I know that this is old news, couple months old now, but I'm a little upset about Kawasaki not releasing the ZZR-250 here in the States. We have the ZZR-600, already, why not the 250. The ZZR-250 will outsell the Ninja250R in a heartbeat. It already has the 17"wheeels, aluminum chassis, and a better looking fairing...not to mention the great looking tail light like the ZZR-600 has with the red in the center of the Amber lenses! Kawasaki could make a few changes to the ZZR-250 for the States and then we could beef up the bike to be something differrent than the 250R. I'm not trying to ROCK THE MARKET, and bring on the ZX-2R, and generations of new bikes, for the beginners, but Rather bring in the smaller more powerful bikes that we can use to actually race with when we change a few things like fairings and (just like the ZX-6RR/599cc Race bike) have a blast at the race track without the initial $10,000+ out of pocket expenses. Okay a 50cc bike would be cool, too, but the real fun would be in something like the GP bikes. It would get lots of people interested in racing, and if nothing else it ould allow our youth (okay some of us old folks, too) to go out on the track and see how it still feels to fly free without the fear of hurting inocents, or dying because of things on the road like shovels, rakes, ladders, and finding peopel driving cars and trucks that can't seem to see us. Kawasaki has some great engines already...so take them from the KNOBBY BOYS put them in a lightweight aluminum racing frame and get sticky tires.....gee, I'm so upset and hurt that Kawasaki can't get something started, and promote not only safety but racing for our youth, our future GP riders...