Stop Riding Your 2024-2026 Kawasaki ZX-6R Right No...

To start with, you are not having déjà vu when you assume you have already seen this recall. Again in June 2025, there was a very similar recall from Kawasaki Motors Company USA, particularly referring to 2024 and 2025 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6Rs. I am additionally right here to let you know that if you’re the proprietor of a motorbike affected by that earlier recall, sadly that does not allow you to off the hook. Your bike is affected by the recall I am about to let you know about right here, too.

Prepared? On November 18, 2025, Kawasaki USA issued a cease sale and cease supply discover to its total dealership community relating to a number of 2024 by 2026 mannequin 12 months Ninja ZX-6R variants. I will stick all of them in a desk to maintain issues somewhat less complicated right here.

Based on Kawasaki’s data, roughly 20,301 bikes might doubtlessly be affected by this recall within the US market. This represents round 1 % of the inhabitants.

The problem, as with the sooner recall issued for some 2024 and 2025 Ninja ZX-6Rs, entails potential seizure of the #5 steel crankshaft bushing contained in the engine. This might unexpectedly trigger the engine to stall, which might improve a rider’s threat of harm, or a crash.

Now, here is the kicker. For this specific recall, Kawasaki’s official safety recall report as filed with the US Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration reads as its description of the trigger for this recall that, “The axial power of the bolts holding the crank case collectively may be extreme as a consequence of variations within the tightening of those bolts in the course of the restore course of for the prior recall. Because of this, the #5 steel crankshaft bushing may be broken by improper oil clearance between the crankshaft and the bushing.”

Because of this, Kawasaki is advising all homeowners of those bikes to right away cease driving their affected 2024 by 2026 Ninja ZX-6Rs, till the restore may be accomplished. At the moment, Kawasaki says {that a} treatment is “underneath growth,” and that it doesn’t but have a notification or restore schedule. 

Based on the Cease Sale discover that Kawasaki issued to its US dealership community, Kawasaki totally intends to announce the repairs as soon as components change into accessible, which ought to occur in early December 2025. 

Homeowners might contact Kawasaki USA’s Buyer Service hotline at 1-855-878-4217. Moreover, homeowners might contact the NHTSA Car Security Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-888-275-9171) or go to www.nhtsa.gov . NHTSA’s marketing campaign quantity for this recall is 25V798.