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Making the bike that would sell the best long term in the most markets would be the wisest move.
Exactly - I think sometimes those "spy" photos are really planned leaks to continue to keep interest up, but considering all we have is that one BS 10 second add 1+ year ago, my money is on yeah they had probably planned something, they likely had a operational prototype at one point in time (which would explain some industry insiders claiming they've seen it) but leads me to believe the development was stopped before it was moved from prototype -> pre-production. I think the pre-production is where you typically see "spy" photos so you are not looking at some hoopty off color frankestein prototype.
My money is on we'll never hear a thing about it again.
Why do you hate money?
Rumor is the new bike will have disc brakes and radiators as well. I'm not sure how they expect it to sell.
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I’m guessing the NDAs being served up by KHI are fairly robust.
So you are saying RV is a liar?
Ahh...the classic if he's wrong = he's a liar, I've had a lot of practice with my wife over the last 25 years with that one.
What was his quote? Even if he heard it from a reliable source or rode the damn thing, doesn't mean it's going to be green-lit to go to production.
I'm not saying it won't happen - but just trying to be devils advocate a bit here and take a read on the opposing side of this narrative.
You will be impressed...
I'm impressed already, even if it never sees production and sale. The fact that nobody has yet seen a picture is remarkable. Why? Because my friend at Kawasaki, who has no reason to lie to me, says it exists, it runs, and the test riders have been riding it.
From the info above, I can guess that:
1) It made it at least to the 1st prototype stage and maybe preproduction;
2) There were probably several copies produced so it could be tested in the US and in Europe, as well as Japan.
Like I have said before, I believe that the bike is still on track to be a 2027 model and will be released some time before Christmas. If we get beyond that and there's no bike, well then they decided not to release it and in my opinion it will never get sold. It's now or never for this thing, as exemplified by the sentiments in this thread.
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It was the KX112, not the KX85!
First news for 2027, Kawasaki still sucks.
You see the difference between the two, you just think you're funny.
I grew up a Kawi fan/rider.
But, why would they release this news of a 2 stroke so prematurely?
Back when this news was released, Ducati and Triumph were not even considering designing a mx bike.
Dude all you idiots saying that we’ll never see it are retarded… It’s confirmed it’s coming stop being so negative
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I can assure you Ducati and Triumph have been working on this for years. If you think they just magically sh!t out bikes in a year and a half then you’re an idiot.
Been gone for a few months. What did I miss?
Triumph was in the works back in late 2022 and Ducati was like mid year 2023.
"...you’re an idiot."
You say that as if it's a bad thing. 🤔
Kawasaki has released their 2027 KX85 and KX112 2 strokes...
https://www.vitalmx.com/features/tested-2026-kawasaki-kx85-kx112
What a moron! Its called satire. Perhaps someone pissed in your cereal this morning? Im sure your boyfriend knows what the word means. 😃
Chill dude.
Maybe?
Kxmoto
OMG...it's up to 85 pages now, lol.
Your post wasn’t satire, I’m pretty sure you’re the one with the closeted boyfriend considering you went straight to gay jokes. Sounds like someone isn’t comfortable with their own sexuality 😂🌈
Sorry guy! I am a woman and I just thought you were as well.
Oh well! All is good.
Awesome! Where is it confirmed?
It's starting to make me think about the moon landing. The old "can that many people really keep a secret for that long?" adage. If the moto industry can keep a secret for a year. Anything is possible. 🤣
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