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The Kawasaki W650 is a retro standard motorcycle marketed by Kawasaki for model years 1999–2007. It was superseded by the Kawasaki W800 . The "W" in "W650" refers to Kawasaki's W1, W2 and W3 models, manufactured between 1967 and 1975. [ 3 ]
The Kawasaki W1 is based heavily on the post-war, pre-unit construction, 500cc vertical-twin BSA A7 design inherited from Meguro, but as time passed, the Kawasaki and BSA designs diverged. [14] The BSA engine has a 70 mm (2.8 in) bore and 84 mm (3.3 in) stroke , whereas the W1 inherited its 72.6 mm (2.86 in) stroke from the K2 engine, adding ...
Kawasaki's first title was with Dave Simmonds in 1969 when they won the 125 cc World Championship. Kawasaki dominated the 250 cc and 350 cc grand prix classes from 1978 to 1982 winning four titles in each category. With the introduction of the four-stroke engines into MotoGP in 2002, Kawasaki decided to take part in the new MotoGP World ...
Kawasaki Estrella Kawasaki W650. In 1999 Kawasaki launched the W650 675 cc parallel twin retro style motorcycle inspired by the W2 [11] and a 250 cc single cylinder four stroke Estrella inspired by an early Meguro model. Kawasaki discontinued the W650 in 2007 but replaced it in 2011 with an enlarged version, the 773cc W800.
The Kawasaki KLR650 is a 652 cc (39.8 cu in) dual-sport motorcycle intended for both on-road and off-road riding. It was a long-standing model in Kawasaki 's lineup, having been introduced in 1987 to replace the 564 cc (34.4 cu in) 1984–1986 Kawasaki KLR600 , and remaining almost unchanged through the 2007 model.
It is named in reference to the four-cylinder motorcycle of the same name also built by Kawasaki in 1976 [1] and was then introduced on the market in Europe at the beginning of 2017. [2] The Z650 was created as a cheaper model than the larger Z900, from which it takes the design and some aesthetic elements.
The Kawasaki W175 is a 177 cc (10.8 cu in) air-cooled four-stroke single-cylinder motorcycle made by Kawasaki since 2017. [1] It is a retro styled , like the Kawasaki W series along with the Estrella (now called as W250), W650 , and W800 .
The Kawasaki W800 is a parallel twin motorcycle manufactured and marketed by Kawasaki from 2011 to 2016, and then since 2019. The W800 is a retro style model that emulates the Kawasaki W series , three models that were produced from 1967 to 1975, and which in turn were based on the British BSA A7 . [ 4 ]