A Rare Miss for Kawasaki

[The Spaceman]

Originally Posted by sarnali2

Putting that clunky old dinosaur 1050 in with sleek and modern bikes like the GS and Versys is just mean....

Yeah, that thing's waay past it's prime; they shoulda taken it out and shot it years ago. Probably a few old-timers out there still thinking that "Big Triple" is just the shnitz, while everybody laughs up their sleeves as they putt by.

[MOKE1K]

Originally Posted by The Spaceman

I realize that the "ADV" market is hot, but really Kawasaki, is stuffing an I-4 Z-1000 engine into a Versys dress the best you can come up with?

When I first heard about the "Versys 1000," I was pretty interested...but Sweet Jesus, that thing is a mess. We all know that ADV bikes spend the vast majority of their time on the road, but you want to at least pretend you can take it off pavement.

I really like Kawasaki, but this bike is a real disappointment.

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Whenever the Japanese have a chance to throw an exsisting engine in another frame thay take that chance. Im not sure who they're trying to impress with this new adventure bike but its most definitely their M.O. as with the other three rising sun maufactures.

Which is,... "what do we already make that we can turn into an adventure bike." It's the same old business approach. This is one reason I like companies like Victory, at least they follow their own designs instead of copying someone elses.

On another note why did Suzuki bring back the DL1000 instead of other models that out sold it by a mile, such as SV,DRZSM,GS,VS8&14,C109,
M90,etc,...

[Buzglyd]

Originally Posted by MOKE1K

Whenever the Japanese have a chance to throw an exsisting engine in another frame thay take that chance. Im not sure who they're trying to impress with this new adventure bike but its most definitely their M.O. as with the other three rising sun maufactures.

Which is,... "what do we already make that we can turn into an adventure bike." It's the same old business approach. This is one reason I like companies like Victory, at least they follow their own designs instead of copying someone elses.

On another note why did Suzuki bring back the DL1000 instead of other models that out sold it by a mile, such as SV,DRZSM,GS,VS8&14,C109,
M90,etc,...

"This is one reason I like companies like Harley-Davidson, at least they follow their own designs instead of copying someone elses. "

Fixed that for ya Moke!

[The Spaceman]

Originally Posted by MOKE1K

On another note why did Suzuki bring back the DL1000 instead of other models that out sold it by a mile, such as SV,DRZSM,GS,VS8&14,C109,
M90,etc,...

The DL1000 came out over a decade ago. Here was Suzuki in 2001, with a big ADV bike with an extended suspension, 19" front wheel, v-twin engine, many of the things that Ducati, Triumph, Buell, and others have just introduced in the past couple of years on their ADV bikes. I think Suzuki is hoping that the market has caught up with the bike, and that it will recoup some of it's investment in the model.

[MOKE1K]

Possibly, or they have so many laying around in there warehouse that they have to do something with them,....