sporty windscreen, a two-piece dual seat with passenger grab handles, an under-belly exhaust system, and six-spoke lightweight wheels.

The motorcycle was built around a perimeter high tensile steel frame with a 41 mm traditional telescopic fork on the front and an offset lay-down preload-adjustable shock absorber on the rear, offering excellent handling.

As for the braking performance, the bike's wheels were fitted with two 300 mm semi-floating petal discs tied to dual-piston calipers on the front and a 220 mm petal disc coupled to a single-piston caliper on the rear.

Underneath its full fairing, the 2016 Kawasaki ER-6f had hidden from plain sight a 649cc four-stroke liquid-cooled parallel-twin engine fed by an electronically controlled fuel injection system, boasting 72 hp at 8,500 rpm and 64 Nm (47 lb-ft) torque at 7,000 rpm.