30-09-14, 06:47 PM
(30-09-14, 06:28 PM)JoeRock link Wrote: [quote author=snapper link=topic=14886.msg168557#msg168557 date=1412094871]
"first name terms with the Pirelli rep" and prob every petrol station for fifty miles !
Tyres yes, petrol no. Supercharged engines and normally more efficient than just larger ones!
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Depends on how you ride it. If you cane it all the time, that forced induction is going to be cramming fuel down the thing's throat at a stupendous rate. Ride it at a more leisurely pace, and then you get good fuel consumption. So who's going to buy one to ride at a leisurely pace?
Shame they did this with a sports bike design. I would've liked to see a Kawasaki answer to the V-Max or Hayabusa with a supercharger; seems to make more sense to me.