2013 Kawasaki Z800 StreetFighter

[kev@vcm]

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http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2012/09/2013-kawasaki-z800/?gal=1#/0 (http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2012/09/2013-kawasaki-z800/?gal=1#/0)

[xa-mont]

too much "going on" for me.

[EVLZX]

So, where's the Z1200 or Z1400 :)

[Weaselman]

I prefer my thousand over that. That is very... busy?

[hooligan]

oh i dunno, the usal things like getting rid of the can, get a fender eliminator..
it'd have to be fucking cheap to buy that instead of a z1000.

[latheboy]

Not a STREETFIGHTER!!!!!

[kev@vcm]

oh i dunno, the usal things like getting rid of the can, get a fender eliminator..
it'd have to be fucking cheap to buy that instead of a z1000.


its not a fighter buy any means but im sure it will be cheaper than the 1000 you would think so , the aftermarket companys will jump all over this

[Tony Nitrous]

Need to build it with the latest 1400 motor.
Full on, not castrated or re-tuned.

Kwak used to be the Mutt's Nuts, Z900's, H2's etc.
Now like the rest they're safe and sensible and dont
have a naked bike with ball's in their line up.

Suzuki are no better. They need a full on naked GSXR1000
or a stripped down naked Busa.

[Benz]

Why the Hell do they persist in putting the ugliest/hugest/heaviest looking exhausts on these new models?
It is too busy, with too much mass up front, looks like it been in a headon already!

[EVLZX]

Even if they used a zx12r motor in it and tuned it for a bit more torque, that would seem to be the natural K evolution.

[hooligan]

Not a STREETFIGHTER!!!!!
no, it sure ain't a ducati.

[EVLZX]

Why the Hell do they persist in putting the ugliest/hugest/heaviest looking exhausts on these new models?


I think you'll find the exhausts have a lot to do with ever stricter emissions. They've probably got a cat or 2 in them as well.
At least they're attempting to style them on this, the ZX14 one's look like 2 blimp shaped anchors, each muffler has a cat in it, and in the 08 on they also have a third cat in the header as well.

[EVLZX]

no, it sure ain't a ducati.

Yeah these were designed for the road not the workshop floor...

[Tony Nitrous]

There has been talk of a Naked Kwak 1400,

but the stuff i've seen so far has been done on potatoshop
and looks more like a V-Max, M109, V-Rod, old ZL1000 type
Big Gay Cruiser than anything you'd go hunting with....

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1130/kwak14.png

[EVLZX]

Yeah but do you remember the original BKing concept bike back in like 2002 2003, it was supercharged.... and looked shit hot

[Tony Nitrous]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5618/63953984.jpg


http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6928/67400411.jpg

Still the maddest of the Nakeds though.
Rest are either too small, to "cruiser",
have stupid size wheels/shaft drive,
or are low tech "retro".

B-King has a LOT of down sides,
but its the only bike in its class.
The Ugly Bastard, heavy hitter, with sporty running gear Class !

A streetfightered Busa is still better though.

[EVLZX]

Yeah Kawasaki shits me a bit they've got the DAEG but they won't bring it to Australia, a bike that could easily compete with the current bandit. Or they could just pump it up to 1400.

[EVLZX]

http://www.gizmag.com/go/1287/
(http://www.gizmag.com/go/1287/)Yep that is awesome, I think at the time they also had a hayabusa engined car

[Tony Nitrous]

Yeah Kawasaki shits me a bit they've got the DAEG but they won't bring it to Australia, a bike that could easily compete with the current bandit. Or they could just pump it up to 1400.

I like the DAEG (ZRX-revamp) but its still a bit too retro.
Twin shocks, no USD's, etc. Cant see why its not imported.
If the GSX1400 is gone it find find a few new bike buying fan's.
I always thought the ZRX was the more "sporty" option anyway.

[Tony Nitrous]

http://www.gizmag.com/go/1287/
(http://www.gizmag.com/go/1287/)Yep that is awesome, I think at the time they also had a hayabusa engined car

The concept version was waaaay better than the final production version,
but I didnt mind the Gen1 Busa's that Lazareth converted.....

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7224/lazarethgen1.jpg

[EVLZX]

Yeah I just put the zx6 swing arm in there makes it look a bit more modern I reckon, guys in the US were talking about zx14 front end conversions, they look good.

[StuNVA]

I wan't those intake covers