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no price advantage over the real thing that happens to be a great product. and at about 40 HP at the rear sorry, V7 any time before this. in addition they raised the Versys 1000 from $12995 to 17995 by adding a few gizmos found on their other bikes. THEY ARE NUCKING FUTS!!!
Not at all interesting to me, looks like another copy job from Japan. Meh.
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Kawasaki-W-series
Yep a copy of a Japanese bike that copied a BSA. Kawacopy! LoL
Jas67,Looks like we both liked to do some light touring on our W650s. Here's a pic of mine, taken in September 2006, riding along Rt 39 in Virginia, overlooking the Maury River, which runs through Goshen Pass.- Aftermarket fly screen- Kawasaki Euro bars - Corbin saddle- 5 Star pannier mounts- Givi E21 hard bagsPurchased new in August 2000. Approaching 50,000 trouble-free miles in Sept 2006. A well-built machine.
Must be the only one, but I think it looks pretty cool..
At nearly $10k, I do think the price is about $2,000 too high. The Guzzi V7III's are a much better deal. At $10k, these will languish on dealer floors like the Honda CB1100's did, and will be sold as 2-3 year old models for $7k. Due to this, Kawasaki will discontinue them promptly, and not attempt to import them to the US again.
Seems something like this is wanted?
I do think that only offering the Cafe in the US is a mistake. I would think that they'd sell 3 standards for every Cafe.
One would think that Kaw would have amortized the cost of the W650 and W800 series over the past 19 - 20 years, Euro 4/5 aside.
Agreed, at least on looks:BUT, I'd rather own and ride the W800, as it is a known quantity from the reliability standpoint. Of course, the W800 is nearly twice the money.
A little late Kawi and double the price of:
I predict that the W800 will out perform, be more comfortable, and more reliable than the new RE twin.
Yes, but according to the press releases this is not the W650/W800 we know. 90 % of the engine are new according them, and a new frame is mentioned. If we are unlucky this is another 270 degrees twin. One should leave that to real V-twins and build parallel twins instead.