Will Kawi ever make a new 750? - Page 5

deals gap dragon slayer · 03-24-2009, 02:40 PM

IN my day I've had a total of four of Kawi's older 750... a 92 ZX-7RR, a 94, a 98 and a 99 ZX-7R.....
they were great bikes... But by comparison they became outdated... the 600 class was dropping weight like mad.. and Suziki did a redesign on the middle weight gsxr in the late 90's, the kawi never got the upgrade. the last year they made it was in '03 but it was littlerally an IDENTICAL bike to the '96 model. Heavy, carbureted rather than FI... they dropped it because of sales.. but the sales slipped because they failed to upgrade it to match the performance of the Suzuki.

There have been rumors floating around for a few years now that they were planning to re-enter the middleweight class with a ZX8R, but they're just that... rumors...

Homeslice · 03-26-2009, 06:42 PM

I could easily see some BS laws coming out against liter bikes. So a ZX-8R could score some pretty good sales. Insurance would be lower too.

Stretch it out a little bit, make the bars low and far away like the original, make it look like the 10R from the side but give it its own upper fairing and no stupid turn-signal stalks.....Done.

101lifts2 · 03-29-2009, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave

i think you mean longer stroke there

Yeah ur right. Longer stroke means more torque.

101lifts2 · 03-29-2009, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ceo012384

You guys are forgetting that online internet forums often gather a larger percentage of intelligent riders; this is not indicative of the percentage of intelligent riders in the overall riding community.

We here on forums are into bikes, some of us do track days and race, most of us are into riding hard but also safely and geared up.

When the new ninja 250's come out we all are interested... the average rider, not so much. They all want gixxer 1000's.

The market for a 750 just isn't that large, in reality. The gixxer 750 is a sick bike though.

The other thing to note is bike width... the gixxer 1000 is a lot wider when you sit on it than the 750... felt like a tank when i sat on one. Even if the weights were the exact same, I would buy the 750 just for the shape.

Well...since that black stunter dude (can't remember his name) is touting a 636, all the stunters went out and bought one. Gixxer 750s are big squid bikes...don't fool urself.

Rider · 03-30-2009, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Well...since that black stunter dude (can't remember his name) is touting a 636, all the stunters went out and bought one. Gixxer 750s are big squid bikes...don't fool urself.

No more than any other bike. There are far less 750 on the road than 600's and I saw a lot more percentage of douchebags riding 600's than 750's. Around here anyway, most of the 750 riders are older more seasoned riders. The squids will usually pass the 750 and go straight to the liter bikes.

Cutty72 · 03-30-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Well...since that black stunter dude (can't remember his name) is touting a 636, all the stunters went out and bought one. Gixxer 750s are big squid bikes...don't fool urself.

Jason Britton is on a ZX6R, NOT the 636. He just switched last year.

03-26-2009, 06:42 PM	#42
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	I could easily see some BS laws coming out against liter bikes. So a ZX-8R could score some pretty good sales. Insurance would be lower too. Stretch it out a little bit, make the bars low and far away like the original, make it look like the 10R from the side but give it its own upper fairing and no stupid turn-signal stalks.....Done. Last edited by Homeslice; 03-26-2009 at 07:51 PM..

03-24-2009, 02:40 PM	#41
deals gap dragon slayer Addicted to Track Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: McKinney, TX Moto: 2007 Kawi ZX-10R Posts: 147	IN my day I've had a total of four of Kawi's older 750... a 92 ZX-7RR, a 94, a 98 and a 99 ZX-7R..... they were great bikes... But by comparison they became outdated... the 600 class was dropping weight like mad.. and Suziki did a redesign on the middle weight gsxr in the late 90's, the kawi never got the upgrade. the last year they made it was in '03 but it was littlerally an IDENTICAL bike to the '96 model. Heavy, carbureted rather than FI... they dropped it because of sales.. but the sales slipped because they failed to upgrade it to match the performance of the Suzuki. There have been rumors floating around for a few years now that they were planning to re-enter the middleweight class with a ZX8R, but they're just that... rumors...