10-31-2018, 07:15 PM
(10-31-2018, 09:27 AM)baxtercat_imp Wrote:(10-31-2018, 12:09 AM)Wisedrum_imp Wrote: What made me wonder was, when the W800 appeared on the scene back in 2011 some articels and even a mechanic of my Kawa dealer wanted to make people and me believe, a kickstarter and fuel injection can't work together and named it as the reason why Kawasaki left the formerly 650 one out at her new model.
When I see my fuel injected Bullet or the SR400, I think this explanation doesn't fit anymore. They should've left the kicker where it has been.
Wisedrum
Hi Wisedrum. I had a W650, and I must say, I used the kickstart on it maybe once. It was not as easy as on the SR400. I expect Kawasaki ditched it on the W800 not because of anything to do with EFI, but because it was expensive to keep a feature that people didn't really use.
Here in Germany some owners demounted the e-starter of the W650 to free the W from weight and kickstart each time instead. So, I would not do it, love to have the option of an e-starter, I kicked the bike much more often than you did and in a way it was easy. Maybe it was easy because I was used to it. Had a Kawa Twin LTD 750 and also had to kick it often, needed a lot more effort to start it that way, until I found out that a new battery brought the e-starter back to life.
I would not mind, if the W800 has one. Besides a kickstarter used can lengthen the battery's life.
Wisedrum