India, Feb. 23 -- Kawasaki has just launched the Ninja 500 in the Indian market. Available at an introductory price of Rs 5.24 lakh (ex-showroom), the new sportbike is expected to replace the Ninja 400, which carries the same sticker price as its bigger sibling. Kawasaki's pricing for the Ninja 500 makes the model more expensive and less affordable than its chief rivals - the Aprilia RS 457 (Rs 4.10 lakh) and the Yamaha YZF-R3 (Rs 4.65 lakh). The former is the Italian bikemaker's first made-in-India motorcycle, while the latter is a completely built-up unit like the Ninja 500, hence the higher price tags. Here, we compare the Kawasaki Ninja 500 with the updated version of the Yamaha YZF-F3 to see how they stack up against each other:

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