Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero 2023

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 36

  • @MoxieMike66
    @MoxieMike66 10 месяцев назад +1

    I bought a 21' New over a year ago, my first "bagger". I've ridden all types of roads here in New Hampshire, back roads & highways. It handled road construction w/cheesegrater pavement awesome. I only paid about $18k US vs a same equipped Indian or HD which was almost 2x as much. I checked. If you want more power, you can get the ECU "Flashed" by a few people, a number of them on RUclips.

  • @harahanmike3995
    @harahanmike3995 Год назад +4

    I own a 2022. I have put 9100 miles on the bike in 18 months. I love this bike. As a 22 year Harley Davidson owner, this is the most comfortable, rideable bike that I have ever owned. Too bad that it comes from the factory SO lean due to United States EPA crap that it almost unrideable. I don't know if this is an issue in Canada. The popping on decelleration is sickening. The engine temperature control makes it run so hot, again, almost unrideable. The narrow band on the throttle "fly by wire" makes the throttle very twitchy. But once you get those things worked out, Man is it great!! I highly recommend it.
    Thanks,
    Mike

    • @douglashawkins4402
      @douglashawkins4402 Год назад +4

      I have a Voyager and got the ECU flashed by Ivan. Now it's a fantastic ride.

    • @johnmorgan9068
      @johnmorgan9068 Год назад +3

      Do the Ivan’s tune

  • @Airtouch67
    @Airtouch67 7 месяцев назад +1

    Once you get the Ivan Flash or Moore's Mafia Flash... you are GOLDEN.

  • @garyrhode3755
    @garyrhode3755 Год назад +4

    great looking bike...

  • @dpajc056
    @dpajc056 Год назад +3

    I had a Vulcan 900 classic and loved it but had to sell it because it was missing a sixth gear and another 300cc in my opinion. On the highway it was just too buzzy without the overdrive gear
    This would be a great replacement

  • @alp3781
    @alp3781 6 месяцев назад

    Great bike and a lot of bike for the money. If you are on the budget, you go no wrong. Its a simple bike, not too many toys on it, cheap to work on, however after test riding one, it was not to my liking. Top heavy, and in the Summer, plenty heat baked me.

  • @alyx172
    @alyx172 11 месяцев назад

    Cool bike! But what about navigation and overall smartphone connectivity?

    • @me-xz2xn
      @me-xz2xn 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah wasn’t the best review

  • @vulcantunes4776
    @vulcantunes4776 9 месяцев назад

    Just FYI, doing the rounds to raise awareness... We're almost ready to go with our bluetooth adapter on the Vulcan. Here's a preview video of what we have: ruclips.net/video/ld4mN_OGpP4/видео.html

  • @EcSsAwS
    @EcSsAwS Год назад +1

    A victory cross country or a vulcan vaquero is my next bike. But I want the full tour pack. So the Kawasaki vulcan vaquero Voyager. That’s a mouthful

    • @AyaWetts
      @AyaWetts Год назад +5

      its just Vaquero or Voyager, not both.

  • @scottw9716
    @scottw9716 Год назад +1

    Chain? I was reading the specs says Belt Driven?

    • @PowerSportsQuebec
      @PowerSportsQuebec Год назад +3

      It is belt driven, the cams are chain driven.

    • @maddog7999
      @maddog7999 Год назад +2

      he was talking about the valvetrain

    • @ATVGUYS
      @ATVGUYS  Год назад +4

      @@maddog7999 Nice to see somebody was paying attention... ;)
      I'm a lifetime mechanic, maybe I assume that people understand my passionate rambling when I get into technical...

    • @maddog7999
      @maddog7999 Год назад +1

      @@ATVGUYS your delivery is perfectly fine. sometimes people
      miss bits and pieces while still
      processing intake from moments prior and some are not self aware enough to know they have that shortcoming and to go back and check before asking

    • @infesting
      @infesting 6 месяцев назад

      Hes specifically talking about the valvetrain when he says chain drive. He never meantions Chain FINAL drive

  • @Bass.Player
    @Bass.Player Год назад

    Personally I don't like dull paint and no/very little chrome. How did you get that bike on the lift backwards?

  • @dc2090
    @dc2090 Год назад +3

    should get a v4 engine update and blow away Harley.

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister Год назад

      What would be the point ?

    • @dc2090
      @dc2090 Год назад +1

      bigger engine, more hp/torque than harley, higher p/w ratio, baddest cruiser on the block @@CaptHollister

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister Год назад

      The biggest, baddest cruiser on the block was the Honda Valkyrie, I had one amazing iron fist in a velvet punch. Kawasaki themselves had the VN2000. Harley had the V-Rod. None of these models are still around because biggest and baddest is not what sells cruisers@@dc2090

    • @maddog7999
      @maddog7999 11 месяцев назад

      absolutely no need to race harleys.

  • @quacker998
    @quacker998 4 месяца назад

    Maybe if you weigh 260lbs and haven’t adjusted the air shocks

  • @AyaWetts
    @AyaWetts Год назад

    I ride a Vulcan Voyager, and the thing is sooo heavy... really need a lighter bike, but its so comfortable and nice, its hard to give up even if i can't push it backwards by myself lol...

    • @SweetLou0523
      @SweetLou0523 Год назад +3

      I rode a shadow 750 for 15 years then just got a vulcan voyager. It has been....an adjustment. It's a great bike, don't get me wrong, but it is an absolute chore to ride. The transmission is dogshit awful, feels like I'm using a 10lb sledge to change gears. The throttle is awful, even after ivanizing,and it's heavy as all hell. I'm used to my shadow which pulled well, responded like a well tuned race car, was crazy easy to maneuver at slow and fast speeds, and had a fantastic transmission. Honestly I'm really wishing kawasaki hadn't just given up and abandoned their cruiser bike market and had put even the most basic effort in tweaking the bikes over the last 14 years that they've been totally unchanged. Here's hoping sometime next decade they refresh them and fix the issues.

    • @AyaWetts
      @AyaWetts Год назад

      @@SweetLou0523 Can't say I disagree at all. Just ripping out short distances or without luggage, I have a Rebel 1100, and its night and day difference how easy it is to ride, how high the performance is, and just how well it works overall.

    • @michaelb.42112
      @michaelb.42112 Год назад

      @@SweetLou0523 I am a re-entry rider and I bought a 2002 Honda Shadow Spirit 750 after heavily weighing all my options of reliability, ease of riding due to knee arthritis, and I must say I friggen' LOVE IT. The previous owner added one more tooth to the rear sprocket, so at 65mph this bitch is singing.

    • @douglashawkins4402
      @douglashawkins4402 Год назад +2

      @@SweetLou0523 I guess compared to a much smaller bike it might seem like a chore to ride, but I think my Voyager is a great handling bike. Surprisingly nimble in the curves and very well balanced. I've never felt like it was a chore. Maybe I'm just used to heavy bikes. I had the belt adjusted and it made a huge difference in the transmission. Sometimes it takes a while to get your bike set up right. I could always buy a Goldwing LOL. $$$

  • @johnmorgan9068
    @johnmorgan9068 Год назад

    87hp, 108ft-lbs

  • @SweetLou0523
    @SweetLou0523 Год назад +1

    I have a 2010 voyager and the neat thing is, its identical to the 2023. No need to spend $20k on a bike because kawasaki has made zero production improvements in well over a decade. They added KACT and KAMS...thats it. They are too cheap to even fix the truly inexcusably bad radio (no bluetooth at all. Whatsoever. Not even an option for it) and they havent done anything to really make anyone want to buy new. Its a shame that they abandoned these bikes because with a few basic upgrades and improvements, they would probably sell a hell of a lot better. Unfortunately, other than being cheap, the vaquero and voyager arent competitive with the other touring bike options. Id love to go in and upgrade to a new voyager, but I have no reason too because theres nothing worth upgrading to.

  • @tweak991
    @tweak991 9 месяцев назад

    Compromise? I've never considered any of my Japanese cruisers a compromise, lol. I would definitely not compromise my wallet for just a sound and the ability to by t-shirts, lol.

  • @dragonslayer1294
    @dragonslayer1294 Год назад

    Belt driven

    • @PowerSportsQuebec
      @PowerSportsQuebec Год назад

      chain driven cams....noted in the video is the valve train not the final drive.