14-R 1441cc Stroke Only

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14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/11/11 9:59 AM

She is no top model. She is just a revised flagship model. I am waiting on the side lines for the next top model. Threw me for a loop; no bore. Too bad you can't use the rod for the same piston bore on first gen. Increased big and small ends for that extra rod torque out the gate. Oh well!?

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RE: 14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/11/11 10:05 AM

http://ninja14r.kawasaki.com/?cm_mmc=MY12NinjaZX14R-_-KMCPromo-_-HomepageBucket-_-Microsite#details/videos/8

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RE: 14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/11/11 10:29 AM

I think same piston bore is a good thing. Larger bore = thin walls = overheating. That is, unless they would have made they block wider... Glad they didn't do that either. New bike is already a little wider than the old with same piston bore... Must be from the slipper clutch???

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RE: 14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/12/11 6:34 PM

Anyone commented on the mouth yet?
That is TOO over the top for me. The Old 14 resembles a shark with open mouth but this is whacking you over the head. To Warner Bros for me. Should be much more subtle if any allusions to anything other than a motorcycle are made.

Still a cool bike but if there is no reason for that furrow they have that looks so much like a cartoon scowling mouth, I could do without it.

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RE: 14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/12/11 7:10 PM

I like the mug they put on this one - the 14 has always been different and I'm glad they kept it that way! Got lots of character! Not the cookie cutter front ends they put on Suzi's - they all pretty much look the same from the front.

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RE: 14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/12/11 7:21 PM

40% air volume increase in mugging. Someone has to say, "Open Wide" somewhere, Rook

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RE: 14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/12/11 8:14 PM

The bike is a fine evolution of the 14!

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Hub

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RE: 14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/12/11 8:28 PM

It is superb in every way, Donny. I can't go heavier than what I have now. Have fun with it, lady/gents. I see it moving in the wrong direction for me. I want light and quick. Fast and mean. Tell me if that is going in my direction is to add more winker weight, where I could of had a V-8. That or the winks in the mirrors to eliminate ounces. I'm down to chasing ounces off the OEM, not pour aftmrk nuts and bolts being all lightweight? That is the factory's problem.

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RE: 14-R 1441cc Stroke Only
10/12/11 10:35 PM

I like the mug they put on this one - the 14 has always been different and I'm glad they kept it that way!

It looks exactly like a snake head from the side.

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