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2009 Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager First Ride
…riders, and touches of new bodywork and lots more chrome are included in the 2009 upgrades. The new engine is based on the powerplant used in the Vulcan 2000, except the 1700 uses a single overhead cam in each cylinder head instead of the 2000?s push-rod actuated overhead valve arrangement. The 102mm X…
2006 Bonneville Speed Trials Recap
…hunt for the world record, but there were plenty of other bikes trying to break records out on the Bonneville salt, including the MCUSA-sponsored Vulcan 2000.The headline news coming out of the Salt Flats in 2006 was the epic three-way world-record streamliner fight, which we have already chronicled with…
2005 Triumph Rocket III First Ride
…easily it picked up off the stand, and how fuss free it was to roll around the parking lot. This was most certainly not the case with Kawasaki's new Vulcan 2000, and I think I had expected the Triumph to feel the same. Reaching over the small speedometer and tachometer, I twisted the ignition key and fired…
2005 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 Comparo
If you're looking for a super-sized custom in the classic cruiser idiom, Kawasaki's Vulcan 2000 is it. It's both classy and obnoxious, a combination that we often like.Kawasaki Vulcan 2000It's a weird comment on the current state of motorcycling when a rider of the largest V-Twin engine in production…
2004 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000
Technical jargon aside, the Vulcan is nothing if not a blast to ride.Y2K? 'Cause it Kicks Ass!Kawasaki didn't start the big-bore V-Twin cruiser wars, but they may have just ended it. After touring Santa Barbara County for two days during the Vulcan 2000 media introduction, one thing is clear: Team Green…
2005 Bruiser Cruiser Comparo The Verdict
…powerplant, classic cruiser styling, a high degree of detail polishing, and a reasonable $14,499 price tag, the Vulcan 2000 emerges with MCUSA's Bruiser Cruiser title.First Place - Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 As motojournalists, the three bikes in this test cost the exact same amount of money: zero dollars. So it's…
2006 Yamaha Stratoliner First Ride
…weighing a whopping 54.6% lighter than the steel 26-pounder on the Road Star. Yamaha claims the Roadliner is 50 lbs lighter than its competition (Vulcan 2000, VTX 1800).Kenny covered most of the bike's technical details in his Roadliner First Ride article, so let's get directly to how the Stratoliner works…
Kawasaki Motorcycle History
…for 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R Supersport and the 160 horsepower ZX-10R open class rocket. Its Vulcan line of cruisers is equally expansive with its Vulcan 500 LTD entry level machine up to its top-of-the-line Vulcan 2000 LT Classic and everything in between. Kawasaki?Motorcycle HeadlinesKawasaki Motorcycles…
2009 Ultra Classic Electra Glide Comparison
…acceleration in the mid-to-high rpm range,? says Motorcycle USA?s Road Editor, Adam Waheed.?The Electra Glide?s TC 96 actually has more horsepower at 2000 rpm, which corroborates Waheed?s assertion that the Harley has responsive power off the line. But again in the 2400 rpm range, the horsepower curve…
2006 Yamaha Roadliner First Ride
…line it up head to head against the competition. The Roadliner's accompanying literature compares it to both the Honda VTX1800 and the Kawasaki Vulcan 2000. Having ridden both bikes I would say the Roadliner is, at the least, a blend of the best of what both those bikes have to offer. The major difference…
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