New spy photographs affirm Kawasaki is testing the 2024 iteration of the KLX230 S.
A few months in the past we reported that Kawasaki is testing the KLX230 S off-road bike in India. Now, clearer photos have appeared which give away that the most recent 2024 mannequin is the one being examined right here.
- Easy 233cc, 2-valve engine powers it
- Bike seems manufacturing prepared
- Kawasaki’s third made-in-India mannequin after Ninja 300, W175
Kawasaki KLX 230 S engine, seat top, launch particulars
Since we’ve got established that that is the 2024 mannequin of the KLX230 S, we are able to now provide you with some concrete information and figures. The seat top stands at 843mm, whereas it has 239mm of floor clearance. The US-spec mannequin weighs 133kg however with Indian road-legal requirements like a saree guard, entrance quantity plate holder and a pillion seize rail seen on this India-spec check mule, we anticipate it to weigh nearer to 140kg.
The Kawasaki KLX230 S is powered by an air-cooled, 233cc, 2-valve, single-cylinder engine. Kawasaki doesn’t checklist official energy and torque figures on its worldwide web sites, however the firm does promote the off highway solely model of this bike in India – the KLX 230R S. The engine in that bike produces 20hp at 8000rpm and 20.6Nm at 6000rpm. Count on to see related figures (maybe slightly decrease to account for emissions compliance) and that ought to put it barely larger than the Hero Xpulse 200 4V which makes 19.2hp at 8500rpm and 17.35Nm at 6500rpm.
Whereas the bike in these photos does seem production-ready, a launch nonetheless may very well be a methods away contemplating Kawasaki India must type out its provide chain and manufacturing amenities to accommodate an additional mannequin alongside the W175 and Ninja 300.
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