New Kawasaki J300

[mjf65]

Has anyone on here tried out the new Kawasaki? The orginal king of the superbikes builds a scooter eh? I sat on it at the bike show, it looked well finished and fairly sporty compared to my Burg.

[Hexatony 2]

Isn`t it a re-badged Kymco Downtown, or am thinking of something else?

[gn2]

More than just a re-badge but the guts are all Kymco.
Has it actually made it into showrooms here yet?

[Fizzy Rascal]

More than just a re-badge but the guts are all Kymco.
Has it actually made it into showrooms here yet?

It has in France - I sat on one on Thursday last - no 'demo' model though, so couldn't test-ride one.

Looked very nice (and sporty) - all the panel fit etc. looked very good.

[johnp]

A cop out rebadging a scoot, why don't they try and build one themselves?

[MrGrumpy]

A cop out rebadging a scoot, why don't they try and build one themselves?

Cos its cheaper to have someone else having already done the hard work beforehand!

[Data]

And indeed they are already building a new scooter range to compete with everyone else. But why lose out. Get going now with a hybrid build from Kymco which is a quality bit of kit.

[Globs]

I sat on it and couldn't put my feet forward.

That really killed it for me, I can't imagine why they made it hopeless in such a casual way
It might be worth it with some DIY bodywork/footrest changes but it might be easier to buy a scooter that allows you to move your feet in the first place TBH. Honda, Suzuki, other Kymcos, SYM, Piaggio, Daelim all seem to manage it.

[Data]

Globs, can you have your legs shortened!!

[alicethomas]

Kawasaki is used to sell Kymco Quads under their own badge.
And now scooters too.
Perhaps even the Ninja motorcycles are Made in RoC?