yes, i know its a triumph rip off. I saw one here in Austin a couple of weeks ago and there is one on ebay. looks like a cool bike. Anyone have any experience with one?
Monte knows how modest I am when it comes to talking about my W650. Purchased in August 2000, the bike now has 52,000 miles (trouble free) on the odometer. The only engine tweaking done was to drill out the plugs on the carbs and richen up the pilot jets a bit. Bolt-on's added to the bike areOn 2007-01-31 23:14, mecscc wrote:
Bob (ohiorider) has a beautiful one and loves it. In case he is shy when he posts let me know and I'll upload a pic of it I took last summer.
Monte
AxChewily, it's a derivative of a derivative of a rip off of the BSA A7...On 2007-01-31 21:20, shhs97 wrote:
yes, i know its a triumph rip off.
:roflmoa2:On 2007-02-01 13:54, 357Bob wrote:
I has never seen an odometer that wasn't digital.
Bob, if I remember correctly (and the mind is a terrible thing...), I believe that BSA actually helped Kawa with the development of the W1 & W2's....On 2007-02-01 10:41, ohiorider wrote:
The W650 does have roots in earlier Kaw vertical twins that actually go back to the mid 1960s. As PantherCity stated, the bikes, at least the W1 and W2 series bikes, were much more closely related to BSA than Triumph. Kaw acquired the designs from a much older Japanese bike builder, Meguro. Here's a nice German link (in German) but with some nice shots of the original W bikes.
Photos of Kawasaki W1 and W2 from mid 1960s
History of W Series bikes
Bob
I suspect it would. It is a small bore, long stroke engine much like the older vertical twins, ie BSA, Triumph, Norton, etc. It has a 360 degree crank just like the Bonneville. The biggest issue I could see with switching mufflers is the fact that they are welded solidly to the header pipes. I think if one were to 'cut' them off, some sort of washer would have to be welded into the rear of the pipes to keep the inner and outer pipes apart (double wall).On 2007-02-02 17:26, KF6VGZ wrote:
Does the 650 sound anything like a Triumph?
On 2007-02-01 08:13, ohiorider wrote:
Monte knows how modest I am when it comes to talking about my W650. Purchased in August 2000, the bike now has 52,000 miles (trouble free) on the odometer. The only engine tweaking done was to drill out the plugs on the carbs and richen up the pilot jets a bit. Bolt-on's added to the bike areOn 2007-01-31 23:14, mecscc wrote:
Bob (ohiorider) has a beautiful one and loves it. In case he is shy when he posts let me know and I'll upload a pic of it I took last summer.
Monte
- Kawasaki low handlebar kit (weird bars 1" dia necked down to 3/4"
- National Cycle flyscreen
- Corbin Gunfighter solo saddle
- Five Star Mounts and Givi E21 hard bags
- Five Star rack (like RennTech) only installed when traveling.
If anyone wants, I have written a couple of longer comparisons between the W and my T100, which I'd be happy to post. Just ask.
Here's some photos of the bike Monte and I took early last summer.
W650 Photos on PhotoBucket
Bob