EICMA 2022

[KungFooBob]

It reminds me of what someone once said about the Mitsubishi FTO: Looks like it races Porsches, actually races Mondeos.

I had an FTO GPX, it felt proper fast, but then it was FWD and 200bhp and no traction control.

[A_morti]

What do we think about the CL500?
Hipster shite, or with its 6" of bounciness front and back plus a 19" front wheel, a pretty useful bike?

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new ... scrambler/

[Supermofo]

What do we think about the CL500?
Hipster shite, or with its 6" of bounciness front and back plus a 19" front wheel, a pretty useful bike?

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new ... scrambler/

It's not my cup of tea but like the Kwak Vulcan probably a useful and cool looking bike for some people.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It's like a modern SLR650

[Bustaspoke]

What do we think about the CL500?
Hipster shite, or with its 6" of bounciness front and back plus a 19" front wheel, a pretty useful bike?

I think it would look better with spoke wheels & a different exhaust,probably a pretty useful bike

[ChrisW]

Kawasaki are getting into the badge engineering game - you can now pay more for a KX450X with Bimota on the seat.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Are Kawasaki MX bikes still Suzuki MX bikes with different badges like they were 20 years ago?

Edit: 30 seconds of googling says yes they are.

[ChrisW]

I thought the MX collab ended a while ago, perhaps 2006 or 2007. I had a 2007 KX250F and I'm fairly sure it was post-RMZ.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I thought the MX collab ended a while ago, perhaps 2006 or 2007. I had a 2007 KX250F and I'm fairly sure it was post-RMZ.

That looks a lot like an RMX450Z or whatever the Suzuki equivalent is called.

[KungFooBob]

MCN list the differences between the Kawasaki and Bimota versions as...

Different headlamp
Different capacity tank
Different paint job

Fuck all really.

[ChrisW]

I thought the MX collab ended a while ago, perhaps 2006 or 2007. I had a 2007 KX250F and I'm fairly sure it was post-RMZ.

That looks a lot like an RMX450Z or whatever the Suzuki equivalent is called.

Maybe they re-kindled the relationship.

[KungFooBob]

There's a rumour of another Bimota. It's an Adventure bike based on their Tesi H2 (which uses the Kawasaki H2 supercharged engine) called the Terra.

Supercharged 200bhp ADV bike!!!