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acecycleins · 06-23-2010, 11:50 AM

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This thing is sweet. Wonder what the weight is? If the hp figures stand they should discontinue the EX500 and bring these here.

Kenneth_Moore · 06-23-2010, 12:49 PM

Hmm, it's even got the Versys "laydown" shock along the side. Pretty neat, it might be a way cool starter bike. Except nobody would buy it.

pplassm · 06-24-2010, 07:01 AM

I don't think they really address the problem, though. As I see it, there is a lack of mid sized motorcycles that are suitable for smaller riders, specifically women. It's not the engine size that matters that much.

These bikes appear to to be the same as motorcycles that are already sold here, with smaller engines.

seruzawa · 06-24-2010, 07:12 AM

I might buy something like that. I've been thinking about another bike specifically for the hundreds of miles canyon/mountain roads nearby. My usual bikes like the ZRX1100 or Tiger are just too much. I seldom get out of second gear. A smaller bike that gave some need to row the gearbox would be a lot more fun. Not to mention that lighter bikes are always more fun on twisty roads anyhow.

Kenneth_Moore · 06-24-2010, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by seruzawa

A smaller bike that gave some need to row the gearbox would be a lot more fun. Not to mention that lighter bikes are always more fun on twisty roads anyhow.

Like an old Spitfire with a whopping 42 hp? I had a lot of fun with that car at 45 mph.

MOKE1K · 06-24-2010, 08:36 AM

How long it's been since Iv lusted after a 400 supersport for the US. Although this is nothing like a supersport and not coming here, American sportbike riders would truly benefit from a smaller lighter bike.

I disagree they don't have a market in the US for 400cc's. But it also takes time to start a trend. Like naked bikes, they bring the Bking over for one or two years and wonder why it won't sell. It's about cultivating coolness. That doesn't happen overnight, and it's starts with aiming for new riders with smaller bikes.

seruzawa · 06-24-2010, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenneth_Moore

Like an old Spitfire with a whopping 42 hp? I had a lot of fun with that car at 45 mph.

Sort of like that except without the needing new starters and alternators and head gaskets and SU carb adjustments every couple of weeks.

sparkm · 07-01-2010, 10:29 PM

hi
this thing is nice...

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TheCycleGuy · 10-08-2010, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenneth_Moore

Hmm, it's even got the Versys "laydown" shock along the side. Pretty neat, it might be a way cool starter bike. Except nobody would buy it.

+1

It'd probably cost more than the EX500, since the 500 hasn't really changed in, like, forever.

06-23-2010, 11:50 AM	#1
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	New Kawi's but not for us New 400cc Kawasaki models - \| Motorbike reviews \| Latest Bike Videos \| MCN This thing is sweet. Wonder what the weight is? If the hp figures stand they should discontinue the EX500 and bring these here. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

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Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	Hmm, it's even got the Versys "laydown" shock along the side. Pretty neat, it might be a way cool starter bike. Except nobody would buy it. __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

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pplassm Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,875	I don't think they really address the problem, though. As I see it, there is a lack of mid sized motorcycles that are suitable for smaller riders, specifically women. It's not the engine size that matters that much. These bikes appear to to be the same as motorcycles that are already sold here, with smaller engines. __________________ Mongo just pawn in game of life.

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seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	I might buy something like that. I've been thinking about another bike specifically for the hundreds of miles canyon/mountain roads nearby. My usual bikes like the ZRX1100 or Tiger are just too much. I seldom get out of second gear. A smaller bike that gave some need to row the gearbox would be a lot more fun. Not to mention that lighter bikes are always more fun on twisty roads anyhow. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

06-24-2010, 08:36 AM	#6
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	How long it's been since Iv lusted after a 400 supersport for the US. Although this is nothing like a supersport and not coming here, American sportbike riders would truly benefit from a smaller lighter bike. I disagree they don't have a market in the US for 400cc's. But it also takes time to start a trend. Like naked bikes, they bring the Bking over for one or two years and wonder why it won't sell. It's about cultivating coolness. That doesn't happen overnight, and it's starts with aiming for new riders with smaller bikes. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell Last edited by MOKE1K : 06-24-2010 at 08:42 AM.

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