the latest creating of the sport-touring motorbike brings regarding a new technology that extends it's long-distance ability and performance: the 2011 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS.
The "14" was added to the Concours name in 2008, when Kawasaki began providing the bike with a new one,352 DOHC inline-four sourced from the ZX-14 Ninja Hypersport. The Concours 14 options a user-friendly version of the ZX-14 powerhouse; the motor within the Concours is tuned for wonderful low- and mid-range power, however still provides that top-end rush the the Ninja is understood for.
A Variable Valve Timing (VVT) system is made into the motor, that automatically alters camshaft profiles consistent with rpm to boost low-end and mid-range power while not sacrificing high end.
This, combined with the newestt fuel injection and ram-air induction makes for one of the foremost powerful sport touring motorcycles on the market.
Regarding the Concours 14's chassis, the bike fearters a monocoque frame, that provides stiffness and much rider feedback. Cradling the engine from the highest, the frame's compact structure keeps the bike slim where it has to be and permits optimum packaging of the bike's important systems.
Kawasaki says the Tetra-Lever shaft drive, that routes all that power to the rear wheel, uses a four-link style to offset the lifting and squatting tendencies of lesser shaft drive systems when the throttle is opened and closed, all of which ends in true sportbike handling.
Plus, the Tetra-Lever system is nearly fully maintenance free. No mystery, then, why the Concours 14's powertrain has earned crucial acclaim round the world for its smooth power delivery.
Spesifikasi 2011 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS
- Engine: Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, inline-four with VVT
- Displacement: 1,352cc
- Bore x stroke: 84.0 x 61.0mm
- Maximum torque: 102.0 lb-ft @ 6,200 rpm
- Compression ratio: 10.7:1
- Fuel injection: Digital Fuel Injection w/ 40mm throttle bodies
- Ignition: TCBI with Digital Advance
- Transmission: Six-speed
- Final drive: Tetra-Lever shaft drive
- Rake / trail: 26.1 degrees / 4.4 in.
- Front tire: 120/70 ZR-17
- Rear tire: 190/50 ZR-17
- Front suspension / wheel travel: 43mm inverted, telescopic fork with adjustable rebound damping and spring preload / 4.4 in.
- Rear suspension / wheel travel: Tetra-Lever with stepless rebound damping adjustment and remote spring preload adjuster / 5.4 in.
- Front brakes: Dual floating 310mm petal discs with four-piston calipers (optional ABS)
- Rear brake: Single 270mm petal disc (optional ABS)
- Fuel capacity: 5.8 gal.
- Seat height: 32.1 in.
- Wheelbase: 59.8 in.
- Overall length: 87.8 in.
- Overall height windscreen lowered / raised: 50.8 in. / 57.7 in.
- Overall width: 39.4 in.
- Curb weight: Concours 14 ABS: 688.0 lbs.
- Color: Atomic Silver / Flat Super Black
- Warranty: 36 Months
- MSRP: $15,599
