« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2020, 10:12:34 PM »
I thought the big problem in the way was meeting new emissions standards for 2021. Either the standards have not changed or Kawasaki has been able to meet them at a reasonable cost. ??
I am not aware of any new emissions requirements for North America for motorcycles. In the USA, the only big change was in 2010, and the C14 already met those requirements. I think Canada is mostly "me too" in this regards.
The EU made a big change to Euro 4 in 2016. But Kawasaki discontinued the C14 in the EU at the end of the 2018. I originally thought Euro 4 might have contributed to killing the C14 in the EU, but the timeline doesn't match, and its sister, the ZR-14 is still sold there until the end of 2020. (Euro 5 takes effect in 2021, so that could have been the certain end for the ZX-14 there).
I never saw a definitive reason for dropping the C14 in the EU. Most probably sales numbers or marketing positioning.
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