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Does Kawasaki have any great desire to conquer America? The VN 1700 series seems to confirm this with this new Voyager Custom cruiser. A big cruiser, as the Americans love them, but less ostentatious than the 1700 Voyager liner. In fact, Kawa presents us with his own interpretation of a…. Harley street glide. Well yes: to please the Rican, you have to make the Rican. And there, the benchmark remains Milwaukee in the field of custom.
Depending on the glance, you will be tempted to say the words copy or inspiration. In style, the connection with the Street Glide is almost immediate; Kawa nevertheless explored the track and played on the lines to give it more identity. Using the VN 1700 Voyager as a base, the builder took over the drawing board to strip the craft, give it a Bagger feel and lighten the overall weight. It’s quite simple: it looks like a big grinder cut out the entire top. The fork crown has thus lost 80% of its bubble and the additional headlamps. The cavities in which the latter were housed are now similar to air intake tubes; or hair dryers from the 80s. Exit the covers to protect the legs, and bye bye the large trunk which also served as a passenger backrest. The suitcases are still there, but their opening system has changed. In short, a lighter, more dynamic cruiser; darker too. Black seems to be a guest of all sides on this Voyager Custom. Except at the level of the on-board console where the chrome is encrusted to dress the battery of control dials.
In fact, Kawa offers a customization base for a younger audience, so that everyone can create their own tourer..
The masterpiece of the bestiau: the 1700 cm3 twin. Conspicuously visible and only obscured by his glare, the big bi will be more comfortable here – 24 kilos have gone off compared to the mastoc Voyager. His 14 mkg of torque can then take care of the road and cruising. The K-ACT ABS will be there to calm the ardor of the steed, leaving the tranquility and the Ipod-compatible Hi-Fi equipment to pamper the crew.
The Voyager Custom price is obviously lower than that of the Voyager: 2,000 euros lower to be exact. It will complete the Kawa traveler offering, offfering a more flippy styling than the 1700 Tourer without the impressive weight of the Voyager. But the task will not be easy against the 1690 Street Glide and the new challenger Victory and his 1700 Cross Country..
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Kawasaki VN 1700 VOYAGER CUSTOM 2012
- Frame
- Frame: double steel cradle
- Tank: 20 liters
- Seat height: 730 mm
- Length: 2,540 mm
- Width: 995 mm
- Height: 1,549 mm
- Wheelbase: 1,665 mm
- Weight in running order: 382 kg
- Train before
- telescopic fork Ø 45 mm, deb: 140 mm
- Double disc Ø 300 mm, 4 piston calipers
- Front wheel:
130/90
– 16
- Transmission
- 6-speed gearbox
- Secondary belt drive
- Rear axle
- double combined with pneumatic assistance, deb: 80 mm
- Single disc Ø 300 mm, 2 piston caliper
- Rear wheel:
170/70
– 16
- Motor
- Twin cylinder
NS
, 4 stroke - Cooling: Liquid cooling
- Injection Ø 46 mm
- simple ACT
- 4 valves per cylinder
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1700 cc
(102 x 104 mm mm) -
73
ch
at 5,000 rpm -
13.90 mkg
at 2,750 rpm - Compression: 9.5: 1
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exhaust
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Competitors
Harley-Davidson 1690 STREET GLIDE FLHX 2012
Victory (USA) 1700 CROSS COUNTRY 2012
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