Is Kawasaki Athlete 125 the Base Model for All New Modenas with Monoshock Chassis?

MM reader, Norhisham Parjoh (thanks bro!), has commented on the MM FB page with a link to a picture of the Kawasaki Athlete 125. This bike is rated at 125cc 4-stroke type engine. If the picture here is the base model for the all new Modenas, I think many riders in Malaysia will be happy.

The rumors earlier states that the monoshock chassis will follow the setup of the near-horizontal monoshock setup like the one we see on the Kawasaki ER-6. This Athlete 125 really have that kind of monoshock setup as shown in the picture. The lower spec model is the Kawasaki Fury 125 which has stainless steel wheel with front brake disc only. The price for this bike is estimated at USD1,380(RM4,179) in Philippines.

I writing this news based on input by readers and by my guess only. I don’t know if this is the all new bike from Modenas.  Picture credit to: Triatmono