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The Kawasaki Vulcan Super Chief was eventually shipped to Japan, where it would inspire the creation and launch of the 1999 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Drifter, whose blacked out handlebar, frame, forks, and shock absorbers, as well as gray engine base, served to emulate the classic look.
Kawasaki vulcan 800, 1999 model, two-tone black and cream. Two models of the Vulcan, VN800A and VN800B, were discontinued in 2006 with the introduction of the VN900. The VN800A, introduced in 1995 and the first of Kawasaki's modern cruiser style, featured a softail design, bobbed rear fender and a 21-inch front wheel. The VN800B (Classic ...
This is a list of Kawasaki motorcycles designed and/or ... Vulcan 1500 Drifter; ... Kawasaki KRR ZX150 (Ninja 150RR) (Production year: 1999–2015) 2-stroke Engine ...
The Drifter VN800 is powered by a modern, carbureted, single overhead cam, single pin, liquid cooled 805 cc 55-degree V-twin engine. The twin cylinders have 'cooling fins', but they are almost entirely for show. The Drifter has a hidden rear mono-shock to make it appear to be a hard-tail, akin to a Harley-Davidson Softail. The front and rear ...
Kawasaki introduced the 750 cc class Vulcan worldwide in 1985. Due to tariff restrictions in the United States on bikes over 700 cc imported from Japan, the initial US spec model was limited to 699 cc and called the Kawasaki Vulcan 700. The tariff was lifted in 1986, and all bikes from then until the production run ended in 2006 were 749 cc.
The Kawasaki Z series is a family of standard/naked bikes manufactured by Kawasaki since 1972. ... (1999–2005) Kawasaki GPZ series (1981–2009) Kawasaki Ninja (ZX, ...
The Kawasaki ZRX1100 was a standard motorcycle made by Kawasaki from 1997 to 2000 with an engine loosely based on the ZX-11. [5] It replaced the Zephyr 1100 . Since the Zephyr 1100 sold poorly in the US, the ZRX1100 was not initially sold in that market until 1999.
The smaller version was designed to be small enough to escape the projected 45% US import tariff on imported bikes, while the larger version was designed to take on the Harley 1340cc Evolution models as well as Japanese bikes like the Kawasaki Vulcan 1500. The US tariff, when passed into law, actually set the import limit at 750 ccs instead of 700.