Kawasakit GTR1400

[Red01]

Around 4 moths ago, Cycle World showed a photoshop job of a rumored Kawasaki GTR1400. It was discussed some in a ZX 14 thread.

Here's a scan of the little blurb CW gave it:



The other day, while browsing French news stands for magazines with the new B12.5, I came across another French rag called L'Integral. They had a two page article on the GTR1400. These pics don't look photoshopped to me.
(And I really like how they toned down the Testarossa grillwork of the ZZR/ZX1!)

[fritobandito]

Yes this is in fact the new Concours to come out. It's been all over a Concours BBS as well as the GPZ mailing list.

[dandit]

Why the hell doesn't Suzuki make something like that. I'll keep my bandit forever but the little lady and I would love one of these. I would really like to stay with Suz but ...

[TK421]

You took the words right out of my mouth.  This bike will mean Suzuki is now the only one of the Japanese big 4 without a comparable entry.

[fritobandito]

By the way, that picture in the first post is not the same as the rest. The first one is a ZX-14 with luggage. The others are the newest Connie that will come out.

[moddedtunnel]

The ZX-14 is a very difficult bike to work on the engine .

That new bike is supposed to come with some type of V-Tec and if it's like the Interceptor 800 or worse , oh boy there's going to be quite a few maintenance intervals bypassed .

[Old_n_Slow]

There may be something in the wind, Here's what Zuk did in the UK for '06


http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page=motorcyclenews.articles.articleCategory.article&resourceId=5535437&articleCategory=NEWS_NEW-BIKES

Ugly as sin but at least they've acknowledged a sport touring market. Clean up the bags, offer lowers on the fairing and we may have something here!

[dandit]

The Bandit still looks better sans luggage. Suzuki really should get with the program. A comfortable, well designed, sport " dresser " with 120+ rwhp would sell like crazy I won't ride a cruiser and I don't want to fork over the money for a Beemer. You can't beat Japanese reliability or performance.

[Red01]

By the way, that picture in the first post is not the same as the rest. The first one is a ZX-14 with luggage. The others are the newest Connie that will come out.  

Of course it was... it was a photoshop job on a ZX-14 done before Kawasaki had made anything public.

UPDATE:

Finally, some power numbers have been released:

152.8 hp (114 KW) @ 8,800 RPM
100.3 ft-lbs (13,9 kgm or 136 Nm) @ 6,200 RPM

Also, some newer pics. The first ones were of the prototype. Looks like there's been some tweaking of the fairing vents - perhaps to avoid some of the heat complaints the FJR & ST13 owners gave their bikes?

[SteelD]

You took the words right out of my mouth.  This bike will mean Suzuki is now the only one of the Japanese big 4 without a comparable entry.

Well, they introduced the Hayabusa. Then they made a street version called the B-King. What's to say that their next variant won't be a full-on sport-tourer with luggage?

(It should really have a shaft drive though.)

[CWO4GUNNER]

[ZenMan]

It's a nice bike! Looks good, good numbers, I like the black of course.  

What's 16,500 Euros come out to in American dollars, I wonder?  

[CWO4GUNNER]

[SteelD]

It's a nice bike! Looks good, good numbers, I like the black of course.  

What's 16,500 Euros come out to in American dollars, I wonder?  

You don't want to go there. It will be a big heavy bike nowhere as agile as the 1250 and for the money you could have two 1250s.

[Red01]

It's a nice bike! Looks good, good numbers, I like the black of course.  

What's 16,500 Euros come out to in American dollars, I wonder?  

I like the black better than the silver, too... maybe red is on the horizon for next year?  

At today's rate, €16,500 = US$22,262.45

Don't let that scare you though. Bikes in Europe almost always cost quite a bit more than the same thing in the US. Kawi has promised the C14 will be priced competively with the FJR. Current speculation, based on how released prices in other countries compare to the FJR in the same country say the new C14 should have a MSRP of ~$13.8K +/- a few hundred.

Not quite the price of two new 1250s.