Kawasaki announced its 2012 street model lineup this week announcing a number of updates to its ZX-14R, as well as the Vulcan 1700 Voyager, Ninja 1000 and Ninja 650. Absent from Kawasaki’s U.S. offerings is the naked version of the Ninja 650, the ER-6n which has also been updated and will be available in other markets such as Europe and Canada.
Last offered as a 2010 model, the 2012 Kawasaki ER-6n gets the new twin-tube steel frame and swingarm used in the updated Ninja 650. The fuel-injected parallel Twin 649cc engine has been revised to increase low-mid range torque while the underslung exhaust is the same as the new unit on the 2012 Ninja 650.