Old Guy
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posted February 04, 2009 08:59 AM
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I suspect Kawi will pull their "R" (race bikes) out of even more competitions in 2010 (in addition to MotoGp), and sales will be down and about 2011 they realize the mistake get back into racing.
That would be a sad mistake alright.
I read somewhere that the 500 is to be dropped. 600/650's got that segment covered.
Hell Kawi didnt have any show prototypes and there is no interesting "spy" photos anywhere and no magazine stuff on any developing models from KHI
So this thread is a mute point. Fun but we know what aint coming.
Now that new Ducati streetfighter I'm seeing in the rags is hot
getts me all 
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davej
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posted February 04, 2009 11:17 AM
For my own interest, would like to see 1349cc and stay out of the 1600cc class. The 14's engine is a perfect turbo motor and if you were to make a guess as to why they made the lower end so tough, the answer would be for a turbo. A turbo like the turbonetics 3/4 builds huge torque at 3000 rpms and above. A fella at work here owns a Suzuki M109R and he was shocked at the amount of low end power. When he throttled for the torque that gear would finish in a couple seconds, it was over before he started.
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WRECKSHOP
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posted February 04, 2009 06:23 PM
You will definately see a change in the fuel injection system. They will be incorporating 8 injectors instead of the current 4 which will give you a bigger hit on the top end and it should have all Titanium valves on the intake and exhaust and some minor tuning and tweaking of the cylinder head !!! Maybe 4-6 more horsepower and a couple foot pounds of torque is what i'm guessing !!! It's definately going to be more powerful !!!
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KZScott
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posted February 04, 2009 09:17 PM
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When will they just give up on bigger cc's and go to turbos, like they did with the old GPZ750. It has got to come to this eventually.
isnt there some fukked up law saying you cant have a factory turbo anymore? im not sure where i heard or read that... its why they quit making the Z1RTC or 750 turbo isnt it?? (hopefully im wrong on that one) a factory turbo with forged pistons would be awesome. crank up the boost and run c16 at the track, run pump on the street....
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Old Guy
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posted February 04, 2009 11:15 PM
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I suspect Kawi will pull their "R" (race bikes) out of even more competitions in 2010 (in addition to MotoGp), and sales will be down and about 2011 they realize the mistake get back into racing.
They got their US superbike team still. Good Luck beating the yosh team.
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Juice McGoose
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posted February 05, 2009 02:17 AM
"isnt there some fukked up law saying you cant have a factory turbo anymore"
I haven't heard of one. There is still a lot of cars with turbos. I had an Eagle Talon turbo for 10 years. When you hop them up they get better gas milage. I went from low 15's to low 13's and 21 mpg to 25 mpg.
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tnchip
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posted February 05, 2009 05:26 AM
There is no law stopping factory turbo bikes ,the jap four just have not built one since 85.
Dont see them changing their minds anytime soon.They are very concerned about
public image and stirring up trouble with lawmakers. Caution on their part is what gave
us the voluntary 186 mph limit. If they wanted to build a rocket they easily could, but they
just want to make money and not damage their chances of making more in the future.
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fish_antlers
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posted February 05, 2009 08:53 AM
factory turbo would be amazing 
after riding Honda's CBR w/ ABS, think this would be a good option too, provided it operated in the BG like the Honda system.
Retiring the grills would be nice too 
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SteveWFL
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posted February 05, 2009 09:46 PM
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Retiring the grills would be nice too
+1
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kawasakijockey
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posted February 06, 2009 04:54 AM
If they could just build a turbo 800-900cc engine at 3-4 psi boost where you as a consumer would have room to maximize power to it, thats all I am asking. They would use less fuel tooling around on which means less emissions. The cost to produce this would of course be more but to have that potential evryone would pay a little more. How far can we expect them to go on cc's without them being smacked by emissions laws, etc.
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fish_antlers
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posted February 27, 2009 09:08 AM
top!
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posted February 27, 2009 09:23 AM
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My 2010 prediction: new busa loses a few pounds, and gets a mild redesign that leaves it looking MUCH nicer. Not so much a prediction as a fact, as I got this leaked photo:
ZX14 riders better watch out for these hitting the track. Don't wanna be losin no pink slip races to this bad boy!
...that made me chuckle...a lot
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fish_antlers
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posted June 19, 2009 06:04 AM
to the top!
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SteveWFL
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posted June 19, 2009 06:22 AM
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When will they just give up on bigger cc's and go to turbos, like they did with the old GPZ750. It has got to come to this eventually.
isnt there some fukked up law saying you cant have a factory turbo anymore? im not sure where i heard or read that... its why they quit making the Z1RTC or 750 turbo isnt it?? (hopefully im wrong on that one) a factory turbo with forged pistons would be awesome. crank up the boost and run c16 at the track, run pump on the street....
The liberal governments of America and Europe would never allow such in the market place (emissions tests and tree-hugging)
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fish_antlers
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posted June 20, 2009 06:12 AM
nuthin more?
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zixxer14
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posted June 20, 2009 07:59 AM
I'm thinking we need a new ZX-15 with the 1498cc Supercharged 260hp motor in their watercraft. Mow that would move out!!
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jessejames82
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posted June 20, 2009 06:22 PM
2 stroke zx14
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posted June 20, 2009 07:26 PM
New Paint. Bold new Graphics!
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