2009 Kawasaki Vulcan® 1700 Voyager
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I am Happy with this bike
By (I am an Owner) on Jan 06, 2010I upgraded form a Vulcan 1500 Classic. I love this bike the ride is sweet and comfortable. I have however ordered the new Gel seat I think that should have been the stock seat. And I agree the accessories are slow in comming and it was in bad tast to shoe the new Saddlebag chrome trim at the recent ... bike show when thay are not even approved for production yet. But over all its a sweet V twin and my Harley reiding buddies like it as well as you can a "Rice Burner" but then they did pay twice as must form all of the Tiwanan made chrome on their Harleys.
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2009 Voyager 1700
By (I am an Owner) on Nov 19, 2009Our 16th bike, 4500km now pretty much broken in. Very comfortable for rider and passenger, finally got the intercom and it is great! the engine pulls much better now than when it was new - pulls from 1000RPM cleanly - very nice. I have a riding buddy with an 1800 Goldwing (same as our last bike)and ... he was shocked that I could keep up with him 0-150km and frankly so was I because the 1700 doesn't really sound like it is working all that hard and everyone knows the Goldwing is no slouch.
Great storage capacity, great handling - especially two up U turns, really good suspension front and back, great LED lighting on the back. Probably the only thing I miss from the Goldwing is the reverse, however after 40 years of being carefull where I park my bike, I can be carefull again.
Great bike, best ever for us!
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New Voyager
By (I am an Owner) on Oct 24, 2009I traded in my baggerized 1600 classic when my Voyager arrived in June, and couldn't be happier. The voyager runs stronger, handles better, and rides smoother. She's a bit big for the daily commute, but so was the 1600. On the road she really shines. Altho I haven't found any aftermarket assessories, ... the Kawasaki web site is now listing them for this model.
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New purchase
By (I am an Owner) on Aug 22, 2009Just bought an 09 Voyager and love it. It rides very smooth that you are doing 80 before you realize it. The stereo is plenty loud and clear and the cruise control makes a moderate highway trip really nice. This bike has a small bike turning radius that will compare to any touring bike and most ... smaller cruisers.
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You nailed itTom
By (I am an Owner) on Aug 13, 2009I agreed 100% with Tom I purchased my voyager on 6/5/09 and ask on a weekly basis when will there be accessories for my newly purchased bike and no one seems to no. When you go to the kawasaki website inquiring about accessories it tells you to check with your local dealer. I just recently returned ... from Atlanta Ga. attending the national biker round up hoping to find products there but to no avail. All the vendors seem to cater the harley davidson crowd. At this point I wished I had bought the street glide or the ultra glide, at least they have upgrades and accessories.
Cliff R.
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Kawasaki Voyager
By (I am an Owner) on Jul 16, 2009Just purchased a 1700 Voyager thinking it would be an upgrade from my Vulcan 1600 Nomad. WRONG! This bike has been touted as Kawasaki's top of the the line product but they have found it acceptable to market a (full dresser)product that they do not support with any accessories that this market segment ... wants or needs to enhance thier riding experince. I now have a product that dose not meet my riding needs and that Kawasaki could care less about supporting. They advertise and state in all of there reviews that CB's, and IPod connections are available as upgrades. THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE! Furthermore they can not even say when or if these upgrade ever will be!
Hey Kawasaki if you think that riders will buy full dressers that can't be accessorized you won't be selling many more, there is not one accessory available for this model none, no chrome nothing.
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Great Ride.
By (I am an Owner) on Jul 09, 2009Just got the bike last week. July 7th.
It rides great. Put over 600 miles the first weekend I had it.Had a Kawasaki 2006 2000cc but this one rides a lot better for driver and passenger.
Charles
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