the new brute force has aluminum cylinders with an anti-wear coating on them. So it is not as easy to just bore out the sleeve and get a bigger pistion. Probably not a big deal but we diffinetly need more compression because 8.8 isnt enough. I was also wondering what is that round thing on the other side of the frame on the opposite side of the muffler? Maybe it can be remover 4 dual exhaust.

 

The cylinders aren't interchangeable with the P700? I remember Alltoys saying that he was going to look into putting larger cylinders from a donor V-twin on the Prairie, maybe he will carry that over to the Brute Force..............[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

The round thing you are refering to one the opposite side of the muffler is a storage area. The BF has 3 storage areas.. 1 on each front fender and under the back fender.

 

I didnt think it had any storage. I think those spaces are something else.

 

Never mind

 

Those things on the front fenders are storage areas, they are pockets cut in the fenders , they are solid with a net to hold stuff in the pockets. We have one at our dealer now.

 

Just noticed that if you go to the kawasaki web site and click on brute force and the scroll through the small pics there is a pic of the fender storage areas , you can then click on one th make it large to get a good view.

 

Why is the BF radiator smaller? kawie says they protected it better, but will that balance out the smaller radiator?

 

smaller rad to save weight.

 

There is no inner fender protection , air /mud/water can all go straight on to the motor but it will also allow the radiator to be cleaned better , but there will definitely be a lot more fresh air hitting the motor.