the mystery of the white/green KR250S
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:06 pm
The official Kawasaki Catalogues (brochures) for the KR250S (KR250A2) show only two colors
schemes : black/red and dark blue/white . However the official part books (the brown and the purple books)
show another color scheme (lime green + white ) with the references for those body parts .
In 6 or 7 years of looking at yahoo japan , i never saw any body parts for a lime green kr250S .
The only picture i ever saw of such a beast is on the kr250.org site ( 3rd bike from right) :
http://kr250.org/images/KR_20thbirthday2_big.jpg
I am not sure if it is the real mac coy or a custom paint job ?
The color scheme is very similar(but not identical) to the australian KR250A2 :http://kr250.org/images/KR_nsw_crate.jpg
The australian KR250A2 did not have an exhaust valve (KVSS) .
If anybody has some info on the green kr250s i would be glad to hear it .
was it planned by Kawasaki , but never released ?
Also if anybody has some infos on the australian/NZ KR250a2 (1985) especially a part list with the parts specific to Australia/NZ .
Another small mystery is that the workshop manual (in english ) for Australia states the power at 48 HP (A1 and A2 )
the japanese workshop manual says 45 Hp .
Were the domestic KR250 engines differents (carbs exhausts ?)
An australian part list would solve the mystery .
as is have some spare body parts (almost everything but the tank ) , I am toying with the idea of making a "Luftwaffe 46" kind of thing : a white/green KR250S .
(just a wild idea for the moment ) (that is why i am looking for a fuel tank )
My KR250 is an A1 lime green with a KVSS engine .
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schemes : black/red and dark blue/white . However the official part books (the brown and the purple books)
show another color scheme (lime green + white ) with the references for those body parts .
In 6 or 7 years of looking at yahoo japan , i never saw any body parts for a lime green kr250S .
The only picture i ever saw of such a beast is on the kr250.org site ( 3rd bike from right) :
http://kr250.org/images/KR_20thbirthday2_big.jpg
I am not sure if it is the real mac coy or a custom paint job ?
The color scheme is very similar(but not identical) to the australian KR250A2 :http://kr250.org/images/KR_nsw_crate.jpg
The australian KR250A2 did not have an exhaust valve (KVSS) .
If anybody has some info on the green kr250s i would be glad to hear it .
was it planned by Kawasaki , but never released ?
Also if anybody has some infos on the australian/NZ KR250a2 (1985) especially a part list with the parts specific to Australia/NZ .
Another small mystery is that the workshop manual (in english ) for Australia states the power at 48 HP (A1 and A2 )
the japanese workshop manual says 45 Hp .
Were the domestic KR250 engines differents (carbs exhausts ?)
An australian part list would solve the mystery .
as is have some spare body parts (almost everything but the tank ) , I am toying with the idea of making a "Luftwaffe 46" kind of thing : a white/green KR250S .
(just a wild idea for the moment ) (that is why i am looking for a fuel tank )
My KR250 is an A1 lime green with a KVSS engine .
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