{"id":64565,"date":"2025-02-18T09:54:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?p=64565"},"modified":"2025-02-18T09:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:55:01","slug":"a-step-in-the-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"A Step in the Right Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
\r\n \r\n \"\"\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

Kawasaki brings Prius-like hybridization to motorcycles<\/em>.<\/p>

Electrification, if you <\/strong>haven\u2019t noticed, hasn\u2019t been nearly as successful in motorcycling as it has been for the automotive industry. Oh, scooters and small city bikes have seen some moderate success with battery power. And there\u2019s a good chance that motocrossers will follow suit, what with their need for instantaneous torque and fairly short duty cycles. Big road-going motorcycles, however, have proven much more difficult to electrify. Zero is virtually the only success story, and even its numbers are paltry.<\/p>

That said, there\u2019s little question that motorcycles, like other forms of mobility, must reduce their carbon footprint. All motorcycle manufacturers are looking for ways to reduce tailpipe emissions, be it with bio-fuels, synthetic fuels made from sequestered CO2 or swappable batteries. One of the manufacturers at the forefront of these alternatives is Kawasaki which, along with battery-powered models, is working on hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engines and, the subject of this review, gas\/electric hybrids. <\/p>

THE SUM OF ITS PARTS<\/strong><\/p>

The individual components that make up the new Ninja 7 Hybrid\u2019s powertrain are not auspicious. The gas-fed part of the equation, for instance, is a little 451-cc parallel twin liberated from the lowly \u2014 at least for something wearing such sporting bodywork \u2014 Eliminator cruiser. Oh, it\u2019s been pumped up a bit with modified intake and exhaust systems, but it\u2019s still only good for 58-horsepower (at just 10,500 rpm). Peak torque is a likewise measly 32 lb.-ft. at 7,500 rpm. Neither number is scintillating.<\/p>

The electric motor is not any more inspiring. In fact, it boasts but seven kilowatts. That\u2019s just 9.4 horsepower. There is 9-kw available for short bursts, but that\u2019s still only about 12 horses. Either way, the Ninja 7 hardly boasts ZX-10R-threatening numbers. <\/p>

IT\u2019S ALL ABOUT THE PACKAGING<\/strong><\/p>

If the numbers aren\u2019t all that impressive, the packaging of the disparate powertrains is. To maintain as much weight close to the centre of mass as possible, the electric motor, for instance, is mounted right behind the ICE\u2019s cylinders. The area that traditionally would house a set of carburetor or throttle bodies is now filled with a liquid-cooled, permanent-magnet electric motor. <\/p>

And right behind it, cleverly stuffed between the rear frame rails of the trellis frame is the 50.4 volt, 1.4-kW-hour lithium-ion battery \u2014 about the same size as used in hybrid cars \u2014 again maintaining the Ninja\u2019s slim proportions while retaining that tight centre of mass I mentioned. This first-of-its-kind Kawi has some compromises \u2014 more on them in a moment \u2014 but innovative packaging…<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kawasaki brings Prius-like hybridization to motorcycles. Electrification, if you haven\u2019t noticed, hasn\u2019t been nearly as successful in motorcycling as it has been for the automotive industry. Oh,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":64574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,1838,2697,1855],"tags":[1462,2702,2703,2701,254,2359,2704,473,559],"class_list":["post-64565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","category-kawasaki","category-march-2025","category-other","tag-electric","tag-gas","tag-hybrid","tag-hydrogen","tag-kawasaki","tag-kawasaki-motorcycle","tag-kawasaki-ninja-7-hybrid","tag-motorcycle-review","tag-ninja"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid Bike Review | Motorcycle Mojo<\/title>\n <meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this month's issue of Motorcycle Mojo, we have a review of the latest bike from Kawasaki with the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=https://motorcyclemojo.com/"https:////motorcyclemojo.com//2025//02//a-step-in-the-right-direction///" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid Bike Review | Motorcycle Mojo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this month's issue of Motorcycle Mojo, we have a review of the latest bike from Kawasaki with the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Motorcycle Mojo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MOTORCYCLE-MOJO-MAGAZINE-161377162001\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-18T14:54:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-18T14:55:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2407-Kawasaki-Ninja-HEV-eAlder-9271.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gooder\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@motorcyclemojo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@motorcyclemojo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gooder\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/\",\"name\":\"2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid Bike Review | Motorcycle Mojo\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2407-Kawasaki-Ninja-HEV-eAlder-9271.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-18T14:54:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-18T14:55:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0793101b816e80c96dca9a3485c6f498\"},\"description\":\"In this month's issue of Motorcycle Mojo, we have a review of the latest bike from Kawasaki with the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2407-Kawasaki-Ninja-HEV-eAlder-9271.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2407-Kawasaki-Ninja-HEV-eAlder-9271.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Step in the Right Direction\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/\",\"name\":\"Motorcycle Mojo\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0793101b816e80c96dca9a3485c6f498\",\"name\":\"gooder\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d855ffe3ba73e04995cb5681817de2d6?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d855ffe3ba73e04995cb5681817de2d6?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"caption\":\"gooder\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/author\/gooder\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid Bike Review | Motorcycle Mojo","description":"In this month's issue of Motorcycle Mojo, we have a review of the latest bike from Kawasaki with the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid Bike Review | Motorcycle Mojo","og_description":"In this month's issue of Motorcycle Mojo, we have a review of the latest bike from Kawasaki with the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid.","og_url":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/","og_site_name":"Motorcycle Mojo","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MOTORCYCLE-MOJO-MAGAZINE-161377162001\/","article_published_time":"2025-02-18T14:54:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-18T14:55:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2407-Kawasaki-Ninja-HEV-eAlder-9271.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"gooder","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@motorcyclemojo","twitter_site":"@motorcyclemojo","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"gooder","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/","url":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/","name":"2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid Bike Review | Motorcycle Mojo","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2407-Kawasaki-Ninja-HEV-eAlder-9271.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-18T14:54:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-18T14:55:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0793101b816e80c96dca9a3485c6f498"},"description":"In this month's issue of Motorcycle Mojo, we have a review of the latest bike from Kawasaki with the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2407-Kawasaki-Ninja-HEV-eAlder-9271.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2407-Kawasaki-Ninja-HEV-eAlder-9271.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2025\/02\/a-step-in-the-right-direction\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Step in the Right Direction"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/","name":"Motorcycle Mojo","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0793101b816e80c96dca9a3485c6f498","name":"gooder","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d855ffe3ba73e04995cb5681817de2d6?s=96&d=mm&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d855ffe3ba73e04995cb5681817de2d6?s=96&d=mm&r=r","caption":"gooder"},"url":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/author\/gooder\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64676,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64565\/revisions\/64676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}