Kawa X300 dual sport

BokitoJos · Post by **BokitoJos** » Wed Nov 09, 2016 1:26 pm

http://www.kawasaki.eu/en/products/dual ... QkOXgkLW1A

The Greens understand it
low price
its hiding almost 40hp
the one thats durable and requires little maintenance
4,5 gallon fuel

I am curious.

frenchy3 · Post by **frenchy3** » Wed Nov 09, 2016 4:57 pm

There are a few midweight adventure bikes coming out at the moment or planned for the next couple of years. I am interested in the KTM 390 when it surfaces. B)

catcitrus · Post by **catcitrus** » Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:15 pm

BMW also have a "contender"?

Andi_Archer · Post by **Andi_Archer** » Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:54 pm

Just spoke about that bike this morning with a sales rep at BMW Manchester whilst waiting on my service to be completed [20% off this month!].He seemed keen to get them in next year when they have completed the new showroom/workshop building work.I guess the point is to get youngesters in BMWs early then upsell them later on.
I met Chris at the BMW training camp earlier in the year seems a well able rider on the off-road topic (thumbs)

robson · Post by **robson** » Wed Nov 09, 2016 6:23 pm

nice! finally middleweight bikes started to show up.

drumbrakes · Post by **drumbrakes** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:18 am

BokitoJos wrote:http://www.kawasaki.eu/en/products/dual ... QkOXgkLW1A

The Greens understand it
low price
its hiding almost 40hp
the one thats durable and requires little maintenance
4,5 gallon fuel

I am curious.

I had a look at that Link, and was disappointed to see Kawasaki have sneaked this cop-out clause into the section about wheels
19”/17” Spoke Wheels with Multi-Purpose Tyres

While the Versys-X was not designed for off-road use, 19” front and 17” rear spoke wheels give it greater capability on unpaved roads than its larger, street focused brothers.

It all depends what you mean by "off-road"
UK Green lanes are unpaved public roads. Most of the Trans America Trail is on legally public roads.
However, I doubt that's what Kawasaki mean.

There seems to be a sudden wash of low capacity adventure bikes for 2017, with the Strom 250, the 300GS and the CRF250 Rally all appearing.

It will be interesting to see them all side by side, and compare the power weight range etc.
Can we request this for a future edition of ABR mag?

Brenhden · Post by **Brenhden** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 10:04 am

drumbrakes wrote:
BokitoJos wrote:http://www.kawasaki.eu/en/products/dual ... QkOXgkLW1A

The Greens understand it
low price
its hiding almost 40hp
the one thats durable and requires little maintenance
4,5 gallon fuel

I am curious.
I had a look at that Link, and was disappointed to see Kawasaki have sneaked this cop-out clause into the section about wheels
19”/17” Spoke Wheels with Multi-Purpose Tyres

While the Versys-X was not designed for off-road use, 19” front and 17” rear spoke wheels give it greater capability on unpaved roads than its larger, street focused brothers.

It all depends what you mean by "off-road"
UK Green lanes are unpaved public roads. Most of the Trans America Trail is on legally public roads.
However, I doubt that's what Kawasaki mean.

There seems to be a sudden wash of low capacity adventure bikes for 2017, with the Strom 250, the 300GS and the CRF250 Rally all appearing.

It will be interesting to see them all side by side, and compare the power weight range etc.
Can we request this for a future edition of ABR mag?

I would really like to see that

BokitoJos · Post by **BokitoJos** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 10:40 am

The 19" front gives you a wide variety on tyre choice, dirt versus road.

Archie · Post by **Archie** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 11:08 am

It seems very similar to the Honda 500 CBX Except for the wheels. 17" on the Honda F&R.

Zookman · Post by **Zookman** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 11:16 am

Quite interesting that Kwak for a littleun adventure bike....
Be interesting to know the specs & price.... I expect it'll be low 30's BHP, £5K price tag and heavier than the CRF250L