Re: [ST] Kawasaki ER6-f

["Joel Ashman" <ashmite@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, it looks like Kawi is doing what I thought Suzuki should have done
with the SV.  Take a good frame and a great engine.  Make it into a Naked
Bike (done), A Sport Bike (done), a Commuter/Light Sports Tourer (Full
Fairing, Tall bars), and an Adventure Tourer (taller suspension & wheels,
half fairing version of Tourer).

Easy to engineer and manufacture (stolen from VW) and decent profitability.

Kawi just needs the full Adventure version of the Versys. Wonder if we'll
see the other 2 of 3 Kawis here in the US

--Joel.


On 9/26/06, Gavin Foster <gavfos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I agree - what a delightful little bike. I rode the naked version from
> Johannesburg to Durban, adding 200km to the 500 km trip because I enjoyed it
> so much. I reckon the Suzuki SV 650 may have a little more grunt, but the
> Kawa works very well and, I think, the naked version looks best. The Versys
> will be launched in South Africa in a month or two as the KLE 650 -  a
> replacement for the KLE 500.  Pity about the small front wheel - it could
> make a great adventure bike.
>
> Gavin Foster
> Durban, South Africa
>
> '03 Triumph Sprint RS
> '06 Kawasaki KLR
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