Kawasaki W800 Cafe Racer Review

With all its vintage charm and café racer good looks kawasaki designed the w800 to emulate their first parallel twin the w1.

Kawasaki w800 cafe racer review. The w800 has been heavily revised for the cafe version with retro styling more torque power and upgrades galore. This bike is not a top seller so it could be challenging to find at local dealerships. Their dedication to the vintage aesthetic included choosing a set of somewhat vintage style dunlop k300 gp tires. The 2019 kawasaki w800 cafe racer has an msrp of 9 799 almost 2 000 less expensive than its italian competitor the ducati scrambler cafe racer.

And now they re joined by a straight w800 variant. Here is our video review. With spot on vintage styling and modern technology the kawasaki w800 cafe establishes itself as a fun motorcycle. For 2019 kawasaki have unleashed a heavily updated w800 cafe version boasting a revised engine new styling and ergonomics lashings of chrome an 18in front wheel and wider lightweight aluminium rims revised and reinforced frame slip and assist.

The 2020 kawasaki w800 comes in candy cardinal red and exact availability is tbd. Retro revisit aboard the new and improved w800. 2019 kawasaki w800 café review. For 2019 kawasaki have unleashed a heavily updated w800 cafe version boasting a revised engine new styling and ergonomics lashings of chrome an 18in front wheel and wider lightweight aluminium rims revised and reinforced frame slip and assist clutch led headlamp clubman bars larger diameter.

The w800 café also gets a bespoke double cradle frame to go with its café racer looks. Best of all the w800 is priced a bit more competitively than its cafe sibling at 9 199. Kawasaki w800 café chassis even though café racers aren t powerful circuit type bikes they are street racers and are expected to deliver decent cornering performance in an urban environment. Up front there s a right side up 41mm fork and in the rear a retro looking dual shock setup.

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