2022 Kawasaki Z650RS

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Why did you think you could get a red one?

Read the first 3 lines in post #140.
The salesman was told right up front.

Sometimes I think the salesmen themselves don't really know, or don't research it fully.

I was curious so looking at the Canadian Kawasaki site: 

https://www.kawasaki.ca/en-ca/motorcycle...ort/z650rs

I see that the ebony/gold is the (only?) option for '25 and the red is the color for '24:



IF that's the the case, maybe search for a leftover '24.  It seems to me official websites for different makes publicize what they will offer for a given year up front; but they don't always have multiple color options available straight away.  

I hope I'm mistaken for your sake and that a '25 red is available, but we are in August already--if red were an option, I'd think the Kawi web site would show that.

For my Kawasaki '21 w800 blue that I bought new September of '23, I looked high and low for a new one.  There were a number of red ones, but I was adamant about blue.  From my searches across the whole of the U.S., I may have found the last new blue one available.  Fortune would have it that it was tucked away in the back of a small dealership in a rural area of n. Washington.  5 hour drive to pick it up, and they were happy to "get rid" of it.

edit: 2026 models aren't too far away; maybe a red will be an option soon. I've seen Kawasaki have some decent "Christmas / New Year sales" for new up-coming models the last few years.