C14 Prices Announced

[twowheelnut]

Clickage.

 

[Rogue]

Looks like they got the price right...... Too bad they didn't get the styling right. :lol:

 

[Barabus]

Looks like they got the price right...... Too bad they didn't get the styling right. :lol:

Have to see it with the bags off before I pass judgement there.

 

[Wicked Webby]

Looks like they got the price right...... Too bad they didn't get the styling right. :lol:

Have to see it with the bags off before I pass judgement there.

Barabus.............Ask and you shall receive.....

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s...c=21897&hl=

WW :yahoo:

 

[Bike Effects]

That muffler looks really bad until you take the bags off and then it is HORRIFIC!

 

[Topspeed]

That muffler looks really bad until you take the bags off and then it is HORRIFIC!

lol

+1 couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[Hit the Road Jack]

That muffler looks really bad until you take the bags off and then it is HORRIFIC!

My thoughts exactly! Totally removes the bike from ever being considered.

And those side strakes on the radiator outlet and saddlebags are a little too much!

 

[wpbfjr]

for you free thinkers, don't forget that D&H in cullman alabama also sells the kawai line...

you KNOW they will make you a sweet deal same as they did on the FJR!!!

 

[shokdimn]

Thinking freely here. Bout 2 ½ hours from D & H.

TWN thinks I’m a traitor; :no: however, I’m figuring his spell check s/w failed him. :yes: It’s “trader”.

:bike:

 

[one day]

I'll have to wait and see what the real world experiences are. If it doesn't stumble and surge especially with elevation changes AND if yami hasn't addressed that issue, I'll be hard pressed not to buy one. No matter how big the exhaust is.

 

[cctxfjr]

waiting on ride report-power,vibs,trans shifting ease, fall over protection and windshield comfort (things I dislike on FJR excluding power) There will be other mufflers out soon.

 

[Jaycen]

I gotta think that the Ugly tree fell on the design department at the Kawi Plant............I can't find an angle I like on that thing.

 

[shokdimn]

..........I can't find an angle I like on that thing.

I like the frontal. Looking directly into its eyes (headlights). I’m imagining, :innocent: for decorative purposes, a set of sinister looking eye brows :mace_rune: just above each headlight and perhaps a menacing set of fake teeth with fangs, kinda like some of those long-haul truckers (18 wheelers) have on their radiator grill, located just below the headlights.

:bike:

 

[markjenn]

Aggressive price. Good to see Kawi applying pressure to Yamaha here - the FJR price has been creeping up pretty aggressively over the years. If the bike manages to be as nimble as the FJR but with all the extra power and features, I could look past the styling. But like any completely new design, I'd wait a year for the bugs to surface and be corrected.

- Mark

 

[twowheelnut]

Thinking freely here. Bout 2 ½ hours from D & H.
TWN thinks I’m a traitor; :no: however, I’m figuring his spell check s/w failed him. :yes: It’s “trader”.

:bike:

Yeah, but you still promised me a test ride! By the way... Might I suggest a visit to Jenny Craig to help offset the weight gain you are about to experience? :lol:

If the bike manages to be as nimble as the FJR but with all the extra power and features, I could look past the styling.
- Mark

It's heavier and the power difference ain't enough to overcome the pork. Plus, it's down on range.

 

[madmike2]

I'm glad to see them in the market with the C-14. The more Sport Tourers the better. Who cares who thinks whose is the best? Buy one....then lets go for a ride. I figure that more people in this segment of motorcycling will end up for the benefit of all of us. Good for Kawi to finally update the old version. I hope this one lasts as long.

Besides....my dad kin whup yer dad!

 

[06INDIXIE]

Good price, I will be checking it out. My local dealer said that he will be turning in his order in two weeks with expected delivery sometime in September or October. He also mentioned that every dealer in the U.S will get one C14 before any dealer gets all that he ordered but who knows. As far as styling goes the oft mentioned side strakes I'm sure would not be there if they did not serve a purpose. Remember this bike was supposedly subjected to the wind tunnel for testing and the strakes would in my thinking do the same as the strakes on the roof of your truck if you have a crew cab you know what I'm talking about. Maybe they calm down the turbulence and allow the air to flow around the bike. Sounds good now doesn't it? It would also make you think that the windshield would be a good one from day one with no replacement needed.

 

[mdisher]

I like the aggressive pricing.

Let's hope this puts Yamaha on the offensive to get something special done for 08, though I'm not holding my breath.

 

[markjenn]

It's heavier and the power difference ain't enough to overcome the pork. Plus, it's down on range.

Based on what? Kawaski hasn't published any weights. While it looks like a slightly bigger bike than the FJR, it's also a six-year-newer design and they could have easily matched or even bested the FJR's weight. And while they're down 0.8 gallons on gas, I'd bet a dollar to a donut, they get an easy 5 mpg better than the FJR with the VVT and more advanced engine management system. That would make range about a wash.

We'll have to wait and see.

- Mark