Japan-only 2011 ZRX1200 gets new paint

MARCH 1st marks the official launch of the 2011-spec Kawasaki ZRX1200: basically the same bike that was sold over here until 2008 but which has remained in production and on sale in Japan ever since.

Technically unchanged from the previous year's model, the only thing that marks out the 2011 version is the new paint options. Now normally brownish-grey and murky green wouldn't sound too tempting, but allied to gold stripes and the retro style of the ZRX, those 1970s-inspired colours look surprisingly good...

At least, unlike the CB1100F, you could buy a secondhand ZRX and get it sprayed to look like the latest version...