2020 KAWASAKI W800 REVIEW: RETRO MOTORCYCLE (14 FAST FACTS)

[Mtneers]

Wow!


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[GoldOxide_imp]

Wow!


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Yeah, I know.

I could simply rip out the lump and mount it on the coffee table as an art piece and gawk at it day-in and day-out. Not sure if I have enough drool to keep it up.

[pdedse]

I like the placement of the turn indicators, far back so that saddle bags / cases can be used with no relocation necessary.

[GoldOxide_imp]

I like the placement of the turn indicators, far back so that saddle bags / cases can be used with no relocation necessary.

Hmm, yeah, ... very good observation pdedse.

[the Ferret]

In 2003 I was looking for a W650 and no dealers stocked them. Went to a Triumph dealer and bought a Centenial Edition Orange and silver T 100 Bonneville instead. Other than being under powered and under braked for me (which I'm sure the W 650 would have been too), it was a really nice bike. I think I put about 30,000 miles on it and sold it to my younger brother. He put about 10,000 miles on it, bought a new 2016 T-120 and sold the T100 to my son't FIL so the bike is still in the family and still running strong.

[LongRanger_imp]

They were only available in the U.S. for model year 2000 and 2001. By 2003, they were long gone from dealer inventories. I tried!

That's a gorgeous T100.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Swell snap Ferret with the Bonnie. Really quite frame-able.

[Cormanus]

I really like the W800 which has been on sale in Australia. Don’t see many of them around.

[Doc1961_imp]

Love the W650. Had two of them. New in 2000 and used in 2010(818 miles). I will get a new 2020. My only gripe and I do like the red, is I really prefer the blue and silver. Won't keep me from it though. And I don't know if it means anything but the dealer I was going to buy thru, Liberty Cycle Center in Liberty MO, has a deposit on the one he's getting and it won't show up till February. I hope its a good sign. The bike really is such a fun machine. For what it is intended for, it is perfect. If I wanted more of everything, power, gadgets, and the like, I would buy something else.

[Wisedrum]

Not a 2020 W800 but one out of 2011.

My last ride before the shutdown? Hopefully not. There's a sword of Damocles hanging over my country and everywhere.





Wisedrum